8th Grade Curriculum
8th Grade Curriculum
Religion
Morality, Life in Christ, RCL Jesus in the New Testament, RCL Family Life 8, RCL New American Bible
English
- Catholic Morality
- Social teachings of the Church
- The Beatitudes and making decisions in one’s own life
- Review of the Sacraments, vocations, and prayers
- New Testament: the Gospels, Saint Paul, Letters, and the Book of Revelation
- Old Testament
- Understand and participate in Liturgy and Scripture study
- Attend weekly Mass and Reconciliation two times a year
- Use the Bible for prayer and journaling
- Moral Guidance Family Life Program: Growing with God by Loyal Press
- Class stewardship projects
- Instruct and model Christian behavior with 1st grade buddies
Grammar for Writing
Literature
- Understand grammar, including parts of speech, punctuation, usage, and the mechanics of English
- Analyze different composition forms
- Practice the writing process argumentative, narrative, and expository essays
- Present a variety of oral presentations
- Practice listening skills
Pearson Literature
- Learn to differentiate all genres of literature
- Study elements of plot, characterization, point of view
- Learn literary language and devices
- Analyze short stories, plays, poems, non-fictional material, novels
- Develop strategies for defining vocabulary in context
- Read and test on 15 Accelerated Reader novels per year
Algebra 1(Glencoe, 2018)
- Real Numbers and Integers
- Probability and Data
- Expressions and Functions
- Solving Linear Equations
- Linear and Nonlinear Functions
- Equations of Linear functions
- Linear Inequalities
- Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
- Exponents and Exponential Functions
- Polynomials
- Quadratic Functions and Equations
- Statistics
America-History of Our Nation, Prentice Hall
- We begin the year with a brief review of the “Beginnings of American History” in Unit One; from the First Explorers through the Revolutionary War.
- Our primary focus, however, will be on Units 2 through 6, from the forming of our Constitution to the Industrial Revolution. Special consideration will be given to the development of the U. S. Constitution and our very special check-and-balance system between the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches of our government.
- In addition, students receive daily instruction in geography and are accessed with a monthly geography test.
- Other forms of instruction include the reading of charts and maps, interpreting political cartoons, and the on-going development of writing and research skills.
- Student’s are kept informed of current events by reading Junior Scholastics Magazine in class on a biweekly basis and through daily class discussion as it pertains to events covered in our Social Studies class.
Discovery Education, Next Generation Science
- Eighth graders continue in the study of scientific inquiry and hands-on learning of the scientific method through laboratory investigation, experimentation, and observation.
- Students in grade eight study topics in physical science such as the structure of matter, chemical bonds, chemical reactions, and motions, forces, and energy.
- Students will use both quantitative and qualitative data to form conclusions regarding their experiments and their previously formed hypothesis.
- Forces of the Earth, the solar system, the chemistry of biological processes, the periodic table, density and buoyancy are additional topics that will be discussed and investigated.
- By the end of eighth grade, students should begin to grasp four concepts that help unify physical science: force and energy; the laws of conservation; atoms and molecules; and the atomic theory.