Ela – Grade 8 Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple

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• Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text
• 1 – Thrill of Horror

ELA – Grade 8 Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text Writing Tasks Research Projects Other 1 – Thrill of Horror Writing to Inform and Explain Literary Reading Focus RL.3 W.2 RL.6 W.7 RL.7 RL.9 Short Story: “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs) Play: “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs dramatized by Mara Rockliff) (Holt, Second Course, pp. 186-195) Film Clip: “The Monkey’s Paw” (Ricky Lewis Jr.) Short Story: “Tell-Tale Heart” (Edgar Allan Poe) Short Story: “The Outsider” (H. P. Lovecraft) (Close Reader) Short Story: “Afflicted” (Matthew Johnson) (Gale) Short Story: “The Black Cat” (Edgar Allan Poe) (Gale) *Short Story: “Poison” (Roald Dahl) Essay: “Scary Tales” (Jackie Torrence) Literary Criticism: “What Is the Horror Genre?” (Sharon A. Russell) Info Text: “Salem Witch Trials” (Smithsonian.org) Daily routine writing tasks to develop and convey understanding of texts 4-6 short response analyses that inform and explain 1 research project to integrate knowledge from sources/culminating writing analysis essay (using multiple texts from unit) Sources from Collection 2 Blog: “Famous Horror First Lines” (C.T. Westing) Directory: cms -> lib8 -> FL01903687 -> Centricity -> Domain lib8 -> Us history Unit 1- ch 17-18 The Economy and Society in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries lib8 -> 1st Continental Congress lib8 -> Britain and its american colonies-a synopsis Domain -> Medical English II 2015-16 Summer Assignment Mrs. Weaver Please be aware that students will be held responsible for the assignments on the first day of the fall semester Domain -> Ancient History Websites General Domain -> Sixth Grade Orientation Night Domain -> Clubs club Share with your friends: