BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 6 – A Hero’s Journey (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story by Louis Untermeyer (Textbook *) “Pandora’s Box” Greek Myth retold retold by Yoshiko Uchida (Textbook *) “The Wise Old Woman” Japanese Folktale the Fire-Keeper” American Myth retold by Joseph Bruchac (Textbook *) “Loo-Wit, Native Tale retold by Mary Pope Osborne (Textbook * +) “Pecos Bill” Tall Non-Fiction (Textbook *) “The Spiderman Behind Spiderman” Poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Textbook * +) “Paul Revere’s Ride” You Knew You by Alice Walker “Before Owned It” by Robert Frost “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Poetry in The Hobbit Lady of by Alfred Tennyson “The Shalott” Novel by S. E. Hinton The Outsiders by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit by Suzanne Collins (Not on BCS Middle School Approved List) The Hunger Games Textbooks Referenced: * Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006 Literature The Language of Literature BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide
BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 6 – A Hero’s Journey (4.5 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) Short Story “Pandora’s Box” Greek Myth retold by Louis Untermeyer (Textbook *) “The Wise Old Woman” Japanese Folktale retold by Yoshiko Uchida (Textbook *) “Loo-Wit, the Fire-Keeper” Native American Myth retold by Joseph Bruchac (Textbook *) “Pecos Bill” Tall Tale retold by Mary Pope Osborne (Textbook * +) Non-Fiction “The Spiderman Behind Spiderman” (Textbook *) Poetry “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Textbook * +) “Before You Knew You Owned It” by Alice Walker “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost Poetry in The Hobbit “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred Tennyson Novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Not on BCS Middle School Approved List) Textbooks Referenced: * Literature Grade 8, Holt McDougal, 2012 + The Language of Literature Grade 8, McDougal Littell , 2006 BCS 8th Grade ELA Unit Guide
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