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Ms. Kuropas

  • 8th Grade ELA
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  • 8th Grade Literature

     

      Various short stories (From the Literature Book)    

      Link to the Language of Literature text books online  

    http://www.classzone.com/literature.cfm  

    8 lit

    Refugee

    A New York Times bestseller!  JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.This action-packed novel tackles topics both timely and timeless: courage, survival, and the quest for home.

     

    Scolastic Scope Magazine

    https://scope.scholastic.com/ 

     scope

       

    Flowers for Algernon   

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    Links to Bill Nye, The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and Neuroscience for Kids

    http://faculty.washington.edu/ chudler/ neurok.html

    http://www.dana.org/ brainweb/

    http://www.billnye.com/ core.html?flashtarget=core.html& noflashtarget=noflash.html

     

    The Diary of Anne Frank (play from the literature series)  

     

     Anne Frank

    Links to The United States Holocaust Museum: Online Exhibits and other holocaust resources

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    http://www.wiesenthal.org

    http://www.adl.org/ children_holocaust/ children_main1.html   

    http://www.ushmm.org/ museum/ exhibit/ online/

     

     

     

    The Westing Game - A novel

     

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    Links to Westing Game Jeopardy and WebQuest

    http://216.92.166.119/Bryan/Literacy    

    http://library.thinkquest.org/  

     

    That Was Then, This is Now - A Novel

     

    That Was

    http://www.sehinton.com/books/

     

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Hamlin Upper Grade Center

ADDRESS: 12150 S. Hamlin Ave. , Alsip, IL 60803

PHONE: (708) 597-1550

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