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Mrs. Lauren Piccione8th Grade English TeacherRoom #84Phone: 610-473-3737
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Welcome to Mrs. Piccione's 8th grade ELA class!
Eighth grade English includes all of the language arts: reading, writing, grammar, editing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, critical thinking, collaborating, researching, and more! Here are some of the units we will explore throughout the year:
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Fiction unit: summer reading and short stories
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Non-fiction compared to fiction: Yellow fever epidemic and Fever 1793
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Drama/biogragphy: Helen Keller and The Miracle Worker
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Poetry compared to expository texts: hero mini-unit
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Non-fiction/drama Holocaust unit: Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, book club books, and additional supplementary resources
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Workshop atmosphere
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