2.+Units


 * 8th Grade Unit Summary 2011-2012**
 * Finding “just right” books
 * Investigating Literate Lives
 * Talk is not cheap (Accountable Talk)
 * Workshop Launch
 * Notebooks to projects
 * Investigating Literate Lives
 * Open genre writing project
 * Making Reading Visible
 * Developing sustainable reading habits
 * Building a writer’s life: collecting toward essays
 * Developing analytical reading practices: interpretation
 * Writing the application essay for high school, college, and careers
 * Nonfiction reading: expository, narrative, and hybrids
 * Multi-modal in formation writing: harnessing technology to tech ideas
 * Nonfiction reading—investigating a topic of study that interests you
 * Journalism
 * Shared (short) novel with emphasis on interpretation and social critique—//Animal Farm//
 * Short story writing
 * Book Clubs—clubs make projects about the books they read WWII
 * Literary Essay—Argumentative: analyzing texts for meaning, craft, and tone
 * Reading for high school: applying strategies to challenging texts
 * Writing prompted essays for the NYS ELA exam
 * From author studies to independent projects: launching a summer of reading
 * Poetry