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Grade 8

• Language

  • 8.L.1
  • 8.L.1.a
  • 8.L.1.b
  • 8.L.1.c
  • 8.L.1.d
  • 8.L.2
  • 8.L.3
  • 8.L.4
  • 8.L.4.a
  • 8.L.4.b
  • 8.L.5
  • 8.L.5.a
  • 8.L.5.b
  • 8.L.5.c
  • 8.L.6

• Reading: Informational

  • 8.RI.1
  • 8.RI.2
  • 8.RI.3
  • 8.RI.4
  • 8.RI.5
  • 8.RI.6
  • 8.RI.7
  • 8.RI.8
  • 8.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 8.RL.1
  • 8.RL.2
  • 8.RL.3
  • 8.RL.4
  • 8.RL.5
  • 8.RL.6
  • 8.RL.9
  • 8.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 8.SL.1
  • 8.SL.1.a
  • 8.SL.1.b
  • 8.SL.1.c
  • 8.SL.1.d
  • 8.SL.2
  • 8.SL.3
  • 8.SL.4
  • 8.SL.5
  • 8.SL.6

• Writing

  • 8.W.1
  • 8.W.1.a
  • 8.W.1.b
  • 8.W.1.d
  • 8.W.2
  • 8.W.2.a
  • 8.W.2.b
  • 8.W.2.d
  • 8.W.2.e
  • 8.W.3
  • 8.W.3.a
  • 8.W.3.b
  • 8.W.3.c
  • 8.W.3.d
  • 8.W.3.e
  • 8.W.4
  • 8.W.5
  • 8.W.6
  • 8.W.7
  • 8.W.8
  • 8.W.9
  • 8.W.9.a
  • 8.W.9.b
  • 8.W.10

Arizona ELA Standard: 8.RL.9

Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories or religious works, including describing how the material is rendered new.

Stories with the Same Problems and Solutions

Have you ever noticed that some stories have awfully similar problems? What if we looked for the most unusual way of solving a repeating problem?

Introducing Universal Theme of Conflict

So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Conflict? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Elements of The Fantasy Genre

Every fantasy story has patterns hiding underneath the magic. Once your students see the elements, they’ll spot them everywhere — and use them in their own writing.

Better Stories Part 4: Character Archetypes

Are students’ characters a bit flat? Archetypes give them a strong foundation on which to build their own characters as well as a tool to analyze existing stories.