Summer Learning: Bridging the Gap to 8th Grade Reading

Heading into 8th grade means stepping up your reading, writing, and communication game — and this course makes sure you're ready. Designed for students who want to sharpen their skills before the school year kicks off, this class tackles the core of what strong readers and writers actually do: analyze texts deeply, develop a distinct voice, and express ideas with confidence. Students work through annotation techniques, sentence-level grammar, author's purpose, and creative presentation skills — all while discovering how their own voice connects everything together. By the end, you won't just read better; you'll think and communicate like the student teachers expect in 8th grade and beyond.