Literature
Literature in the 8th Grade contains a variety of literature appropriate to the interests and needs of students, provides practice developing those skills necessary to appreciate and understand the literature, and relates literature to language, composition, and thinking skills. The Research paper will be included in Literature as well as English. Students will receive a grade in both classes.
English
One of the main purposes of our study of English in the 8th Grade is to build a firm foundation not only for Language Arts in the student’s future but in all other areas as well. We will review and continue to use functions that students have studied and learned in previous years and we will learn new functions this year that they have not studied. The Research paper is a major part of our study this year.
Algebra I/General Algebra
This course is designed to explore the language of algebra in verbal, graphical and symbolic forms. Problem-solving activities and applications encourage students to model patterns and relationships with variables and functions. Applications, modeling activities and open-ended projects encourage a diversity of approaches to problem-solving. Examples, exercises and assessment activities integrate algebra topics with statistics, geometry and discrete mathematics.
Algebra I
Algebra I is considered a course offering 8th Grade students a high school Carnegie Unit (1) in Dougherty County. As such, Algebra I will be taught in sequence and on schedule dictated by the Dougherty County math curriculum department. Students will take four (4) nine-week tests provided by Dougherty County and proctored by St. Teresa’s School. In order to earn the high school unit, the student must pass the EOTC test provided by DOCO and proctored by St. Teresa’s School.
Students taking General Algebra will cover the same material but the pace may be different. Students in this class will not receive high school credit.
Earth Science
Earth Science explores the Earth and its processes. Earth Science will also include a focus on oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy.
Social Studies
In 8th Grade Social Studies class will study both American History and Georgia Studies, post-Civil War Reconstruction periods, examining parallels of development economically and socially. Major areas of focus will include the growth of industry, World Wars I and II, the Great Depression, and post-World War II up to the present day. Films of historical significance may be incorporated into the curriculum, as well as a planned field trip to Andersonville. Map skills will continue to be developed.
Religion
The 8th Grade Religion curriculum will address two goals: 1.) following the development of the Church’s 2000 year history, and 2.) understanding the Church’s mission and ministry and how we are all impacted. In addition, students will explore morality and family living, using the Ten Commandments as the basis for Christian living.
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