Language Arts/English Curriculum Frameworks - Albemarle County ...

8 th -Grade Concept Requirements & Suggested Texts
Concepts & Reading Requirements
Teachers should select texts appropriate for their students.
Universality: Cooperation vs. Isolation
Requirement: All students will analyze a
novel that addresses the theme of
cooperation vs. isolation.
Universality: Honoring the Historical and
Cultural Past
Universality: Coming of Age
Systems: Genre: Drama
Requirement: All students will analyze a
drama that addresses the themes of honoring
the historical and cultural past and coming of
age.
Universality: Search for Identity
Universality: Epic Journey (Journey of Life)
Requirement: All students will read a novel
that addresses the themes of search for
identity and epic journey.
Universality: Tolerance of the Atypical
Requirement: All students will read a text
centered around tolerance of the atypical.
• Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
• Woodsong (Paulsen)
• Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier’s Life in Civil War (Ray)
• Soldier X (Wulffson)
• The Outsiders (Hinton)
• Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
• The Pearl (Steinbeck)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (Frank)
• The Miracle Worker (Gibson)
• The Road to Memphis (Taylor)
• Soldier X (Wulffson)
• Eagle Song (Bruchac)
• Homeless Bird (Whelan)
• Monster (Myers)
• The Pearl (Steinbeck)
• Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
• Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
• Define Normal (Peters)
• Izzy, Willy-Nilly (Voight)
• Flowers for Algernon (Keyes)
• Park’s Quest (Paterson)
• Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American
• Why We Can’t Wait (King)
• Eagle Song (Bruchac)
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