Eighth Grade
Sample Lessons with Day-by-Day Scheduling
All of these texts will capture the interest of
adults as well as our eighth graders. With graduation on the horizon we continue in college-prep
language with grammar studies and an emphasis
on composition. Word derivatives from Greek and
Latin are also expanded. Unabridged classics are
read with CHC Reader’s Guides and critiques.
The Kingdom of God (Part 2) develops the Bible
study from the Kings to the Minor Prophets. Students finish their study of the Old Testament in
eighth grade, or have the option of working in the
Westminster Shorter Catechism, a worthy choice for
older siblings as well.
An excellent American History text presents
the story of our nation from Columbus to the
present. The CHC History Overlay and Schema give
Christian perspective and a thorough test set gath-
ers every important strand together. A biography
and a selection of American literature are coordinated with this study.
The science studies are from a clear, creationist perspective, and test sets are provided. A math
worktext in pre-algebra is complete with comprehensive explanations and exercises scheduled as
tests. Saxon Algebra 1/2 is also available. For the
student desiring to do a complete Algebra I course
in eighth grade we recommend either of the math
options listed in the ninth grade.
This sample pack will provide you with a cross
section of all subjects covered in a standard Covenant Home Eighth Grade Full Curriculum.
In Your Box:
Student Textbooks, Teacher’s Manuals, CHC Test Sets & Answer Keys,
Course Blueprints, Day-by-Day Scheduling Guide, and much more.
ENGLISH
1st S e m e s t e r
• English Workshop - Second Course, student worktext with
answer key, mastery tests and blueprint
• The American Republic, 3rd ed., student textbook with key to
the text and blueprint
Student Worktext includes:
Student Textbook includes:
– Sentences, fragments, run-ons
– Settlling a Wilderness
– Subject (simple, compound), predicate, compound
verbs
– Establishing a Nation
– Parts of speech
– Facing a Crisis
– Complements, phrases, clauses
– Growing to Meet Challenges
– Simple, complex, compound, compound-complex
sentences
– Taking the Lead
– Spanning a Continent
– Preparing for the Future
– Agreement: subject-verb, indefinite pronouns,
compound subjects, collective nouns, etc.
• BJP test set with answer key and blueprint
– Correct usage of pronouns, verbs and modifiers
• CHC History Overlay, 3rd ed.
– Capital letter usage
• CHC History Schema
– Punctuation
– Spelling: dictionary usage, spelling rules, prefix and
suffixes, etc.
2nd S e m e s t e r
HISTORY
– Writing process: prewriting, first drafts, evaluating,
revising, proofreading and publishing
– Paragraphs: main ideas, topic sentence, unity and
coherence, description, evaluation, narration, classification
• CHC Geography Activity Sheets
BIBLE
• Kingdom of God - Part II textbook (if needed) with answer
key and blueprint
This book is a guide for Old Testament study; part two
starts with II Kings and finishes with Malachi.
– Composition: planning, introductions, conclusions
• CHC test set with answer key
– Aims for writing: a friendly letter, a children’s story, a
news article, a public service announcement
• CHC Scripture Memory program
VOCABULARY
• Vocabulary from Classical Roots B student book, teacher’s
edition and blueprint
• CHC test set with answer key
SCIENCE
• Exploring Creation with Physical Science, student textbook
(hardcover)
Student Textbook includes:
– The Basics
LITERATURE
– Air
• Up From Slavery, unabridged with CHC Classic Critique
– The Atmosphere
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, unabridged with CHC
Reader’s Guide
– The Wonder of Water
• CHC Guide to Writing Book Reports
Book Reports:
– In eighth grade four book reports are suggested.
These four include the two works which are studied in
depth in the literature course.
– The Hydrosphere
– Earth and the Lithosphere
– Factors That Affect Earth’s Weather
– Weather and Its Prediction
– An Introduction to the Physics of Motion
(Continued on the next page)
In Your Box (cont.):
Student Textbooks, Teacher’s Manuals, CHC Test Sets & Answer Keys,
Course Blueprints, Day-by-Day Scheduling Guide, and much more.
