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Grade 8

• Language

  • 8.L.1.b
  • 8.L.1
  • 8.L.2.a
  • 8.L.2
  • 8.L.2.b
  • 8.L.2.c
  • 8.L.3.a
  • 8.L.3
  • 8.L.4.b
  • 8.L.5.a
  • 8.L.5.c
  • 8.L.5
  • 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.8
  • 8.RI.9
  • 8.RI.10

• 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.c
  • 8.SL.1.d
  • 8.SL.2
  • 8.SL.4
  • 8.SL.5
  • 8.SL.6

• Writing

  • 8.W.1.a
  • 8.W.1.c
  • 8.W.1
  • 8.W.2
  • 8.W.2.a
  • 8.W.2.b
  • 8.W.2.c
  • 8.W.2.d
  • 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.5
  • 8.W.8
  • 8.W.9
  • 8.W.9.a
  • 8.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 8.W.3.b

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

St. Patrick and Other Legends

How would real people feel about the legends that have been created about them?

Gr 1-8

Bobbing for Apples

What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?

Gr 2-8

12 Phrases: The Zoo

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at the zoo.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: A Day At School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at school.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: Out To Eat

Students pick from 12 random phrases to create a story about an incident in a restaurant.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: Amusement Park

Students use 12 random phrases to write a story that takes place in at an amusement park.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: A Magical School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in at a magical school.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: Somewhere In Space

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in space!

Gr 2-8

Do Narrators Have Too Much Power?

Imagine being a character in a story. Are you worried that your story’s narrator may inaccurately describe you? What if they reveal something you wanted to be kept secret? Do narrators have too much power!?

Gr 2-8

Identifying Author’s Voice

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

Gr 2-8

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Gr 2-8