Students are studying the literary elements and techniques during our first quarter Language Arts unit. The 8th grade unit will focus on short stories. We will be reading classic short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Ambrose Bierce, Liam O’Flaherty and Shirley Jackson.
Next week, students will start examining various graphic novels. Student will learn all of the aspects that go into creating a graphic novel. They will starting planning and drafting their own creative graphic novels using both pictures and text.
Language Arts Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday mornings at 7:45-8:15 a.m.
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