EVERYONE HAS A VOICE!
Our academic year is built around themes that will encourage students to inquire and respond to the changing world around them through reading, writing, speaking and listening:
MP1/Unit One: Voices From Within
Biography, Personal Narrative
* The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs
MP2/Unit Two: Voices of Survival
Nonfiction, Informational Writing
* To Build a Fire by Jack London
MP3/Unit Three: Voices Around Us
Realistic Fiction, Argumentative Writing
* Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
MP4/Unit Four: Voices from the Past
Historical Fiction, Science Fiction
* A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
* Indicates the common text read and assessed by all eighth graders at CYMS.