BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 2 - Tolerance (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story by James Thurber “Catbird Seat” Non-Fiction “Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom” Poetry Charge of the by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Textbook +) “The Light Brigade” by Anne Sexton “Courage” by Countee Sullen “Scottsboro, Too, Is Worth Its Song by Paul Laurence Dunbar “Sympathy” Wear the by Paul Laurence Dunbar “We Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “The Haunted Oak” by Maya Angelou (Textbook *) “One More Round” Other Media song written by Abel Meeropol and performed by Billie Hollyday “Strange Fruit” Lyrics YouTube Video in Tolerance in 2 minutes and “A Lesson 44 seconds” (Video) Textbooks Referenced: * Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006 Literature The Language of Literature
BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 2 - Tolerance (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story “Catbird Seat” by James Thurber Non-Fiction “Mississippi School Holds First Interracial Prom” Poetry “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Textbook +) “Courage” by Anne Sexton “Scottsboro, Too, Is Worth Its Song by Countee Sullen “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “The Haunted Oak” by Paul Laurence Dunbar “One More Round” by Maya Angelou (Textbook *) Other Media “Strange Fruit” song written by Abel Meeropol and performed by Billie Hollyday Lyrics YouTube Video “A Lesson in Tolerance in 2 minutes and 44 seconds” (Video) Textbooks Referenced: * Literature Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + The Language of Literature Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006
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