Language Arts – Eighth Grade

This class is designed especially for 8th graders. It is a complete language arts class with special emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and vocabulary with an eye towards preparing students for high school work. Students will also read and study poetry, learning about poetic devices and interpretation. In addition, students will read and study a novel. Composition lessons will focus on correct grammar and usage in written work and on students learning to read their own writing with a critical eye. The following books will be used for the class:

Textbooks:

Writing and Grammar Grade 8 – Student Worktext 3rd Edition

Bob Jones University Press ISBN 1591663628 (available from Christian Book Distributors – parents please purchase.)

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
 ISBN 0-14-034158-7 (available from Christian Book Distributors or Amazon.com – parents please purchase.)

Words on the Vine
School Specialty Publishing 1998 ISBN 1568226616
(I will be purchasing this. It is reproducible for a class so the pages we use from this will be covered by the class copy fee. )

Great Short Poems, 100 Best Loved Poems, 101 Great American Poems
Dover Press
I will be purchasing these in bulk for the class to get the best price. They will be available as a set to each student for $4.00 for the set.

Daily Paragraph Editing
Evan-More Publishing
I will be purchasing these in bulk for the class to get the best price. It will be available to each student for $4.00.

In addition each student will need a 1.5 inch binder and a package of subject dividers, a Bible, and a dictionary.
There will be a $10.00 copy fee which can be paid directly to the tutor when classes begin.

 

Tutor: Angie Clement.