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Curriculum Overview By Grade Level
Note: The Kearney Public Schools standards and benchmarks for achievement, which correspond with our annual assessments, are listed after the specific units in which they are taught. Here are our standards:
8.1.4 Elements of fiction: plot, setting, characters, theme, tone
8.1.5 Elements of non-fiction: compare/contrast, cause/effect, following directions
8.2.1 Spelling
8.2.2 Six traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, conventions
8.3.2 Public speaking
8.4 Listening
Sixth Grade
Paragraph structure: 8.2.2
Six Trait Writing in numerous essays throughout the year: 8.2.2
Spelling/ etymology of words with Latin and Greek roots: 8.2.1
Grammar & diagramming: 8.2.2
Word Masters competition: 8.2.1, 8.2.2
The Secret Garden: 8.1.4, 8.2.2
Informative speech on Victorian England: 8.3.2
The Witch of Blackbird Pond: 8.1.4, 8.2.2
Junior Great Books short stories: "Raymond's Run": 8.1.4, 8.22
"My Greatest Ambition": 8.1.4, 8.22
"The Veldt" 8.1.4, 8.2.2
"Gaston" 8.1.4, 8.2.2
"The Secret of the Yellow House" 8.1,4, 8.2.2
"The White Umbrella" 8.1.4, 8.2.2
Sertoma essay contest: 8.2.2.
Competitive public speaking: 8.3.2, 8.4
Published biography of a role model: 8.1.5, 8.2.2, 8.3.2, 8.4
Seventh Grade
Paragraph/ essay structure: 8.2.2
Six Trait Writing in various essays throughout the year: 8.2.2
Spelling/ etymology of Latin/ Greek words: 8.2.1
Grammar & diagramming: 8.2.2
Word Masters competition: 8.2.1, 8.2.2
Flowers for Algernon: 8.1.4, 8.22
Prairie Songs: 8.1.4, 8.22, 8.3.2, 8.4
Words By Heart: 8.1.4, 8.22, 8.3.2
The Outsiders: 8.1.4, 8.22
"The Ransom of Red Chief": 8.1.4, 8.22
"The Lady or the Tiger": 8.1.4, 8.22
"Charles": 8.1.4
"Riki Tiki Tavi": 8.1.4
"The Monkey's Paw": 8.1.4
King Arthur legends: 8.1.4, 8.22, 8.32, 8.4
Drama unit: Duet Acting: 8.1.5, 8.3.2, 8.4
Competitive public speaking 8.2.2, 8.3.2, 8.4
Introduction to journalism and the newspaper: 8.1.1, 8.2.2
Eighth Grade
Paragraph/ essay structure: 8.2.2
Six Trait Writing in various essays throughout the year: 8.2.2
Spelling of Latin and Greek root words: 8.2.1
Grammar/ usage review: 8.2.2
Word Masters competition: 8.2.1, 8.2.2
Shakespeare and the Elizabethans: Othello: 8.1.4, 8.2.2
A Christmas Carol: 8.1.4, 8.2.2
19th and 20th century literature: Poe, Kafka, Faulkner, Hemingway: 8.1.4
The Diary of Anne Frank: 8.1.5, 8.22
"The Lottery" : 8.1.4
Hiroshima: 8.1.4, 8.22
Drama unit: One-act play: 8.1.5, 8.3.2, 8.4
Competitive public speaking: 8.2.2, 8.3.2, 8.4
Research paper: 8.2.2
Introduction to journalism and the newspaper: 8.1.1, 8.2.2
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