1. Language Arts 8 Kelli Precht 924-3897 kprecht@madeiracityschools.org Kara Foley 924-3801 kfoley@madeiracityschools.org Kelli Precht Kara Foley

2. Curriculum  Vocabulary/Grammar  Independent Reading  Literature  Writing * Cumulative Mid-Term Exams

3. Writing Assignments  Journals  Literature Responses  Poetry  Informative (research)  Narrative  Persuasive  Compare/Contrast

4. Units of Study The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton  Peer pressure, conflicts, outcasts  Greasers & Socs Spirit Day  Film viewing

5. Units of Study Tales of the Strange & Mysterious  Short Stories  Edgar Allan Poe  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  Legends, Myths, Monsters, & Mutants research & presentation  Haunted Menu party

6. Units of Study Revolutionary War  “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Literature Circles  The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson  Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson  My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Sam Collier

7. Units of Study Holocaust  Survivor Testimonies  Literature Circles  Night by Elie Wiesel  The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank  All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein  The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender

8. Units of Study Choices & Consequences  Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare  Literature Circles  Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli  Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson  The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier  Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan  Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper  Whirligig by Paul Fleischman  Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald

9. We’re really looking forward to an exciting year of learning with your sons & daughters. Our doors & inboxes are always open! Questions?