Ms. Cox

Welcome to 8th Grade English!!

Originally from Connecticut, I have lived and worked all over the world - Morocco, New 

In this course we will work hard to hone your reading, writing, thinking, and discussion skills by exploring various genres of writing: poetry, long and short fiction, speeches, drama, and non-fiction. Texts will include but not be limited to the following:

• Animal Farm, George Orwell

• The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton

• Maus, Art Spiegelman

• 12 Angry Men, Reginald Rose

• Various historical and contemporary speeches, including TEDtalks. 

• Various articles and essays from The New York Times and other sources. 

• Various poems