8TH GRADE

 

WELCOME BACK!!

             It is wonderful seeing everyone back from a relaxing summer.

        8th Grade is an important year.  It is a year of making tough decisions: deciding

        where to go to high school, deciding what responsibilities to have, deciding how

        to behave, and how to budget time when there are a lot of assignments.

             In Literature class, the students are working on projects for That Was Then

        This is Now and The Call of the Wild.  They are truly creative.

             The 8th Grade has received their dates for their PowerPoint presentations.

        November 10th is the starting date for their oral presentations.

             They will be starting their Persuasive essays later in September.  I am looking

        forward to reading some strong opinions.

              Starting in November, papers will be going home about their high school

        choice.  Graduation information will be going home later in the year.  Time flies

        and  before you know it, graduation will be here.

               The students will need to buy 2 books for Literature class:

1.      Anne Frank-The Diary of a Young Girl with the introduction by

Eleanor Roosevelt.  We will start this book in November.

2.      The Outsiders  by S.E. Hinton.  We will start this book in March.

 

          September 18th is Back-To School Night.  See you then.