8th grade Gifted ELA

To start the year off we will be reviewing important literary elements through short stories.

A. Reading: Novels/Short Stories/Dramas

1. Titles may include Impact: Short Stories Collection, Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Inherit the Wind, The Diary of Anne Frank(play version), Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Family Romanov

2. Student self-selected titles

3. Library (Every other Monda)

B. Writing

1. Narratives

2. Poetry

3. Text Dependent Analysis Essays

4. Oral presentations/Speech Writing

5. Grammar

6. Spelling and Vocabulary

7. Contest Writing for Scholastic