– Newton’s Laws
– The Forces in Creation – Part 1
– The Forces in Creation – Part 2
– The Forces in Creation – Part 3
– Waves and Sound
– Light
– An Introduction to Astrophysics
• Solutions and test booklet Exploring Creation with Physical
Science
MATH
• Saxon Algebra ½, student book and CHC blueprint
Student Textbook includes:
– basic review of arithmetic operations with whole
numbers, fractions and decimals
– elementary plane and solid geometry
– algebraic simplification of expressions
– exponents and roots
– scientific notation
– ratio and proportion
– equations
– negative numbers and exponents
– introduction to probability
– Pythagorean Theorem
• ·Home Study Packet for Saxon Algebra ½
Day-by-Day
A Day-by-Day will guide you through a 36-week school year.
A scheduling option that Covenant Home Curriculum offers
is the complete listing of all courses and assignments on a day by
day basis. Although the blueprints give you enough information
to know how to divide up the textbooks and what to use for tests,
some parents like to have the entire year mapped out for them.
The Day-by-Day does this, organizing every course, indicating when to introduce a text and how much to assign in each
book. They are constructed on a 36-week academic year. Each
week is complete in itself so that you may start with “Week 1” any
time of the year, assigning your own dates.
Covenant Home Day-by-Days are included in the full curriculum option for Pre-school through 12th grade at no additional cost.
The Day-by-Day tells you exactly what to teach and precisely when to teach it. The order in which books should be
used, the frequency of assignments, tests, quizzes, etc., are
all shown in perfect detail. Of course, as you get into the swing
of things, you will probably make changes and adjustments
that suit your family’s particular needs.
WEEK 16 - Grade 8
Date_______________________
Copyright© 2008 Covenant Home Curriculum
HISTORY
SCIENCE
VOCABULARY
LITERATURE
The American
Republic, 3rd ed.
Exploring Creation
with Physical Science
Classical Roots B
Up From Slavery
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
MONDAY
Chapter 15
Read pages 284- 306
Reread chapter and
write outline, pages
284-306
The Shapes of
Things
On Your Own,
Page 183
ST, pp. 92-94
Lab
Exp. 8.1
Guide, TG, p. 80
Lesson 15
Introduce, Preview,
Present
The student may use
this week to prepare
and complete the
paper on Booker T.
Washington
GRAMMAR
SAXON MATH
BIBLE
English Workshop
Second Course
Algebra ½
Kingdom Of God
Quiz - Chapter
Review, pp. 277, 78
Lesson 62
Memory
Pages 198-200
Proverbs 15:1-4
(Reserve Ex. C)
Chapter 38 Read
and outline pages
185-87
TG, pp. 78,79
Diagnostic Test 24
Activity Master
TG, pp.80,101
Lesson 63
Pages 200-03
Discuss pages 18587
Exercises, page 187
Chapter 25
Pages 279, 80
Section Reviews,
pages 290, 300, 05,
and 06; discuss
blueprint questions
for Chapter 15
Pages 187-90
On Your Own,
Pages 189,90
Correct and discuss
Ex. 1, 2
Lit/Hist Refs, TG,
p.77
Pages 281-84
Lesson 64
Ex. 3-6
Pages 203-06
Pages 285-87
Test 15
Reference Matthew
Henry for further
study
Pages 288-90
Lesson 65
Ex. 10-13
Pages 206-09
Recite Proverbs
15:1-4
Exercises 15A-15C
ST, pp.95,96
Correct/record
Chapter Review, page
307
Pages 190-94
On Your Own,
p. 194
Suggested Activities
Ex. 7-9
Flashcards, TG, p. viii;
Word Building, TG, p.x
GLM , see p. 199
Review Challenge
Words
Chapter 15 Test
FRIDAY
Module #8
Weather and Its
Prediction
Pages 181-87
BOOK
REPORTS
Pages 194-99
Quiz - Lesson 15
(Crossword Puzzle)
Record grade
Final paper due:
Booker T. Washington
(Note the evolutionary reference in
exercise 32.)
Discuss Thought
Questions, page 187
Test Chapter 38