8th Grade Lesson Plans

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Graphs and Charts

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Creative Writing with Photo Inspiration

Encourage students to think and write creatively with inspiration from photos. This printable packet includes a creative…

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Language Arts and Writing

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Story Starters

This printable word processing lesson provides a creative writing activity. Students use story starters to type complete…

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Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

Writing

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PowerPoint Projects

Teach your students the basics of PowerPoint with this computer lesson. Students research a topic and create a…

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Be a Journalist! Research and Writing Activity

Extra! Extra! Help your students get the scoop on journalism This printable will teach your students how to be budding…

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Language Arts and Writing

Journalism

Jobs, Careers, and Occupations

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All About Me

Students create a slide show about their lives using PowerPoint. Various features of the program are explored in this…

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African-American Scientists: A Comprehensive Social Media Account Project

In this project, students will research a notable African-American scientist and then create a social media account for…

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Scientists

Science Activities and Experiments

Science

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Compute Your Grades with Excel

Show students how to compute their own grades using the AVERAGE function in Microsoft Excel&#174. This computer lesson…

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Mathematics

Formulas and Functions

Probability and Statistics

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A comprehensive multi-day lesson plan for teaching an opinion essay

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Opinion Writing Lesson Plan: Gender Equality

This 2-3 class period unit includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, and a rubric for assessment. In the unit, students…

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Language Arts and Writing

Essays

Reading and Literature

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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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Letter Writing

In this printable computer lesson, students learn the basic format for letter writing. They get practice in word…

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Language Arts and Writing

Letter-Writing Lessons & Tips

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Creating Simple Formulas Using Excel

Use this lesson for Microsoft Excel&#174 to familiarize your students with simple spreadsheet formulas and features. The…

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Mathematics

Formulas and Functions

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Family Tree Organization Chart with PowerPoint

Students learn the basics of an organization chart in this printable PowerPoint activity on family trees.

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Social Studies and History

Families

Graphs and Charts

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Insects on the Internet

In this printable computer activity, students research insects on the Internet and use PowerPoint or AppleWorks to…

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Animals (Zoology)

Insects

Biology

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Moon's Phases Lesson Plan

Use this lesson plan to teach students about the Moon's phases. This astronomy activity is perfect for elementary and…

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Science

Space and Astronomy

Moon

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Recycling Unit from the Environmental Protection Agency

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Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom

Your students probably already know the basics of recycling and why it is important. This unit of printables and…

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Science

Environmental Science

Natural Resources Conservation

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Self-Portrait Simile Poems

Use the Internet to teach your students about self-portraits and review the use of similes. Then, have students type…

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Language Arts and Writing

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The Nine Planets

In this printable computer activity, students research the planets on the Internet and use PowerPoint or AppleWorks to…

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Language Arts and Writing

Science

Space and Astronomy

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Creating Halloween Word Problems

For this printable PowerPoint project, students create slides of Halloween word problems for their peers to solve. They…

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Mathematics

Word Problems

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Listening to Poems While Reading Along

Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…

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Reading and Literature

Poetry

Authors

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Acrostic Poems

In this computer activity, students review acrostic poems and compose their own poem on a PowerPoint slide. Then, they…

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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How Many Pets Does Our Class Own?

In this printable computer lesson and activity, students learn the basics of a spreadsheet and create a graph showing…

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Graphs and Charts

Mathematics

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Reviewing Spelling Rules

Review spelling rules with your students while improving their computer skills. In this computer activity, students use…

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Spelling

Language Arts and Writing

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