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Welcome to 8th Grade English Language Arts!
Welcome to 8th Grade English Language Arts!
COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE INFORMATION
The 8th grade ELA course at Clinton Hill Middle School will continue to develop reading, writing, and discussion skills within students while also helping them become critically conscious, civic members of society. By reading an array of diverse voices throughout the year, students will explore topics of identity, justice, oppression, and activism within American society. Students will work to become digital discoverers and critical analyzers of both fiction and nonfiction sources and work to form connections through self-reflection and collaboration.
8ELA CURRICULUM
8ELA CURRICULUM
UNIT 1: Personal Narrative (various texts)
UNIT 2: All American Boys (Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely)
UNIT 3: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
UNIT 4: Japanese Incarceration Literature Circles
Farewell to Manzanar (Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston)
We Are Not Free (Traci Chee)
They Called Us Enemy (George Takei)
Displacement (Kiku Hughes)
Year-Long Essential Questions:
Year-Long Essential Questions:
How and why do authors use their literary platforms and craft moves to address societal issues?
How do our relationships within communities shape our identities?
How does oppression show up within society, and what can we do to dismantle and disrupt it?
Google Classroom Links and Class Codes:
Google Classroom Links and Class Codes:
Unit 1: Personal narrative
Unit 1: Personal narrative
Why do our stories and the stories of others matter?
How do our experiences shape us into the people we are today?
What is a personal narrative and how do writers go about crafting them?
Mr. Banda
Mr. Banda
What's going on!
Mr. Banda here and I will the 8th grade ELA learning specialist. While I have taught music, humanities, AND ELA in the past, middle school ELA would have to be my favorite subject to teach thus far. You can always catch a book in my hand. Sometimes the book you will see me with is something I am reading for fun, or it might be for my graduate studies, or for the college courses I teach (online ,of course). What I love about teaching is I have the chance to share my passions, so of course eading and writing are both at the top of that list.
E-MAIL: mbanda@prospectschools.org
OFFICE HOURS: TBD | Room TBD
Ms. Whalen
Ms. Whalen
I'm Ms. Whalen, and I'm really looking forward to working with all of you this year as one of your ELA teachers! I've been a voracious reader since I was young, when I mostly would read to get out of cleaning my room. (When adults see you reading, they don't want to interrupt you, so they mostly leave you alone. Try it!) These days, I read for fun, and I try to pick up after myself a little more. I also enjoy cooking and baking, walking around the city, and going hiking. I love working with students through literature and the written word. I want to know what you think and what's important to you. And then I want you to write it down, because it all matters.
E-MAIL: sarahwhalen@prospectschools.org | ZOOM LINK
OFFICE HOURS: Friday LUNCH period in 508
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