Grade 8
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TEKS ELA Standard: 8.6.E
interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating
St. Patrick and Other Legends
How would real people feel about the legends that have been created about them?
Not Like The Others: Flowers
Students will determine which flower is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: 20th Century Presidents – Group A
Students will determine which of these US Presidents is not like the others.
Student Introductions With Depth, Complexity, and Frames: Level Two
Once students know the prompts of Depth and Complexity, let’s take them much higher up Bloom’s Taxonomy.
How to Reset Your Brain When You’re Flooded
Allison Edwards explains how changing your senses can reset your brain.
Create A Civ: Capital City
How are capital cities a combination of natural and human-designed features?
Not Like The Others: US National Parks
Students will determine which US National Park is not like the others.
Thanksgiving Photo Writing
Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Desert
Students will determine which desert bird is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Microstates of Europe
Students will determine which of these tiny countries is not like the others.
Drawing Knots, Level 2
How to draw a more complex version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Not Like The Others: Ants of the World!
Students will determine which type of ant is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes
Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?
Not Like The Others: Types of Rocks
Which of these rocks is not like the others?
Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest
Students will determine which snake of the rainforest is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest
Which of these four birds is not like the others?
Create A Civilization: Design A Flag
What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?
Think Like A Historian
Here’s how effects be causes and causes can be effects!
Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe
What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it?
Writing About Art: The Scream
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
Inferring With Art: A Man
What’s going on in this painting? Who is that guy? What’s his job? And where’s his other boot?
Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective
Let’s give our students an art history lesson while teaching them how to enhance their drawings using one-point perspective.
Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective
Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!
Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings
Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!
Self Portraits: Pointillism
Turn your students into a bunch of Monets with q-tips and some tempera paint.
The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers
Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?
Not Like The Others: US Presidents
Students will determine which founding US president is not like the others.
Not Like The Others: Planets
Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But each option could be the one that doesn’t fit in.
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!?
Game: Notakto
What if you only played Tic-Tac-Toe with Xs and you could play on multiple boards?
Create A Civilization: Calendars
Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!
Improving Presentations 1: Watching The Greats
Get better at giving presentations by studying the greats!
Create A Civilization: The River
The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!
Using Creativity Tools To Develop A Learning Exploration: Step Three
In this video, Kathryn Haydon explains how she helped her students form activities to pursue their independent study.
Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator
Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.
Historic Social Media
How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.
Drawing Natural Curves Like Andy Goldsworthy
Teach students to draw, and then build on, natural curves using the style of artist Andy Goldsworthy.
How to Play Go
Ready to learn a 2,500-year-old Chinese board game? Let’s… Go!
Introduce Symbolism with Pixel Art
Create a pixelated icon that represents the essence of a character!
An App For A Historical Figure
What kind of an app could have helped Abe Lincoln accomplish his goals?
Reduce Anxiety: Brain Plate (Tool 3)
Take away some anxiety with the tool Brain Plate.
Teaching Empathy With Faberge Eggs
Terri Eicholz explains how she builds empathy in her students using the story of the Faberge Eggs.
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.