8th Grade

 Testing Sites:

• FastBridge 

• Iowa Assessment Practice

Classroom Sites: 

• 8th Grade ONLINE Notebook

• IXL - level J

• CommonLit 

• ReadWorks 

• Quill

• NoRedInk

• Collins Dictionary 

READING

Online Text:

• A Christmas Carol

• Podcast readings of A Christmas Carol

• The Outsiders 

• Outsiders AudioBook

• Harrison Bergeron

• The Lottery

Plot Review

Inferencing:

• Purl 

Character Traits (analysis)

• Sherlock and Watson

Tone and Mood (Inside Out)

Irony: 

• Hot Shots part Deux

• Friends

• Hocus Pocus

• Ironic (song) 

Allusion:

• Disney

• Shrek: Part 2

Theme: Universal

• Lost and Found

• Snack Attack

Parody

• Titanic 2

• Songs

Greek and Latin Roots

• Word List of Roots

How to Write a Character Analysis

How to Write a Literary Analysis

Online Reading:

• eLibrary:  Sioux Central library (allows you to put a hold on books)

• Which Book? Another great site to help you pick out your next book!

• MackinVIA

• Libby - MUST have a current PUBLIC library card to use this site! 

• Open Library: no library card needed! 

• Iowa AEA Online - Soundzabound, FreedomeFLIX, ScienceFLIX, Teachingbooks Net...

• Sioux Central Media Center - online books

• EyeWitness to History 

• Loyal Books - Audiobooks

• AudioBooksForFree - hundreds of audiobooks

Book Review Sites: check out a book review, if you're just not sure it's for you! 

• Common Sense Media: great for books, music, and TV/Movies

• GoodReads: great place to track your reading, too! 

• Shelf Reflections

• EpicReads: also has fun book quizzes! 

• The Literate Mother

• Sweet On Books: this one is sensory overload, but lots of info.

• Plugged In: another great site for all types of media

Vocab / Spelling: 

• FreeRice: Language Vocabulary, Grammar, Famous Quotations, Literature (change difficulty level if it's too easy!)

• Boggle Generator (online Boggle game)

• Grabble

• Language Skills

• Letter Boxed

• Pyramid Scheme

• Stay Afloat: how much do you know about different topics? Hangman style!

• Shiritori: like 'Last Letter' that we play in class

• Spell Bee: New York Times spelling game

• Spellerz: online spelling game

• Text Twist: Create as many words as possible with letters you are given. Stuck? TWIST the letters around!

• Wordle (unlimited)

• Wordle Game

• Word-Ops: how many words can you make? 

• Word Scramble

• Word Me: how many words can you make in 3 minutes? 

• Word Jack: make as many words with 200 tiles as possible. 

• Word Busters 2: how many words can you find that start with the first 3 given?

• Word Puzzle:  Unscramble letters to find the word

• Word Forge: make as many words as possible

• Word Surge

• Word Jack: make as many words with 200 tiles as possible. 

• Word-Ops: how many words can you make? 

• Word Race

Book Review Sites: check out a book review, if you're just not sure it's for you! 

• Common Sense Media: great for books, music, and TV/Movies

• GoodReads: great place to track your reading, too! 

• Shelf Reflections

• EpicReads: also has fun book quizzes! 

• The Literate Mother

• Sweet On Books: this one is sensory overload, but lots of info.

• Plugged In: another great site for all types of media