Tutor:
Alisa DeBorde
Meeting Time:
Mondays, 9:30-10:20
Course Description
Employing the parts of speech, well-developed paragraphs, parts of an essay, and essay arrangement and structure (five paragraphs); introduction to research and research-based essays; creative historical fiction
Homework Expectation
Academic Class: Expect approximately 2-3 hours a week of homework.
Resources
Handbook/Grammar Book: Easy Grammar, Grade 8 (this book is used in both the 7 and 8 versions):
ISBN: 0936981628
ISBN-13: 9780936981628
Literature:
Quarter 1
Mara Daughter of the Nile Elise Jarvis McGraw
Poetry (to be provided)
A Night to Remember by Walter Lloyd
Quarter 2
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
Short stories (to be provided)
Quarter 3
Uprising Jennifer Nielson
Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson
Quarter 4
Between Shades of Grey Ruta Sepetys
Words of Fire Jennifer Nielson
Poetry (to be provided)