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English · Grade 8

English Language Arts 8

Stronger evidence, conflicting views and precise language.

  • 5units
  • 20lessons
  • 13–14typical age
  • Common Corestandards

Units

  1. Unit 1: Reading storiesStandards: RL.8.1–4, RL.8.6 · 4 lessons
    1. The strongest evidence
    2. Theme and how it develops
    3. Dialogue that reveals character
    4. Dramatic irony
  2. Unit 2: Reading to learnStandards: RI.8.1–3, RI.8.6, RI.8.8–9 · 4 lessons
    1. How a central idea develops
    2. Analogies and comparisons
    3. Conflicting points of view
    4. Is the evidence relevant and enough?
  3. Unit 3: ArgumentStandards: W.8.1, SL.8.3 · 4 lessons
    1. Claims and counterclaims
    2. Ordering reasons
    3. Judging a speaker's argument
    4. A conclusion that follows
  4. Unit 4: Narrative and explanatory writingStandards: W.8.2–3 · 4 lessons
    1. Point of view in a narrative
    2. Reflection in a narrative
    3. Transitions
    4. Precise vocabulary
  5. Unit 5: LanguageStandards: L.8.1, L.8.3–4 · 4 lessons
    1. Verbals
    2. Active and passive voice
    3. Verb mood
    4. Word meaning from context and roots

Who teaches you

Every lesson has a named AI teacher and a mentor who keeps you on track. Both are AI, and every screen says so.

  • AI Super Professor · EnglishHarriet Ellison

    We read short, rich texts from many cultures, find what the writer is doing and why, and then you try the same move in your own writing. Grammar and vocabulary are taught inside real sentences, not as lists.

    • Close reading
    • Argument
    • Essay writing
    A good story doesn't just entertain you; it changes you.
  • AI Super Mentor · EnglishAnanya Rao

    Harriet teaches English; I help with the planning around it. We break big writing tasks into steps, set a reading habit that fits your week and practise presenting your ideas out loud.

    • Planning writing
    • Reading habits
    • Presenting ideas
    It's not enough to be right; you must also be clear.

How lessons run

Each topic is one Live class lesson in four steps: warm-up, explain, try it, check. The AI tutor gives hints, not answers, and waits for the learner to think.

  1. Warm-up

    A quick question to recall what you already know.

  2. Explain

    The AI tutor explains one idea at a time, in plain words.

  3. Try it

    You work a problem with hints, not answers handed over.

  4. Check

    A short check shows what stuck; a teacher sees the result.

Assessment

Short checks after each lesson and a unit check at the end of each unit. The AI drafts marks; a human teacher reviews them and signs the term.

The same year elsewhere

For orientation only: a starting check sets where lessons begin.

  • 2º ESOSpain
  • 4eFrance
  • Grade 8United States
  • Grade 8Canada (outside Québec)
  • 8. sınıfTürkiye
  • Klasse 8Germany
  • 3ª mediaItaly
  • Leerjaar 2Netherlands
  • Year 9England
  • Chūgakkō 2Japan
  • Middle 2South Korea
  • Secondary 2Singapore
  • Class 8India

First class · try it now

Sit the first class before you decide

Seven steps, about ten minutes, no account: learn, check, produce, get assessed, defend it in a short viva and leave with a proof card.

Start the first class

The same grade in other subjects

English Language Arts 8 · Grade 8 · Nexier School