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English & Reading Grade 8
Writing Portfolios
Independent Reading
>
Book Talks
Letter Essays
Letters About Literature
Article of the Week
8th Grade Vocabulary
Novels
>
Global Read Aloud (GRA)
The Giver
Search and Destroy
Speak
And Then There Were None (ATTWN)
Writing Pieces
>
Tri 1: Narrative Writing
>
Phase Autobiography
Short Stories
Narrative Best Piece
Tri 2: Informational Writing
>
Newspaper Reading Minute
Reviews
Genius Project (Info)
Holiday Project
Trimester 3: Argument Writing
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Resources
Motivation Monday
Reading and english
Our year is divided into three trimesters so that's how I defined our year, below.
Trimester 1
In Tri 1, we'll be
reading short stories
studying literary terms
reading
The Giver
and
Speak
writing a phase autobiography, short stories, and other creative writing pieces
Trimester 2
In Tri 2, we'll be
reading
Search and Destroy
and
Warriors Don't Cry
studying non-fiction texts
writing newspaper articles and research papers
Trimester 3
In Tri 3, we'll be
finishing
Warriors Don't Cry
writing argument pieces
researching
using sources
citing our sources
About
English & Reading Grade 8
Writing Portfolios
Independent Reading
>
Book Talks
Letter Essays
Letters About Literature
Article of the Week
8th Grade Vocabulary
Novels
>
Global Read Aloud (GRA)
The Giver
Search and Destroy
Speak
And Then There Were None (ATTWN)
Writing Pieces
>
Tri 1: Narrative Writing
>
Phase Autobiography
Short Stories
Narrative Best Piece
Tri 2: Informational Writing
>
Newspaper Reading Minute
Reviews
Genius Project (Info)
Holiday Project
Trimester 3: Argument Writing
Contact
Resources
Motivation Monday