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Grade 8

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 8.CC
  • 8.CC.1
  • 8.CC.2
  • 8.CC.3
  • 8.CC.4
  • 8.CC.5
  • 8.CC.6
  • 8.CC.7
  • 8.CC.8

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 8.RC
  • 8.RC.1
  • 8.RC.2
  • 8.RC.3
  • 8.RC.4
  • 8.RC.5
  • 8.RC.6
  • 8.RC.7
  • 8.RC.8
  • 8.RC.9
  • 8.RC.10
  • 8.RC.11

• Writing

  • 8.W
  • 8.W.1
  • 8.W.1.a
  • 8.W.1.b
  • 8.W.1.d
  • 8.W.1.e
  • 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.2.f
  • 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.4.a
  • 8.W.4.b
  • 8.W.5
  • 8.W.5.a
  • 8.W.5.c
  • 8.W.5.d
  • 8.W.5.e
  • 8.W.5.f
  • 8.W.6
  • 8.W.7
  • 8.W.7.a

Indiana ELA Standard: 8.W.3.a

Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters.

Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Holiday Emoji Story ☃️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Holiday Emoji Story 🎅

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Halloween Emoji Story 🌕

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🚚

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🏟️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🕰️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 👁️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🐻

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🏰

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Bobbing for Apples

What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?

Inferring With Art: A Couple

What’s going on in this room? There are shoes everywhere! Are those… oranges? Let’s make some inferences!

Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Story Starter: Out To Eat

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

Story Starter: Amusement Park

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

Story Starter: A Magical School

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

Story Starter: Somewhere In Space

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

The Personalities of Rocks

What would an igneous rock be like? Would it get along with a sedimentary rock? Could they handle the hot personality of a metamorphic rock?

Create A Civilization Introduction

Your students build a civilization from scratch — rivers, flags, calendars, currency, government. Social studies, science, and writing woven into one year-long project.

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.