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English Language Arts — Grade 8
Goal 2, Objective 2.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Antebellum North Carolina
- In this lesson students will examine pictures & documents relating to the Hayes Plantation (Edenton, NC). Students will also use various maps of North Carolina to help them analyze how James Cathcart Johnston (owner of Hayes Plantation) used, modified and adapted to the physical environment of Edenton.
Students will decipher original manuscripts from the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and draw conclusions about antebellum society in North Carolina with regard to reform movements and the history and status of blacks.
From a list of volumes found in the Hayes Plantation Library exhibit at the North Carolina Collection Gallery, students will determine what catagories of books were most prevalent in the library and hypothesize as to why those types of books would be so important to an antebellum plantation owner.
Click Here to access Photographs & documents relating to this lesson plan. - Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)
- By cissy o'neal.
- Building a paper bridge: An introduction to problem solving
- This activity allows the student to explore problem solving strategies while working with a partner. This activity (building a paper bridge), requires students to question word definition and the application of those definitions. Through problem solving strategies, students discover the need for applying math skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Steve Walston.
- Changes in a Democratic Society, Lesson 2 of 3
- This lesson is the post seminar activity to the Changes in a Democratic Society, Lesson 1 of 3. Students will participate in tiered assignments reflecting on the Westall painting, "The Sword of Damocles," and the prior day's Paideia seminar on that painting.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Sharyn West.
- Changes in a Democratic Society, Lesson 3 of 3
- This lesson is a follow-up lesson to the Changes in a Democratic Society, Lessons 1 and 2 of 3. Students will reflect upon and respond to a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, "Monument for the Defense of Paris." Permission has been granted by Ackland Art Museum to use the following sculptures: "Monument for the Defense of Paris" (Auguste Rodin) and "Wisdom Supporting Liberty" (Aime-Jules Dalou).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Karen Wagoner.
- Culture everywhere
- In their study of culture, students will use a chart to show the different ways that cultures meet basic human needs and recognize that archaeologists study how people from past cultures met basic needs by analyzing and interpreting the artifacts and sites that they left behind.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Cut and Paste Paragraphs: Editing Paragraphs on the Computer
- Students use the cut and paste commands of any word processing program to rearrange sentences in three different paragraphs, according to chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- Dear Tootsie Roll company
- The students will measure the surface area and wrapper area of five pieces of candy. Using appropriate formulas and measuring techniques, they will complete information needed for a spreadsheet and database. Students wrap up the lesson by writing a letter to the company with the most wasted paper to explain how the waste affects them as consumers and a suggestion for correcting the problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics)
- By Tonya Thompson.
- Differences Across the Curriculum: Part 1
- This set of lessons can be used with "Differences Across the Curriculum: Parts 2, 3, and 4" as an integrated approach to exploring diversity with eighth graders. The unit will revolve around the use of the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Students will learn how diversity creates bias which leads to conflict, where students confront their bias and practice tolerance. These parts reflect the four core curricula in an interwoven approach to teaching students to confront their biases, learn tolerance, and infer the impact of these on today's society. This activity, Part 1, is meant to serve as a pre-reading activity to the reading of the play form of "The Diary of Anne Frank." See attachment created on Inspiration software to gain insight to the organization of the entire unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Lynn Carter.
- Differences Across the Curriculum: Part 2
- This set of lessons can be used with "Differences Across the Curriculum: Parts 1, 3, and 4" as an integrated approach to exploring diversity with eighth graders. The unit will revolve around the use of the drama version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Students will learn how diversity creates bias, which leads to conflict, where students confront their bias and practice tolerance. These parts reflect the four core curricula in an interwoven approach to teaching students to confront their biases, learn tolerance, and infer the impact of these on today's society. This activity, Part 2, is meant to augment the pre-reading activities completed in Part 1 in a Social Studies class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Lynn Carter.
- The drought causes conservation
- The students will use their knowledge of the importance of water to learn about the hydrosphere. The drought being experienced will be explored through graphs and a personal plan for water conservation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Linda Cummer.
- Folklife
- Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Music Education, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
- By Carolyn Early.
- Good medicine
- Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Leslie Ramsey.
- Impressed With Embargo
- Students will learn about the causes of the War of 1812 and make connections to current world events.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Andrea McGuire.
- The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- Students will evaluate a sampling of literary selections by Edgar Allan Poe and assess the influence of Poe's life on his works.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Peggy Stanley.
- The Life of Twain
- This assignment allows students to explore the life of Mark Twain by using concept map graphic organizers to compile their research in an interesting and creative way. This is a great way to assess students' comprehension!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts)
- By Pam Stonesifer.
- Literature Biography Project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, notetaking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Sandra Dail.
- Literature Lamps: The Weirdo
- Literature is tied to an integrated curriculum for student success. Emphasis is on reading and communication.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Wendy Sirias.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have A Dream” speech
- Students will display their understanding of the symbolism and references that Dr. King used to enrich his famous speech on August 28, 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by constructing a “jackdaw,” a collection of documents and objects.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Charlotte Lammers.
- Master Artist Internet Research Project: Timeline
- Students apply their knowledge of how to find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, the students will create a chronological timeline of the artist's life on MSPublisher.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Gail Dreis.
- Maya Angelou: Study and Response to "Still I Rise"
- Students read biographical information on Maya Angelou and her poem, "Still I Rise." Students identify support and elaboration in poem, then respond by either writing a letter to the author or his/her own poem in response.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.
