{"id":269,"date":"2011-09-07T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kardashivideos.com\/valley\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2022-02-23T07:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:41:23","slug":"8th-grade-course-of-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/8th-grade-course-of-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth Grade Course of Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A compilation of various literary pieces<\/li>\n<li>Writing paragraphs<\/li>\n<li>Expressive, creative, persuasive writing<\/li>\n<li>Grammar Skills<\/li>\n<li>Exposition<\/li>\n<li>Writing a report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>United States History<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Democracy<\/li>\n<li>Civil Rights and Liberties<\/li>\n<li>Economic Development<\/li>\n<li>The individual and family life<\/li>\n<li>Cultural Diversity<\/li>\n<li>U.S. role in world affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Algebra<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Variables<\/li>\n<li>Working with Real Numbers<\/li>\n<li>Solving algebraic equations<\/li>\n<li>Factoring polynomials<\/li>\n<li>Functions<\/li>\n<li>Linear equations<\/li>\n<li>Inequalities<\/li>\n<li>Rational and irrational numbers<\/li>\n<li>Quadratic Functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geometry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Points, Lines, Planes, and Angles<\/li>\n<li>Deductive reasoning<\/li>\n<li>Parallel lines and planes<\/li>\n<li>Congruent &amp; right triangles<\/li>\n<li>Quadrilaterals &amp; Circles<\/li>\n<li>Inequalities in geometry<\/li>\n<li>Similar polygons<\/li>\n<li>Constructions and Loci<\/li>\n<li>Area of plane figures &amp; solids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physical Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motion &amp; forces<\/li>\n<li>Work and machines<\/li>\n<li>Energy and power<\/li>\n<li>Waves &amp; sound<\/li>\n<li>The electromagnetic spectrum<\/li>\n<li>The solar system<\/li>\n<li>Magnetism<\/li>\n<li>Electric charges and current<\/li>\n<li>Matter<\/li>\n<li>The periodic table<\/li>\n<li>Chemical reactions<\/li>\n<li>Atoms and bonding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spanish B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conjugating verbs<\/li>\n<li>Articles and adjectives<\/li>\n<li>Direct compliments<\/li>\n<li>Common phrases<\/li>\n<li>Focuses on communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Computers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students are exposed to basic computer programming<\/li>\n<li>Students create interactive computer games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creative Expressions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student run drama department where the students put on two productions<\/li>\n<li>A semester long course that works to refine writing skills, heightening creative expressions and developing public speaking skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Physical Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise and fitness<\/li>\n<li>Team sports<\/li>\n<li>Swimming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Manners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secular ethics and violence reduction program<\/li>\n<li>Classroom manners, respecting elders, eating manners, the golden rule, honesty, appropriate language, temper control, sportsmanship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English A compilation of various literary pieces Writing paragraphs Expressive, creative, persuasive writing Grammar Skills Exposition Writing a report United States History American Democracy Civil Rights and Liberties&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valleyschool.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}