Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
- March: Book one (Book)
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian (Book)
- The Hate U Give (Book)
- I Am Malala (Book)
- Technically, You Started It (Book)
- Stepsister (Book)
- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Hoopla eBook)
- Jasper Jones (Cloud Library ebook)
- The Dark Ocean (Website)
Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
- Brawler (Book)
- We Are Displaced (Book)
- Light Filters In (Book)
- Louis Riel (Book)
- The Misfits (Hoopla eAudioBook)
- What is Irony? (YouTube)
- What is a Rhetorical Device (YouTube)
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary (Website)
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Website)
Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
- Everything, Everything (Book)
- Monster (Book)
- The Maze Runner (Book)
- Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Book)
- After the fire (Hoopla eBook)
- Parables from Nature (Hoopla eAudioBook)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
- Skill Set (Book)
- Complete EnglishSmart (Book)
- Summarize while reading (YouTube)
- Mind Maps (YouTube)