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Unit 1: Timeless Tales “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry | Lexile: 900 “A Retrieved Reformation” adapted by Gary Gianni | Lexile: N/A “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe | Lexile: 860 “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs | Lexile: 950 “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton | Lexile: 1000 Critical analysis of “The Lady, or the Tiger” | Lexile: 925-1185
Unit 2: Difficult Times from Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman | Lexile: 1050 “Ellis Island” | Lexile: 925-1185 “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus | Lexile: N/A “A Diverse Population” | Lexile: 925-1185 Dark Days: The Story of the Market Crash | Lexile: 925-1185 “The Economic Roller Coaster” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Franklin Delano Roosevelt” | Lexile: 925-1185 Franklin Delano Roosevelt First Inaugural Address | Lexile: 925-1185
ELA GRADE 8
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Unit 3: The Human Spirit “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett | Lexile: N/A from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Lexile: 1160 “Miep Gies: A Dangerous Secret” | Lexile: 925-1185 “She Had to Walk Before She Could Run” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Jackie Robinson: The Loneliest Season” | Lexile: 925-1185 Transcript of Interview with Branch Rickey | Lexile: N/A “Baseball, the color line, and Jackie Robinson” | Lexile: 925-1185
Unit 4: Experiments and Discoveries “Marie and Pierre Curie: The Discovery of Radium” | Lexile: 925-1185 from Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie | Lexile: 925-1185 “How Does Atom Size Affect the Periodic Table?” | Lexile: N/A “Periodic Table” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes | Lexile: 850 “What We Know About Memory” | Lexile: 925-1185
ELA GRADE 8
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with Lexile Levels
Unit 5: Know the Facts “Every Move You Make” by Michael Hedges | Lexile: 925-1185
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“National Security vs. Privacy” | Lexile: 925-1185 President Obama: On Proposed Changes to US Intelligence Programs Lexile: 925-1185 “Food Fight” | Lexile: 1000 “Food for the Future” | Lexile: 925-1185 “A New Kind of Corn” | Lexile: 925-1185 “All About Organic” | Lexile: 925-1185
Unit 6: Heroes and Leaders “Nationally Televised Speech by President John F. Kennedy” Lexile: 925-1185 “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. | Lexile: 1130 “Standing Up by Sitting Down” | Lexile: 950 “The Past is Alive” | Lexile: 1050 from The Iliad by Homer | Lexile: 925-1185 from Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff Lexile: 1190 “The Lost City of Troy” | Lexile: 1000 “The Odyssey Revisited” | Lexile: 1000
ELA GRADE 8
with Lexile Levels
Unit 2: Difficult Times from Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman | Lexile: 1050 “Ellis Island” | Lexile: 925-1185 “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus | Lexile: N/A “A Diverse Population” | Lexile: 925-1185 Dark Days: The Story of the Market Crash | Lexile: 925-1185 “The Economic Roller Coaster” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Franklin Delano Roosevelt” | Lexile: 925-1185 Franklin Delano Roosevelt First Inaugural Address | Lexile: 925-1185
ELA GRADE 8
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with Lexile Levels
Unit 3: The Human Spirit “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett | Lexile: N/A from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | Lexile: 1160 “Miep Gies: A Dangerous Secret” | Lexile: 925-1185 “She Had to Walk Before She Could Run” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Jackie Robinson: The Loneliest Season” | Lexile: 925-1185 Transcript of Interview with Branch Rickey | Lexile: N/A “Baseball, the color line, and Jackie Robinson” | Lexile: 925-1185
Unit 4: Experiments and Discoveries “Marie and Pierre Curie: The Discovery of Radium” | Lexile: 925-1185 from Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie | Lexile: 925-1185 “How Does Atom Size Affect the Periodic Table?” | Lexile: N/A “Periodic Table” | Lexile: 925-1185 “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes | Lexile: 850 “What We Know About Memory” | Lexile: 925-1185
ELA GRADE 8
Selections
with Lexile Levels
Unit 5: Know the Facts “Every Move You Make” by Michael Hedges | Lexile: 925-1185
Selections
“National Security vs. Privacy” | Lexile: 925-1185 President Obama: On Proposed Changes to US Intelligence Programs Lexile: 925-1185 “Food Fight” | Lexile: 1000 “Food for the Future” | Lexile: 925-1185 “A New Kind of Corn” | Lexile: 925-1185 “All About Organic” | Lexile: 925-1185
Unit 6: Heroes and Leaders “Nationally Televised Speech by President John F. Kennedy” Lexile: 925-1185 “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. | Lexile: 1130 “Standing Up by Sitting Down” | Lexile: 950 “The Past is Alive” | Lexile: 1050 from The Iliad by Homer | Lexile: 925-1185 from Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff Lexile: 1190 “The Lost City of Troy” | Lexile: 1000 “The Odyssey Revisited” | Lexile: 1000
ELA GRADE 8
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