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8th Grade Writing Resources
Resources (games, practice tests, lesson plans, etc.) to help teachers and 8th grade students prepare for writing assessments
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Access a full year of comprehensive unit and lesson plans in a convenient, openly-licensed format that you can download, use, and adapt—all for free.
Video and animation resources to enhance the teaching of reading and writing
Downloadable and online lessons and tool for English Grammar.
Videos and free downloadable resources. Use the filter feature on the far left! Lots of ads but worth it.
Lesson Plans
Discussion guides
monthly activities
welcome kit with bookmarkers, stickers and more
downloadable starter kit
Life Doesn't Frighten Steinbeck - Grade 8
Objective
With inspiration from the late Maya Angelou, SWBAT read Travels With Charley and determine Steinbeck's motivation behind a key scene.
Big Idea
Is a hurricane just a hurricane?
How characters' qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict.
Identifying the Resolution of a Story
Writing - Sentence Structure & Complexity
Super Hero Unit
comics in the classroom
War Horse
creative writing
Holes (Chapters 1-20)
A chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint that includes questions and activities linked to the story of Holes by Louis Sacher. The tasks address a mixture of assessment focuses.
Holes Task Booklet