Eighth Grade
I am looking forward to meeting each of you and working hard with you to prepare for your high school journey that is right around the corner. Can you believe it? Soon you will be preparing for college! Beginning now, I ask you to be mindful of this fact and work with me to strengthen your skills in reading, writing, grammar and speaking.
You are leaders...you are THE leaders of Our Lady's School junior high and actually of the entire school. I challenge you to be the best version of yourself this year and have a growth mindset in everything you do!
This year we will:
You are leaders...you are THE leaders of Our Lady's School junior high and actually of the entire school. I challenge you to be the best version of yourself this year and have a growth mindset in everything you do!
This year we will:
- work on word analysis, fluency and systematic vocabulary development
- strengthen reading comprehension
- sharpen literary response and analysis
- write clear, coherent, focused essays focusing on organization and facts, research and technology, evaluation and revision
- focus on writing applications, especially utilizing writing strategies, writing responses to literature as well as writing biographies, autobiographies, short stories and narratives, persuasive compositions, research reports, career development and technical documents
- work on written and oral language conventions
- strengthen listening and speaking strategies as well as speaking applications