8th+Grade

= Enriched Academic Literacy for the 21st Century =
 * Grade 8 **

Strand 1 - Academic Reading & Note-Taking Skills

 * Text Features
 * Text Structures & Graphic Organizers
 * Cornell Note-Taking
 * Inquiry Circles

Strand 2 - Information, Media, & Technology Skills

 * Legal and Ethical Practices
 * Interpersonal and Problem Solving Skills
 * Consumers & Creators of Multi-Media Texts
 * Creating New Knowledge

Strand 3 - Studying Techniques & Critical Thinking for the Genre of Test-Taking

 * Studying Techniques
 * Time-Management
 * Reading Tests/Answering Questions
 * PSSA Strategies & other Standardized Tests

Strand 4 - Reading Workshop

 * Personal Book Selection
 * Genre Study
 * Literature Circles / Book Discussions
 * Reader Response

Strand 5 - Vocabulary

 * Vocabulary Building through Independent Reading
 * Vocabulary Building for reading Increasingly Sophisticated Levels of Text
 * Vocabulary Building for Academic Learning in Subject Areas across the Curriculum
 * Vocabulary Building through Morphology and Word Parts