Language Arts Grade 8

Mrs. Eileen Kirk

Language Arts

8th Grade
Second Quarter
 

Reading
The Crucible
Students will read Arthur Millers’ play about the Salem Witch Trials.
 

Writing
Students will choose 3 assignments from their Independent Writing Contract,
final due date is Dec. 2nd. All work to be completed in class. The only
work to be done at home is research for writing assignments.
 

Spelling/Vocabulary
Three lessons from The Crucible, each week words are due and quiz is given on Thursday. Test will be given on all three lessons.
 

Grammar
Students are covering verbs- action and linking, tense of verbs, as well as regular and irregular verbs.
 

Poetry
Students have been working on their personal Poetry Book entitled 10 Days of Poetry. Students will choose their best poems to be submitted to a poetry contest by December 1st.
 

Science Horizons
Students have completed their outline and notecards for their experiments.
Once Science Horizons approves topic, students will complete their research essay. These are both science grade as well as English grades.
 

Summer Reading List:

Entering 8th Grade Choose one book from each category and write a book report for each using the guidelines on the reverse side of this paper.

Category A:

Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt         Fritz
Fallen Angels                               Myers
Owen Glen                                  Williams
Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman                                      Gaines
Story of King Arthur and Knights
Of the Round Table                      Pyle
A Nightmare in History: Holocaust  Chaikin
Tituba of Salem Village                 Petry
The Invisible Man                         Ellison
The Once and Future King              T.H. White
Milkweed                                    Spinelli

Category B:

Siddhartha                                   Hesse
Our Town                                    Wilder
Great Expectations                        Dickens
Jane Eyre                                     Bronte
The Cross of Lead                         Avi
I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings                                          Angelou
Into Thin Air                                Krakauer,Jon
Sweet Clara and The Freedom
Quilt                                           Hopkinson
A Man Who Was Poe                     Avi
Shades of Gray                             Reeder

Category C:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn                Smith
The House on Mango Street            Kingsolver
The Bone Detectives: How
Anthropologists Solve Crimes          Jackson, Donna
The Good Earth                             Buck
Kidnapped                                    Stevenson
Children of the River                      Crew
Fahrenheit 451                              Bradbury
Woodsong                                    Paulsen
The Shakespeare Stealer                Blackwood
 

Reading List

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