Unit 1 - Character (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story of by Walter Dean Myers (Textbook * +) “Treasure Lemon Brown” of the by Amy Tan (Textbook * +) “Rules Game” by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, (Textbook *) “The Medicine Bag” Novel by Joan Bauer Hope Was Here Picture Book by Doreen Rappaport “John’s Secret Dream Cracker the Crab and the Sideways Afternoon by Michael Cogdill Non-Fiction on the by Ann Petry, (Textbook * +) Excerpt from “Harriet Tubman: Conductor Underground Railroad” to by Frederick Douglas (Textbook * +) “Letter Harriet Tubman” Other Media I by Sarah Kay, Ted Talk, “If Should Have A Daughter” Cartoon Tribute to John Henry (Textbook *) Poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier (Textbook *) “Barbara Frietchie” (Textbook * +) “John Henry” Memoir by Laurence Yep (Textbook * +) “The Great Rat Hunt” Textbooks Referenced: * Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006 Literature The Language of Literature
Unit 1 - Character (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers (Textbook * +) “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan (Textbook * +) “The Medicine Bag” by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, (Textbook *) Novel Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer Picture Book “John’s Secret Dream by Doreen Rappaport Cracker the Crab and the Sideways Afternoon by Michael Cogdill Non-Fiction Excerpt from “Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad” by Ann Petry, (Textbook * +) “Letter to Harriet Tubman” by Frederick Douglas (Textbook * +) Other Media “If I Should Have A Daughter” by Sarah Kay, Ted Talk, Cartoon Tribute to John Henry (Textbook *) Poetry “Barbara Frietchie” by John Greenleaf Whittier (Textbook *) “John Henry” (Textbook * +) Memoir “The Great Rat Hunt” by Laurence Yep (Textbook * +) Textbooks Referenced: * Literature Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + The Language of Literature Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006
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