Incoming 8 Grade Parent Information Night...Incoming 8th Grade Parent Information Night Welcome 8th...
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Incoming 8th Grade
Parent Information Night
Welcome
8th Grade Program Planning
Questions & Answers
The Process
■ Course Request Sheet (CRS) handed out in
Science class.
■ Courses selected by students and
parents/guardians and signed by both.
■ Students are required to put course selections in
our DJUSD portal by March 24th. Directions are
on their course request sheets.
■ Course Request Sheets Due March 25th to
Science teachers.
8th Grade Program
Required Courses (5):English
U.S. History
Science
Math
Physical Education
Math Pathways
Science
Lab Activities & a field trip
to the Exploratorium
Motion & Stability: Forces & Energy Interactions, Gravity, Waves and Their Applications
Earth’s Place in the Universe
Biological Evolution
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Content for 8th Grade English
● Organization/Planners
● Writing genres: narrative, informational, argument
● Grammar instruction embedded with writing
● Reading: Core novels, independent reading
● Vocabulary: roots
Content for History 8th Grade
● U.S. Historyo Colonial America - Civil Waro Foundations of U.S.
Governmento Challenges facing a new
nationo Westward Expansion and
impact on social groupso Division and reunification of
the United States
English 8 and History 8
● Cored classes● Work together toward
common goalso Meets Common Core
Standards
● Assessment styleo Independent writingo Collaborative writingo Presentations and projects
English 8 and History 8
● Plot,
characterization,
theme, setting, point
of view
● Figurative language
● Roots & vocabulary
● Grammar,
mechanics, spelling,
punctuation
● On-demand writing
● Colonial America
● Revolutionary War
● U.S. Constitution
● Early America
● Westward Expansion
● Division
● Civil War
English 8 History 8
Literacy strategies:
- Cornell Notetaking
- Reading
comprehension
strategies
- Presentation skills
- Collaborating
effectively with
peers
Questions & Answers
Course Selections in
Student Portal by:
March 24th
Course Request Sheets
due to Science
teacher:
March 25th