GR.

8 LANGUAGE ARTS - TERM 1

Unit One: Global Citizenship

The focus of our first unit of study is for students to consider various global issues and what it means to be a global citizen.
We will explore various topics including (but not limited to) how individuals can make a difference in the world;
issues surrounding money and trade; industrialization; world population; child labour; and peacemaking.

Reading Focus
This unit will focus on:
 - Making Connections
 - Asking Questions
 - Developing and Expressing Opinions about Texts

Online Lit Circles (This is new, books may vary depending on availability)
Using small groups, and a variety of novels, students will participate in a lit circle online with their peers.
Lit circles give students the opportunity to talk meaningfully about books, where they prepare the questions
and guide their discussion. It also allows them to take responsibility for developing a reading plan as a group,
and ensuring they adhere to their plan. Some of the novels used for this lit circle will be:

1) Walking Home by Eric Walters

2) Shaken by Eric Walters
3) Wave by Eric Walters
4) Alexandria of Africa by Eric Walters
5) Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Lamana
Writing Focus
This unit will focus on:
 - Developing Ideas
 - Organization of Ideas

Oral Communication Focus

This unit will focus on
 - how to, and strategies to improve, effective listening

Media Literacy Focus

This unit will focus on:
 - Purpose and Audience in Media Texts
 - Developing and Expressing Opinions about Media Texts

GR. 8 SCIENCE- TERM 1

Term 1 Focus
Understanding Earth and
Space Systems – Water
Systems
Understanding Matter
and Energy – Fluids
Goals
We will be learning
- How human activities and technology allows us
to sustain our water resources
- About things that affect our local water quality
- About the characteristics of earths water
systems
We will be learning to
- Understand the properties and uses of fluid
- Investigate the properties of fluids
- Examine how the properties of fluids are used in
various technologies, and how these
technologies impact society
GR. 8 MATHEMATICS

 Term 1 Focus 
 Number Sense and Numeracy
- Operations with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
- Multiplication and Division of Integers
- Exponents and Scientific Notation

 Patterning and Algebra

- Patterns and Relationships
- Variables, expressions and equations

Geometry
- Sorting and classifying quadrilaterals by geometric properties
- Creating Circles
- Solving problems involving angles
(Pythagorean Theorum

Data Management 
- Collecting and Organization of Data
- Choosing appropriate graphs to represent data
Measurement
- Will not be reported on this term