This document advertises short story units for 8th grade English classes. It provides summaries and skill focuses for 10 individual short story units, as well as midterm and final exams. It encourages teachers to purchase the complete bundle of units for $30 and receive refunds on any individual units already purchased. The units cover classic short stories by authors like Jacobs, Keyes, Poe, Myers, and de Maupassant, and assess skills like citing text evidence, analyzing themes, characters, and plots.
This document advertises short story units for 8th grade English classes. It provides summaries and skill focuses for 10 individual short story units, as well as midterm and final exams. It encourages teachers to purchase the complete bundle of units for $30 and receive refunds on any individual units already purchased. The units cover classic short stories by authors like Jacobs, Keyes, Poe, Myers, and de Maupassant, and assess skills like citing text evidence, analyzing themes, characters, and plots.
This document advertises short story units for 8th grade English classes. It provides summaries and skill focuses for 10 individual short story units, as well as midterm and final exams. It encourages teachers to purchase the complete bundle of units for $30 and receive refunds on any individual units already purchased. The units cover classic short stories by authors like Jacobs, Keyes, Poe, Myers, and de Maupassant, and assess skills like citing text evidence, analyzing themes, characters, and plots.
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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
FREE UNIT! Skills Focus: Elements of Plot Review, Citing Text Evidence, Context Clues & Situational Clues, Types of Foreshadowing, Mood (and Mood Shifts), Analyzing Dialogue, Essential Question Click here to view a COMPLETE list of all activities and skills covered.
“Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
Skills Focus: Text Evidence, THEME, Development of Theme (w/Character's Actions), Plot Pyramid, Analyzing Motivation, Analogies & Allusion (RL.8.4), Comparing Short Story to Movie (Flowers for Algernon, year 2000 movie edition)
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
Text Evidence, TONE, Plot Pyramid, Analyzing Motivation, Literary Elements, Arguments (+ Guided Argumentative Essay), Comparing Short Story to Short Film “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Skills Focus: Elements of Drama, Dramatic Irony, Text Evidence, TONE, Analyzing Conflict, Analyzing Dialogue, Analyzing Events (Heavy RL.8.3)
Grade 8 Midterm for Reading Literature
Skills Focus: RL.8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6.
“The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers
Skills Focus: Character Traits, Characterization, Dynamic Characters, Development of Theme (Heavy RL.8.3), Symbolism, and more.
“Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Skills Focus: Poetry Elements, Sound, Rhyme, Structure, and Imagery in Poetry; Mood Analysis by Stanza, Symbolism, and more. “Maui: A Polynesian Mythology Unit” Skills Focus: Mythology, Folklore, Character Archetypes, Hero's Journey
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
Skills Focus: Point of View (Shifting Point of View), Story Devices: Foreshadowing, Flashback, Suspense, and Cliffhanger, Figurative Language, Story/Movie Comparison, and more.
”The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
Skills Focus: Irony, Citing Text Evidence (ACE-Style Questions), Theme-Quotes-Justification, Symbolism, Genres of Fiction, Paired Texts + Analyses (Poem/Song Lyrics and Nonfiction Article)
M. J. Clarke, B. G. F. Currie, R. O. A. M. Lyne Epic Interactions Perspectives On Homer, Virgil, and The Epic Tradition Presented To Jasper Griffin by Former Pupils