Incoming 8th Grade

Parent Information Night

Welcome

8th Grade Program Planning

Questions & Answers

The Process

■ Course Request Sheet (CRS) handed out in

Science class.

■ Courses selected by students and

parents/guardians and signed by both.

■ Students are required to put course selections in

our DJUSD portal by March 24th. Directions are

on their course request sheets.

■ Course Request Sheets Due March 25th to

Science teachers.

8th Grade Program

Required Courses (5):English

U.S. History

Science

Math

Physical Education

Math Pathways

Science

Lab Activities & a field trip

to the Exploratorium

Motion & Stability: Forces & Energy Interactions, Gravity, Waves and Their Applications

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Biological Evolution

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Content for 8th Grade English

● Organization/Planners

● Writing genres: narrative, informational, argument

● Grammar instruction embedded with writing

● Reading: Core novels, independent reading

● Vocabulary: roots

Content for History 8th Grade

● U.S. Historyo Colonial America - Civil Waro Foundations of U.S.

Governmento Challenges facing a new

nationo Westward Expansion and

impact on social groupso Division and reunification of

the United States

English 8 and History 8

● Cored classes● Work together toward

common goalso Meets Common Core

Standards

● Assessment styleo Independent writingo Collaborative writingo Presentations and projects

English 8 and History 8

● Plot,

characterization,

theme, setting, point

of view

● Figurative language

● Roots & vocabulary

● Grammar,

mechanics, spelling,

punctuation

● On-demand writing

● Colonial America

● Revolutionary War

● U.S. Constitution

● Early America

● Westward Expansion

● Division

● Civil War

English 8 History 8

Literacy strategies:

- Cornell Notetaking

- Reading

comprehension

strategies

- Presentation skills

- Collaborating

effectively with

peers

Questions & Answers

Course Selections in

Student Portal by:

March 24th

Course Request Sheets

due to Science

teacher:

March 25th