New Horizons Charter Academy

8thGradeSyllabus
Thedifferencebetweenwhoyouareandwhoyouwanttobecomeiswhatyoudo.
20152016
Room203

Instructor:
Email:
Website:
OfficeHours:

Grading:
98-100
A+
93-97
A
90-92
A

CarolinaCoronado
CCoronado@NHCharterAcademy.com
www.Rm203.weebly.com
M,Tue3:003:45

88-89
83-87
80-72

B+
B
B-

78-79
73-77
70-72

C+
C
C-

69 or
lower

ClassroomRules:
Ionlyhave5classroomrulesbutIamverystrictonthese5.TheyareextremelyimportantandI
willholdallstudentsaccountabletothem.
1. Weraiseourhandstospeak
2. Weuseappropriatevoicelevelsdeterminedbytheteacher
3. WecometoclasspreparedwithHWandmaterials
4. Weareengagedintodayslessons
5. Wearerespectful

CommunicationwithParents
Iwillbecommunicatingwithparentsfrequentlythroughanumberofdifferentways.Iwillbe
makingphonecallstoparentstoreportbothpositiveanddestructivebehavior.Iwillalsosend
noteshometoreportacademicimprovements,behaviorimprovements,academicdecline,and
behaviordecline.Inaddition,tokeepparentsuptodatewithwhatstudentsarelearninginclass
theyareinvitedtocheckoutourclasswebsitewhereIwillpostanswerstothefollowing
question:Whatdidmychildlearninclasstoday?

SpecificLearningOutcomes:
Bytheendofthiscourse,studentswillhavemasteredthefollowingtopics:

EnglishLanguageArts
Eighthgradestudentsinteractagreatdealwithliteratureandinformationaltext.Theyuse
evidencefromselectionstoanalyzecharacterspointsofviewandhowtheauthorusesdialogue.
Studentscitetextualevidencetosupporttheiranalysisoftextandidentifyhowthestructure
contributestothemeaningandstyleofeachtext.Inwriting,studentsshowrelationshipsamong
experiencesandevents.
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Reading
Useevidencewhendrawingconclusionsfromthereading
Determineathemeanditsrelationshiptothecharacters,setting,andplot
Analyzehowdialogueaffectstheoutcomeofatext
Identifyhowthestructurecontributestothemeaningandstyleofeachtext
Analyzehowthepointsofviewofthecharactersandthereadercreateeffectssuchassuspense
orhumor
Determineanauthorsresponsetoconflictingviewpoints
Evaluateanauthorspremisesorhypothesesbycorroboratingorchallengingconclusionswith
othersourcesofinformation
Readandunderstandgradelevelliteraryandnonfictiontexts
Writing
Writeargumentstosupportclaimswithclearreasonsandrelevantevidence
Writeinformativetextsthatexamineatopicandconveyideas
Writenarrativesthatshowtherelationshipsamongexperiencesandevents
Conductresearchprojectsanddemonstrateanunderstandingofthesubjectunderinvestigation
Usetechnologytoproduceandpublishwritingandpresentrelationshipsbetweeninformation
andideas
SpeakingandListening
Participateindiscussions,oneononeandwithagroup
Identifywhenirrelevantevidenceisusedinaspeakersclaim
Planandpresentanarrative
Useeyecontact,appropriatevolume,andclearpronunciationwhenpresentingLanguage
Usecorrectgrammarandlanguage
Usecorrectcapitalization,punctuation,andspelling
Useavarietyofmethodstodeterminethemeaningofunknownwords
InterpretfiguresofspeechoVerbalironyoPuns

Mathematics:
Eighthgradestudentsdeepentheirunderstandingofrationalandirrationalnumbers.
Algebraically,studentscomputewithradicalsandexponents,solvelinearequationsanddefine,
solve,compare,andgraphfunctions.Ingeometry,seventhgradestudentsunderstandandusethe
PythagoreanTheoremandsolveproblemsinvolvingvolumesofcylinders,cones,andspheres.
Understandrationalandirrationalnumbers
Workwithradicalsandintegerexponents
Understandtheconnectionbetweenproportionalrelationships,lines,andlinearequationsand
beabletographthem
Understandthattheunitrateofaproportionalrelationshipistheslopeofthegraph
Usesimilartrianglestoexplainslopeandunderstandy=mx+b
Analyzeandsolvelinearequationswithonevariableandpairsofsimultaneouslinearequations
Define,solve,andcomparefunctions
Understandthatafunctionisaruleandtheorderedpairsareinputandoutput
Buildandusefunctionstomodelrelationships
Understandcongruenceandsimilarity
Understand,use,andapplythePythagoreanTheorem
Investigatepatternsofsetsofdata

SocialStudies
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EighthgradestudentsareresponsibleforlearningaboutUnitedStateshistory.
TheConstitution
TheEarlyRepublic
TheGrowingNation
TheAntebellumPeriod
TheCivilWarandtheReconstruction
TensionsintheWest

Science
PhysicalandChemicalChanges
Atoms,Elements,Compounds
MixturesandSolutions
PeriodicTable
ChemicalFormulasandReactions
StatesofMatter
Motion
Force
GravityandWeight
DensityandBuoyancy
Energy
Heat