5020 English 8: The eighth-grade English course is devoted to developing communication and thinking skills through the integrated study of language, literature, and writing. Language study emphasizes sentence patterns, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and usage. The study of the writing process includes further development of skills and working with multi-paragraph writings in narrative, descriptive, and expository writing. The study of literature includes the genre or thematic approach, stressing an understanding of literary terminology and author's purpose.

5023 Pre AP English 8: Pre AP English 8 is based upon the same curriculum and standards as English 8, but is designed to emphasize the skills and habits of mind that will be needed to take Advanced Placement English courses and the Advanced Placement exam. Students will be challenged to do more with literary comparison, composition, and the higher order thinking skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Eighth grade English course content is covered in greater depth and with more insight.