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Grade 8

Strand 1
- 8.1.A
- 8.1.B
- 8.1.C
- 8.1.D
Strand 2
Strand 3
- 8.3
Strand 4
- 8.4
Strand 5
- 8.5.A
- 8.5.B
- 8.5.C
- 8.5.D
- 8.5.E
- 8.5.F
- 8.5.G
- 8.5.H
- 8.5.I
Strand 6
- 8.6.A
- 8.6.B
- 8.6.C
- 8.6.D
- 8.6.E
- 8.6.F
- 8.6.G
- 8.6.H
- 8.6.I
- 8.6.J
Strand 7
- 8.7.A
- 8.7.B
- 8.7.C
- 8.7.D
Strand 8
- 8.8.A
- 8.8.B
- 8.8.C
- 8.8.D
- 8.8.D.i
- 8.8.D.ii
- 8.8.D.iii
- 8.8.E
- 8.8.E.i
- 8.8.E.ii
- 8.8.E.iii
- 8.8.F
Strand 9
- 8.9.A
- 8.9.B
- 8.9.C
- 8.9.D
- 8.9.E
- 8.9.F
- 8.9.G
Strand 10
- 8.10.A
- 8.10.B
- 8.10.B.i
- 8.10.B.ii
- 8.10.C
- 8.10.D
- 8.10.D.i
- 8.10.D.ii
- 8.10.D.iii
- 8.10.D.iv
- 8.10.D.v
- 8.10.D.vi
- 8.10.D.vii
- 8.10.E
Strand 11
- 8.11.A
- 8.11.B
- 8.11.C
- 8.11.D
Strand 12
- 8.12.A
- 8.12.B
- 8.12.C
- 8.12.D
- 8.12.E
- 8.12.F
- 8.12.G
- 8.12.H
- 8.12.H.i
- 8.12.H.ii
- 8.12.I
- 8.12.J

TEKS ELA Standard: 8.11.C

compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

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

Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant

Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant

What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?

Horde Chess Variant

Horde Chess Variant

What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?

The 8th Wonder of the World Tournament

The 8th Wonder of the World Tournament

Which of these eight wonders deserves to become the Eighth Wonder of the World!?

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

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

Teaching Criticism

Teaching Criticism

Ask students to go beyond “I don’t like it” and form critical opinions based on a set of criteria. Students can produce written arguments or turn their opinion into oral presentations.