This resource is designed to save teachers time and effort while increasing student engagement and learning. Lessons are Common Core aligned, ready-to-print and cover all ELA skills. A 51 page unit planner is included as a bonus file, offering a variety of unit plans.

What’s Included:
Reading: Literature
Short Stories

• The Landlady by Roald Dahl
• The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
• Charles by Shirley Jackson
• The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty
• The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
• EPICAC by Kurt Vonnegut
• 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
• We Ate the Children Last by Yann Martel
• The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
• The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank Stockton
• The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs

Poems

• Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
• A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
• Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
• The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
• Can We Autocorrect Humanity by Prince EA
• Mirror by Sylvia Plath
• A Poison Tree by William Blake
• Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
• Rifle by Rudy Francisco
• Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson
• Ethics by Linda Pastan
• Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden
• Spoken Word Poetry Lesson

Novel

• Animal Farm by George Orwell (Novel Study, Movie Worksheets, Informational Texts + Paired with Fables and Satire lesson Plans)

Reading: Informational Texts
Informational Texts

• Tech Savvy Magazine
• Holograms Informational Text
• The Evolution of Phones Informational Text
• Real-World Tech Letters
• Evaluating Arguments - Should AI Replace Humans in the Workforce
• Steve Jobs Informational Text
• Mark Zuckerberg Informational Text
• Jobs and Zuckerberg Comparison

• ‘Animal Farm’ Related Texts x 3

Writing
Argumentative

• Future Prediction Argumentative Essay
• Protagonist Dilemma Argumentative Essay
  Informative
• Create a Social Media Campaign
• Satire
• Character Comparison Essay
  Narratives
• Creative Short Story Writing - Baseline Writing Sample
• Rewrite the Ending
• Monologues and Internal Monologues
• Fables
• Multiple Perspectives Creative Writing
• Write Like Edgar Allan Poe
  Additional
• Assessing Source Credibility (Paired with Future Prediction Argumentative Essay)
• Valentines Day Activities

Speaking & Listening

• Fake News Debate
• AI in the Workplace Debate
• Your Kids Might Live on Mars - TED Talk
• Steve Jobs Stanford Speech
• Speech Writing - Ethos Logos & Pathos
• Socratic Seminar - Exploring Global Issues
• Socratic Seminar Guide
• Podcasting

Language

• 100 Vocabulary Words
• 8th Grade Spelling
• Baseline Grammar
• Root Words
• Denotations and Connotations
• Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
• Active and Passive Voice
• Moods (Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, Subjunctive)
• Comma, Ellipsis, Dash - Punctuation Worksheets
• Capitalization Worksheets