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Get REAL--Reading Excels At Lincoln!
Helpful/Fun info
Author's Purpose Infographic
Advanced 8th grade English
The Giver novel study
Getting Ready to Read The Giver
The Giver Vocabulary
The Giver Ch 5-8
The Giver Ch 9-13
The Giver Ch 14-23
Profile of a Killer--"The Tell Tale Heart"
Audacity Novel Study
Zombie Week
8th grade Bravos
7th grade English
LJHS Student Council
LJHS Quiz Bowl Team
Paxton, ELA 8
Home
Get REAL--Reading Excels At Lincoln!
Helpful/Fun info
Author's Purpose Infographic
Advanced 8th grade English
The Giver novel study
Getting Ready to Read The Giver
The Giver Vocabulary
The Giver Ch 5-8
The Giver Ch 9-13
The Giver Ch 14-23
Profile of a Killer--"The Tell Tale Heart"
Audacity Novel Study
Zombie Week
8th grade Bravos
7th grade English
LJHS Student Council
LJHS Quiz Bowl Team
More
Home
Get REAL--Reading Excels At Lincoln!
Helpful/Fun info
Author's Purpose Infographic
Advanced 8th grade English
The Giver novel study
Getting Ready to Read The Giver
The Giver Vocabulary
The Giver Ch 5-8
The Giver Ch 9-13
The Giver Ch 14-23
Profile of a Killer--"The Tell Tale Heart"
Audacity Novel Study
Zombie Week
8th grade Bravos
7th grade English
LJHS Student Council
LJHS Quiz Bowl Team
Audacity
by Melanie Crowder
Novel Study
First things First-- What is verse?
Review the terminology and solid definitions for clarity and background knowledge.
(This is a preview of the GC assignment)
Immigration in America at the Turn of the Century:
Immigration Notes.pptx
Immigration Student Infographic TPT.pdf
Let's get some background knowledge/schema specifically about Jewish immigrants from Russia.
Jewish Immigrants from Russia
Let's READ! Audacity by Melanie Crowder
Available on Audible for Amazon Prime Accounts
“tinder 1903”
Focus on ALLUSIONS!
More fun with Allusions
Copy of We didn't start the fire Alt-XP
Let's explore more figurative language and allusions and then read the 2nd part of the novel.
Paxton Student Copy of RL.8.4 "The New Colossus"
“spark 1904-1905”
SMALL GROUPS
PRACTICE PLANNING FOR AN ACT ASPIRE ARGUMENT ESSAY
AR ELA W 8.1
Argument prompts for AUDACITY claim, evid, counter-claim
Let's look at the figurative language and allusions in this popular song.
Is Clara a "girl on fire"?
girl-on-fire-leadsheet.pdf
How can we make a difference in the world? Check out this article about a teen in Nigeria who improved the lives of street kids.
commonlit_how-a-typical-teen-did-something-not-so-typical-to-help-street-kids_student.pdf
Let's practice annotating and looking at more figurative language.
“Fire and Rain"
"Fire"
Gavin DeGraw
Fire Gavin DeGraw
More parts of this novel study are coming soon!
After the NOVEL...
Poetry assignment-- Audacity Inspiration
Student pages Analyzing Audacity reflections and fig. lang.
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