Syllabus for 8th Grade 2012 - 2013

Syllabus for 8^th Grade

2012 - 2013

1^st Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 1         

·       The Elevator

·       Raymond’s Run

·       The Ransom of Red Chief

·       Media Literary: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

·       The Tell-Tale Heart

·       The Hitchhiker

·       Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative Speech - Greatest Accomplishment

Grammar: Parts of Speech Review

Shane

Project: Memory book assignment given

Literary Terms: #1, #2, and #3

Vocabulary: Roots #1 and #2

Writing: Memory book assignments

2^nd  Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 2

·       Timeline: Evolution of the Blues and Basic Blues: An American Art Form and Musicians Know the Blues Firsthand

·       Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad and Letter to Harriet Tubman

·       What to the Slave is the Fourth of July

·       Hallucination and from Ellis island and I and Science Wonder Stories

·       News Reports

·       Media Literacy: Whale Rider

The Glory Field

Grammar: Complements and Phrases

Analogies

Project: Work on memory book

Literary Terms: 4, 5, and 6

Vocabulary: Roots #3, SAT #1, and SAT #2

Writing: Memory book assignments

3^rd Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 3

·       The Lottery

·       The Diary of Anne Frank (drama)

·       from the Diary of Anne Frank

·       from the Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

·       from Anne Frank Remembered

·       The Lady, or the Tiger? and The Monty Hall Debate and Cartoon

·       Guide to Computers

·       Media Literacy: Documentary

·       Writing: Short story (Speech) – Historical Fiction

Project: Shiner History Narratives

Grammar: Sentence structure – S, Cd, and CX and Complete Sentences

Multi-media presentation

Literary Terms: All

Vocabulary: SAT #3 and SAT #4

STAAR Reading Benchmark

4^th Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 4

·       Poetry

·       My First Free Summer

·       Paul Revere’s Ride and The Other Riders

·       Going Where I’m Coming From and My Father and the Figtree

·       Flowers for Algernon and from Charly

·       Rules of the Game

·       The Monkey’s Paw

Analyze speeches

Project: Poetry project due

Grammar: Usage

Literary Terms: All

Vocabulary: SAT #5, #6, and #7

STAAR Reading Benchmark

Writing: New Youth Facility (persuasive)

            Historical fiction (short story)

5^th Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 5

·       The Snapping Turtle

·       Out of Bounds

·       The Spider Man Behind Spider-Man

·       Over the Top: The True Adventures of a Volcano Chaser

·       Zoos: Myth and Reality and Zoos Connect Us to the Natural World

·       Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education and The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Project: Research paper

Grammar: Review

Literary Terms: All

Vocabulary: SAT #8, #9, #10, and #11

Writing: Critical review

6^th Six-Weeks

Literature Unit 6

·       The Story of an Eyewitness and Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire

·       The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson and The Wise Old Woman

·       Pandora’s Box and Loo-Wit, the Fire Keeper

The Pearl

Project: Research paper due

Grammar: Review

Literary Terms: All

Vocabulary: SAT Writing Words

Resume

Letter to Congressman

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