8th Grade English Language Arts
Mrs. Ettinger
Academics
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Classwork READ! WRITE!
AR Accelerated Reader
This semester we will have AR, but it will be based on the grades for the class reading.
They will get a grade for AR quizzes on the class books like The Outsiders and A Mango Shaped Space
ELA Curriculum
We will be reading two novels and two graphic novels as a class this year:
The Outsiders, A Mango-Shaped Space, and Maus vol. I and II, The Diary of A Young Girl, Anne Frank
Students will write a major essay each quarter, practice vocabulary, grammar, different writing styles, annotate literature, and analyse a variety of text in the MLA format.
Quarter 1
Unit 1 Rites of Passage
My Perspectives this is a consumable text.
Anchor Novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Paper: POV Narrative
Quarter 2
Unit 4 Multiple Intelligence
Novel: A Mango-Shaped Space, by: Wendy Mass
Essays: Compare and Contrast
Informative essays
Quarter 3
Unit 5 What Matters
Short Stories from My Perspective about the social challenges of people and the journeys of these individuals.
Essays: Argument Essay and Research/ Presentation
Quarter 4
Unit 2 The Holocaust
Graphic Novel: Maus vol. I and Maus vol. II
Play: Diary of Anne Frank
Book: Diary of A Young Girl
Essays: Compare and contrast
Citing a source in a play
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