What's Included:
The following materials are included in the 8th Grade English Package:
- 8th Grade English Coursebook Third Edition
- 8th Grade English Teacher Manual Third Edition
- 100 Ways to Improve Your Composition and Creative Writing
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Before The Ever After by Jaqueline Woodson
- The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas
- Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
- The Elements of Style by William Struck Jr. and E.B. White
8th Grade English Curriculum Overview
View samples of our 8th grade curriculum here.
In English students read a variety of classic novels while studying vocabulary drawn from the reading. Lesson work concentrates on grammar and composition skills. Weekly assignments in writing grammar and usage provide ample practice for the student preparing to enter high school.