Eighth Grade Essay

Specific Purpose: To teach the audience how to annotate a passage properly Introduction Attention Material: Back in 8th grade, I wasn’t great at reading passages and interpreting them. As you can see, this caused certain roadblocks for me as I would not be able to talk much in discussions regarding about passages. This problem was not really solved until my English teacher then, which was Mrs. Salcedo, teached me how to annotate passages. Tie to audience: Why is it important to know how to annotate

Adolescent Years I got involved in my church’s youth group (7th grade) and a program in school ( 8th grade) called Cities in School (CIS). Wong, Hall, Justice, and Herndez (2015) explain in this stage of Erikson’s theory adolescents finding their identity consequently encouraging and adverse outcomes may promote either, faithfulness and loyalty or entice rejection mannerism. The youth program at my church was a great outlet for me along with feeling safe and guarded by Jesus. Blair, McFarlane

with that. Always the one to make me laugh & had a unique sense of humor. Dyed hair and Mohawks were his style but not so much pop music. He was different. He was my best friend. He technically still is. Brennen and I became best friends in 7th grade along with Roxanne, at parkway middle and like most friendships you can't remember how it happen but you're glad it did. We all know that one kid or maybe we are that one kid, that always makes aloud comments and is “Anti-school.” Well, that was Brennen

Branson Reeve's sixth grade year flew by, and it was not as terrible as he thought it would be. During the summer, I noticed he became very interested in his appearance and his choice of clothing. This spontaneous decision is in part to the compliments he has been receiving from girls. He is starting to create intimate and relational feelings, which I encourage as it is a normal behavior. In order to purchase more expensive and "cool" clothing, I give Branson Reeve the opportunity to earn extra cash

response my teacher received when she informed us what our 8th grade graduation requirement was. That was not what a bunch of eighth graders wanted to hear the first day of school and it was definitely not what I had in mind for my long-anticipated glorious eighth grade year. I already knew it was going to be a long year. This was my second year attending Bennett Academy Charter School; it definitely challenged me academically in 7th grade and it was very clear that it wasn’t going to get any easier

driver, and a couple of my friends and I made quite a bit of noise, so the bus driver split us up, assigning me a seat with the 8th graders. It was like waving a baby in front of a pit-bull, and I got destroyed. The girls were nice enough but those 8th grade boys really enjoyed calling me all sorts of various male genitalia-based names that I probably shouldn’t repeat here. It was my first experience as a bullying victim, and I was determined to make it my

me in, I’ve decided to settle for an essay but not a traditional one. This is my story, My Truth, it’s what makes me the person I am today. So let’s get started. In the beginning or in my case the middle, eighth grade wasn’t for me. I just don’t wanna relive the way I felt. All through 8th grade I felt insecure, ugly, weird, and stupid in every aspect but I came in the first day of school like a brand new person. I thought I could “fake it till I made it”, and that’s exactly what I did. Little did

wouldn’t have to find our classes alone on the first day. I was dreading lunch, but I put it out of my mind. That day, in fact, I met one of my best friends. I managed to survive my first day of middle school. And the next. And the next. I even got good grades in math! I sometimes struggle, and did previously, in math.

Literacy in and of itself is a form of art much like playing an instrument, the more you do it the better you will become. That is at least what my very first literacy teacher in school ever told me. I remember sitting down in my fifth grade classroom talking to my friends when our teacher Mrs. Johnson walked into the room and told us all what the class was about. And I truly believe that it was because of her and her teachings that I truly began to like literacy in the form of writing. During

Not getting accepted into Lane Tech was one of the most difficult things that I’ve experienced . There are so many reasons why I love the school and why I want to attend Lane. My first experience at Lane Tech was participating in the 7th/8th grade soccer camp in the summer of 2016. I loved everything about the camp and knew I wanted more. I have been involved in competitive sports for over 7 years and have experienced, traveled, and competed like few other children and teenagers. My abilities