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Grade 8

• Language

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

• Reading: Informational

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

• Writing

  • 8.W.1.a
  • 8.W.1.b
  • 8.W.1.d
  • 8.W.1
  • 8.W.2
  • 8.W.2.a
  • 8.W.2.b
  • 8.W.2.c
  • 8.W.2.d
  • 8.W.2.e
  • 8.W.3.a
  • 8.W.3
  • 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.b
  • 8.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 8.W.1.a

Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other

Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?

Gr 3-8

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Gr 1-8

Natural Disasters Tournament

Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.

Gr 1-8

Impostor Syndrome

How high-performing students can often feel like they aren’t really that great.

Gr 2-8

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.

Gr 1-8