1. WELCOME TO CURRICULUM NIGHT! CAROL WILLIAMS 8 TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

2. MY CONTACT INFORMATION Carol Williams phone:630.636.2683 email:cwilliams@sd308.org

3. MY SCHEDULE 1 Study Hall 8:14 - 8:55 2 8th Grade Language Arts Block 2/3 8:59 - 9:40 3 8th Grade Language Arts 9:44 - 10:25 4 Lunch 5 8th Grade Language Arts 11:14 - 11:55 6 8 th Grade Language Arts 11:59 - 12:40 7 8th Grade Language Arts Block 7/8 12:44 - 1:25 8 8th Grade Language Arts 1:29 - 2:10 9 Plan Period 2:14 - 3:00

4. UNITS OF STUDY Special People Overcoming Adversity Social Responsibility The Art of Suspense Oppression Research Technology

5. SPECIAL PEOPLE Novels Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman Short Stories Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara

6. OVERCOMING ADVERSITY Students will choose a person to research using books from the LRC. Students will research how the person overcame adversity and became successful. They will present their findings in the form of a speech. This unit will be used as a stepping stone to a larger social issues research assignment.

7. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A copy of A Christmas Carol will be provided on my website in addition to the individual copy each student will receive.

8. THE ART OF SUSPENSE Poetry “Suspense – Is Hostiler than Death” by Emily Dickinson “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

9. OPPRESSION Poetry “Oppression” – by Jimmy Santiago Baca “I Sit and Look Out” – by Walt Whitman Short Stories “The Wise Old Woman” – by Yoshiko Uchida Dramas The Diary of Anne Frank Informational Texts “Camp Harmony” – by Monica Stone “The Power of Non-violence” – by John Lewis Excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad – by Ann Poetry The Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850 Executive Order No. 9066

10. RESEARCH Students will be researching a social issue using books and electronic sources. Students will present their findings in the form of an argumentative essay.

11. TECHNOLOGY Short Stories “There Will Come Soft Rains” – by Ray Bradbury “The Dragon” – by Ray Bradbury “The Fog Horn” – Ray Bradbury “The Flying Machine” – Ray Bradbury Informational Texts “The Effects and Influences of Technology on Society and Human Kind” by Roger Bennett, “How Technology Affects Us” by Madison DeLuca “Kids and Screen time” Scope Magazine article

12. HELPFUL INFORMATION A weekly email is sent out on Fridays to the email addresses provided on Home Access. Weekly emails will include information on upcoming projects, formal writing assignments, and tests. Grades are updated on a weekly basis.

13. Please view the Unit Standards Page of my website, if you wish to see the Common Core Standards we will be focusing on for each Unit.

14. Questions?

15. Schedule 6:44 – 6:52 Period 1 6:56 – 7:04 Period 2 7:08 – 7:16 Period 3 7:20 – 7:28 Period 4 7:32 – 7:40 Period 5 7:44 – 7:52 Period 6 7:56 – 8:04 Period 7 8:08 – 8:16 Period 8 8:20 – 8:28 Period 9