Grade 8 English Wayland Middle School Program of Studies Grade 8 English English classes at Wayland Middle School are heterogeneously grouped. The eighth grade English Program emphasizes the development of skills in reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and listening. A growing mastery of these areas enables students to enlarge their understanding of the world and better order their thinking about it. Students draw upon a variety of experiences as sources for discussion, thinking, and writing, as they are able to work with material of increasing complexity.
Students regularly produce writing in a variety of forms.
Fundamentals of the English language are reinforced through the teaching of the Five Step Writing Process, which includes strategies for prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, and editing writing assignments. Vocabulary lists drawn from the reading and related materials are studied on a regular basis to build reading vocabulary. Students work on a number of reading and viewing experiences, moving through thematic units selected for interest and developmental suitability in grade eight. Click on Dr. King to move to the next course of study description for grade eight.