Eighth Grade Curriculum

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Algebra

• Equations
• Inequalities
• Polynomials
• Factoring
• Graphing
• Systems of Equations
• Rational Expressions
• Radicals
• Functions
• Quadratic Equation
  

English

• Review and Extend Grammar and Usage
• Developing the Formal Essay
• Expository/Creative Writing
• Explanation
• Description
• Persuasion
• Process (How To)
• Narration
• Literary Analysis

Literature

• Poetry-Elizabethan through Modern
• Short Fiction-Hawthorne, Joyce, Kafka, Faulkner, and more
• Novels-Orwell, Tolstoy, Golding, Dickens, Shakespeare

Carden Spelling

• 20 vocabulary words per week (Baron's SAT Prep)
• Reading Comprehension passages from SAT Verbal sections 

History and Geography

• The Revolutionary War
• The Constitution
• The Civil War
• Cultural Geography
  • Exploring the people of the world and their national identities
  • Mapping and map reading skills will be emphasized

Science

• The Scientific Method
• Physical Science
  • Properties of Matter
  • Physical and Chemical Change
  • The Periodic Table
  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • Energy

Spanish

Drama

Art/Art History

Computer

Physical Education (including Golf)