Grade 8 ELA

Circulating Materials

These books are available to all students at any time. Just come down to the library any period before lunch, send me an email or place a hold to claim them. Clicking on the book cover image will link to the library catalog.

This is is not exhaustive! I encourage you to use the catalog to find even more :)

Non-fiction

Related to: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Related to: Born A Crime

Related to: Ringside, 1925

Related to: Poetry Unit

Related to: The Space Race

Biography and Autobiography

Related to: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Related to: Born A Crime

Related to: Ringside, 1925

Related to: Poetry Unit

Related to: The Space Race

Fiction

Read if you like: House of the Scorpion

Read if you liked: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Read if you liked: Born a Crime

Read if you liked: the Poetry Unit

Graphic Novel

Related to: The Watsons Go To Birmingham

Related to: Ringside, 1925

Related to: Space Race

Related to: Poetry Unit

Digital Resources

Webpages

Read poems and essays about poems and poets. Sponsored by the American Academy of Poets 

Look at artifacts and articles from American history

Materials related to the Civil Rights Movement

Short clip of the author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham talking about his career in writing.

Digital Databases

Topic webpage within the Black Freedom Struggle in the United States Proquest digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.

Topic webpage within the Gale: In Context digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.

Topic webpage within the Gale: In Context digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.

Topic webpage within the Gale: In Context digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.

Topic webpage within the Gale: In Context digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.

Topic webpage within the Gale: In Context digital database. Access provided courtesy of the Maine State Library.