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Grade 8 Reading Comprehensions

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Literature Units

     Grade 8 Book Units

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Biographies

     Grade 8 Biographies - Reading Comprehensions

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Stories

     The Great Train Robbery
     Model Behavior
     The Marmalade War

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Grade 8 Daily Themes

January
	Jan 01		Paul Revere
	Jan 06		January 6th - the Alternate Christmas
	Jan 08		Top 10 Interesting Facts about J.R.R. Tolkien and his works
	Jan 12		John Hancock
	Jan 16		Dragons of the World
	Jan 20		Inaugural Parades
	Jan 23		Diets are Not Our Friends
	Jan 27		Lewis Carroll
February
	Feb 04		Angola's War for Independence Day
	Feb 05		Predicting the Weather
	Feb 06		The History of the Monopoly® Board Game
	Feb 09		Milton Hershey: Candy Maker
	Feb 12		Honest Abe
	Feb 14		George W. G. Ferris
	Feb 19		Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
	Feb 26		Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans
March
	Mar 03		The Star-Spangled Banner
	Mar 07		The Name Game
	Mar 12		Commonwealth Day
	Mar 14		History of Pi
	Mar 14		Celebrating Pi Day
	Mar 15		The Buzzards of Hinckley, Ohio
	Mar 19		Swallows Return To Capistrano
April
	Apr 13		The Biggest Water Fight Ever
	Apr 25		The Man Who Named America
	Apr 26		The Telescope
May
	May 02		Suicide Prevention
	May 08		Pemberton's Drink
	May 16		Charles Elmer Hires - Inventor of Root Beer
	May 21		Victoria Day
	May 21		Queen Victoria
	May 22		What is Biodiversity?
	May 26		All That Jazz
	May 28		Memorial Day
June
	Jun 06		Remembering D-Day
	Jun 06		What is a Headache?
	Jun 15		Credit - Beware
	Jun 16		A March for Education
	Jun 24		St. Jean-Baptiste Day
	Jun 24		Discovering Newfoundland
	Jun 29		Athletic Thoughts
July
	Jul 01		Canada Day
	Jul 08		Rising to the Challenge
	Jul 19		Horseradish
	Jul 20		Who Invented Lollipops?
	Jul 20		Moon Day
	Jul 21		World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
	Jul 29		The Wedding of the Century (nonfiction)
August
	Aug 03		North Pole Adventure
	Aug 04		Coast Guard Day
	Aug 07		Scrabble
	Aug 09		Veep Day
	Aug 13		The Ten Percent Club
	Aug 15		The World of Reiki
	Aug 21		Gold Rush!
	Aug 23		Who's Doing the Driving?
	Aug 24		America's Number One Snack
	Aug 26		Women's Equality Day
	Aug 29		Limiting Your Salt Intake
	Aug 31		Career Day
September
	Sep 01		The Ascension of Mohammed
	Sep 11		What does it take to be a Hero?
	Sep 21		The Attitude of Gratitude
October
	Oct 06		The Labyrinth of New Harmony
	Oct 11		Thanksgiving History
	Oct 26		Differences
November
	Nov 09		The Eastern Band of Cherokee People
	Nov 11		Veteran's Day
	Nov 11		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
	Nov 11		Angola Independence Day
	Nov 22		Independence Day in Lebanon
	Nov 30		Viruses, Trojans, and Worms, Oh My!
December
	Dec 05		The King's Birthday in Thailand
	Dec 06		Independence Day in Finland
	Dec 06		Who Was St. Nicholas?
	Dec 08		Falkland Islands Battle Day
	Dec 15		The Bill of Rights
	Dec 16		Reconciliation Day in South Africa
	Dec 20		Seeking Orion the Hunter
	Dec 21		Explorer's Triumph

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