8th Grade Reading Lesson Plans

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How to Solve Analogies (+ Practice Analogy Questions)

An easy way to practice solving analogies before the big test! Analogies are a key part on many standardized tests -…

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Language Arts and Writing

Writing

Reading

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Identify Story Elements Lesson

The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in reading comprehension,…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Reading Comprehension

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"The Fox and the Goat": A Lesson on Aesop's Fable

Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…

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Reading

Literature

Language Arts and Writing

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 1

Week 1: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Vocabulary

Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 19

Week 19: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Types of Poetry

Students become familiar with the different types of poetry, including clerihew, diamonte, couplet, limerick, list…

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Poetry

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Write a Harry Potter Script

Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Literature

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St. Patrick's Day Escape Room Activity

In an Escape Room Activity, students work together to solve clues and puzzles, moving from activity to activity in…

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Reading

Logic and Problem Solving

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 11

Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web

Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is different from reading…

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Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

Reading

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Inaugural Poetry

Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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GAMES AND APPS

Make a Harry Potter Board Game

Students improve their reading comprehension by making and creating a board game based upon the Harry Potter books.

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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Left-Handers Are All Right

Students use a web resource to explore the perspective of left-handed people coping in a right-handed society. They…

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Science

Human Body and Anatomy

Human Biology

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Harry Potter Haiku

Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Teaching Harry Potter

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 10

Week 10: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 17

Week 17: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 15

Week 15: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 14

Week 14: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 9

Week 9: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Grammar

Reading Comprehension

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Skill Builders: Word Analogy Questions, Week 5

Week 4: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.

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Reading Comprehension

Language Arts and Writing

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Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 1: Introducing Tolkien and His Worlds

Use the handouts in this printable guide to explore myths and folk tales from around the world that share the themes…

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Literature

Folk Tales

Fantasy Fiction

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MAPS

Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 3: There and Back Again

Enhance students' reading experience of Tolkien's The Hobbit with lesson planning resources that accompany chapters…

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Literature

Teaching Tolkien – Lesson Planning Resources

Reading and Literature

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