This is based on students' requests, students' needs and staffing. In grade 8, students refine and master previously learned knowledge and skills in increasingly complex presentations, reading selections, and writing. Students identify various literary forms and use different forms of writing for specific purposes such as to inform, persuade, or express. Students produce multi-paragraph compositions with varied sentence structure. Students learn how to edit their writing based on knowledge of grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language.
Students produce final, error-free pieces of written composition on a regular basis.
Students draw data from multiple primary and secondary sources for use in research reports and projects. This course is recommended for gifted and talented students and those high achievers interested in a rigorous program. Students identify various literary forms and use different forms of writing for specific purposes. Students learn how to edit their writing based on knowledge of grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language. Students organized in timed and untimed writing assignments.