Grade+8++-+List+of+Reading+Materials

**8th grade Language Arts** **J. Kunkle** Short Stories: Poetry: Biog. Drama:
 * List of Reading Materials**
 * __Intro. to Lit. Unit__:**
 * “A Day’s Wait” – Ernest Hemingway
 * “The Clearing” – Jesse Stuart
 * “A Time to Talk” – Robert Frost
 * “The Road Not Taken” – Robert Frost
 * //The Miracle Worker// – William Gibson
 * //October Sky// – Homer Hickam

Short Stories: Poetry: Biog. Drama:
 * __E.A. Poe Unit__:**
 * “The Tell-Tale Heart”
 * “The Black Cat”
 * “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
 * “The Cask of Amontillado”
 * “The Fall of the House of Usher”
 * “The Masque of the Red Death”
 * “Annabel Lee”
 * “The Bells”
 * “The Raven”
 * “Lov’d Alone”

Various nonfiction books (including biographies & autobiographies by various authors)
 * __Independent Nonfiction Book Project__:**

Excerpts from //Tom Sawyer// & //Huck Finn//
 * __Twain Unit__:**

Biog. Drama:
 * __Black History Month Unit__:**
 * //The Rosa Parks Story//
 * //Peaceful Protest//
 * //We will Not Turn Around//

Various poems focusing on poetic literary elements
 * __Poetry Unit__:**

Nonfiction: Biography: //Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People// – Langston Hughes Novel:
 * __Civil War Unit__:**
 * //Underground Railroad//
 * Web Journey
 * Nightjohn – Gary Paulsen

//Across Five Aprils// – Irene Hunt //Cold// //Mountain// – Charles Frazier //Gods and Generals// – Jeff Shaara //In My Father’s House// – Ann Rinaldi Killer Angels – Michael Shaara //Rifles for Watie// – Harold Keith //The Last Silk Dress// – Ann Rinaldi //The Red Badge of Courage// – Stephen Crane
 * __Civil War Novel Choices for Independent Reading__: **


 * __Optional Novel Unit__:**
 * //The Outsiders// – S.E. Hinton