Eighth Grade
English Language Arts
Highlighted Resources
Simply sign up with an email then borrow books to read online. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published
Free to click Library and browse by Grade Level to view hundreds of short stories with guiding questions for teacher or parent to help support the reading. Companion videos go deeper into the topic.
During this unprecedented time, ABDO Books is ensuring that readers everywhere have the opportunity to read and grow.
Youngzine is updated weekly with news articles aimed at upper elementary through high school students. Provides current news and events shaping our world -- in a simple, engaging and interactive manner.
Lessons and skill builders
Daily activities with accompanying articles to read and explore in order to discover the mysteries around us.
Classroom resources and videos to support reading and writing at every grade level.
Building Deeper Readers and Writers
Kelly Gallagher shares with you a variety of handouts and instructional aids that he developed to support his strategies for teaching reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Student News Daily covers world events, editorials, editorial cartoons, news quizzes, examples of media bias, and more
Additional Resources
Poetry foundation celebrates the best of poetry with digital literacy, related audio, and learning resources.
TED's award-winning youth and education arm whose mission is to share and spread ideas to teachers and students. Massive collection of video based lessons organized by subject. Video has features to respond to questions and dig deeper and explore ideas
YouTube Channel where you can explore Book Trailers and listen to authors share their motivation for writing.
Screen-Free Time
An Initiative of Project Zero out of Harvard School of Education.
Students can slowly explore their day with these suggested questions meant to reflect and draw a connection to human stories.
Printable short stories that allow students to practice finding grammatical errors and responding to comprehension questions.
Printable lessons designed with the ELA shifts in mind, by grade level and topic of reading interest.
One click away from a printable 8th grade pack of ten lessons with answer key.
Helpful daily reading discussions with supporting questions
2 Blackout Poetry.pdfWith one piece of text, create and illustrate a Blackout poem, paying close attention to specific word choice.
3 (A)Creating New Color Words.pdfStretch ordinary words into imaginative description. Create a word bank of new words to add sensory detail to any writing.
Say Mean Matter Graphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer of three key questions a parent or teacher can ask a child who is reading any text.
Fantastic screen-free podcast series that is age-appropriate and cool enough for older students.
Draw everyday with New York Times best selling author/illustrator!
Children's book writers and illustrators come together on these videos to bring you read alouds, writing workshops, exercises, writing games, art demos, and more!
J. K. Rowling Grants Open License
Teachers anywhere in the world are permitted to post videos of themselves reading from Harry Potter books 1-7 onto schools’ secure networks or closed educational platforms from today until the end of the school year.
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