Junior High Academics / Curriculum : English

6th Grade English
English for 6th grade is broken into four key components: literature, grammar, spelling, and writing. Developing these skills this year students will be able to express themselves more clearly and creatively. Spelling and grammar both use the Abeka curriculum while writing uses Write Up a Storm in addition to being woven throughout the subjects. In literature students read A Father’s Promise, Magician’s Nephew, and The Hiding Place.
Grade: 6
Course Length: 1 year

7th Grade English
This is a year-long English course that focuses on reading comprehension and analysis, essay writing, creative writing, spelling skills, vocabulary expansion, grammar usage, and public speaking. The course content reviews all basic skills previously taught and teaches new skills with daily review. The course includes an intensive ten-month writing unit which focuses on process writing through a variety of assignments, including narrative, literature response, and persuasive writing. This course is intended to prepare students for success in 8th Grade.
Grade: 7
Course Length: 1 year
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8th Grade English
This is a year-long English course that focuses on reading comprehension and analysis, essay writing, creative writing, spelling skills, vocabulary expansion, grammar usage, and public speaking. The course content reviews basic skills previously taught and teaches new skills with an emphasis on the application of these skills. The course includes an intensive composition unit, taught over a ten-month period, which covers multiple paragraph writing, preparation and presentation of speeches and discussions, exposure to a variety of literary forms and techniques, vocabulary development, and instruction in and application of language mechanics. A debate unit is also included, with students learning the art of effective persuasion as they gather their resources for a week of in-class Lincoln-Douglas-style debates. This course is intended to prepare students for success in high school.
Grade: 8
Course Length: 1 year