Grade 8 Reading Assignments
First Half of the Year:
Billy Budd
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Second Half of the Year:
Animal Farm--
House of the Scorpion-
*Fahrenheit 451-
*Glass Menagerie-
*The Giver-
*May be replaced by The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Billy Budd
- Close Reads
- Theme Analysis
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Close Reads
- Dialectical Journal
- Tone Analysis
Second Half of the Year:
Animal Farm--
- Character Analysis
- Vocabulary List and Test
- Propaganda
- Literature Web
- Evolution of Animal Farm
- Independent Project
House of the Scorpion-
- Vocabulary List and Test
- Dialectical Journal
- Investigation
*Fahrenheit 451-
- Vocabulary List and Test
- Literary Devices
- Elevator Speech
*Glass Menagerie-
- Literature Web
- Vocabulary List and Test
- Compare/Contrast
*The Giver-
- Vocabulary List and Test
- Dialectical Journal
- Travel Brochure
*May be replaced by The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks