The students in Zack Hull’s 8 th grade English class are eager to share their “This I Believe” essays. For several years, he has had his students dig within themselves and write about something they ...

Eighth-graders learn to read and understand essays, speeches, biographies, and other types of historical, scientific, and technical material. Students also read and understand a wide range of ...

Encourage discussion as much as possible in your house. Ask your eighth-grader for their opinion about political and social issues, or about books, movies, and TV shows. Listen carefully and prompt ...

Chris Stanislawski, 14, poses for a portrait outside of his home in Garden City, N.Y., on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Chris didn’t finish any books in his 8th grade English class, in part because their ...

Roman Daniels in 8th grade English. Philip's Academy is a preK-8 charter school approved in 2018 to expand into a high school, which current 8th graders would have been set to attend as freshman this ...

About 400 eighth-grade students at John Muir Middle School compete in an annual speech competition each year. Though there are only four winners — one from each of the eighth-grade English classes ...