Upper School

Welcome to 8th Grade

Daily

Schedule

Monday
8:45-9:05 Advisory
9:07-9:57 Period 1
10:00-10:52 Period 2
10:55-11:47 Period 3
11:50-12:15 Lunch
12:20-1:10 Period 4
1:13-1:53 CEE Block A
1:56-2:36 CEE Block B
2:39-3:20 WIN/RTI
3:20-3:30 Homeroom Dismissal

Course

Curriculum

Reading / ELA

Reading Comprehension and Literary Skills

Novel Study: Realistic Fiction and Historical Fiction 

Use context clues to make predictions and define unknown vocabulary terms

Identify theme, point of view, main idea  and support with text evidence

Make inferences and support with text evidence

Analyzing character traits and support with text evidence

Identify plot structure and development

Writing

Summarizing

Personal Narrative

Argumentative Writing

Mathematics

Real Numbers (PreAlgebra)

Algebraic Expressions (PreAlgebra)

Equations and Inequalities (PreAlgebra)

Science

Physical Science:

  • Phase Change
  • Engineering Internship: Phase Change
  • Force and Motion
  • Engineering Internship: Force and Motion

Social Studies

Renaissance & Reformation & Age of Enlightenment & Exploration Review

Settling the New World

Indigenous Peoples 

Colonial Review (13 colonies)

American Revolution:

  • Causes and effects

Sons of Liberty

Articles of Confederation

Westward Expansion

Reading / ELA

Reading Comprehension and Literary Skills

Memoir, Realistic Fiction, and Poetry

Identify and explain story elements

Identify types of conflict in a story

Compare and contrast character traits with citing evidence

Analyzing character traits and plot structure

Writing

Argumentative Writing

Poetry and Figurative Language

Informative Writing

Mathematics

Ratios, Proportions, Percents (PreAlgebra)

Functions and Linear Relationships (PreAlgebra)

Systems of Equations (PreAlgebra)

Science

Physical Science:

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Light Waves

  

 

Social Studies

Industrial Revolution

Social Reforms

Manifest Destiny

Civil War

Reconstruction

World War I

Reading / ELA

Reading Comprehension and Literary Skills

Novel Studies: Historical Fiction and Realistic Fiction

Use context clues to make predictions and define unknown vocabulary terms

Identify theme, point of view, main idea  and support with text evidence

Make inferences and support with text evidence

Writing

Informative Writing

Research Paper

Mathematics

Geometry (PreAlgebra)

Measurement, Area, Volume (PreAlgebra)

Probability and Statistics  (PreAlgebra)

Science

Physical Science:

  • Harnessing Human Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Thermal Energy

Social Studies

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Great Depression

World War II and Holocaust

Cold War

Vietnam War

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Formerly MicroSociety Academy Charter School (MACS)

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