8th Grade

Life is full of changes and challenges for all of us. As you know, I will not have the pleasure of being your homeroom or Social Studies teacher next year. However, I will still be teaching in the building and look forward to seeing you often and watching you take your final steps as young adults. I am confident that you will prove yourselves to be a wonderful and deserving role model as the new graduating class.

In the meantime, the 8th Grade curriculum for Social Studies will begin with a condensed wrap up of where we left off, through Reconstruction, and then continue on through the Twentieth Century. To give you a feeling of the course material, you are required to read two books over the summer.

The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss.
Take accurate and detailed notes, and be prepared for a text that first Friday in September.

and one of the books below:

Then, write 3 paragraphs outlining what the second book is about, and 1 more paragraph on what you thought of the book (4 paragraphs in total; at least six sentences per paragraph). Please make sure to state the book's name and author on a cover page (not to be included in your summary paragraphs). This will be collected on the first day back, September 6, and will count as your first 8th Grade written assignment.

Have a wonderful summer!

Sincerely,

Ms. Costanza

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