The Habits of Lifelong Readers and Writers - Grade 8
The Habits of Lifelong Readers and Writers is a unit designed to both launch students’ independent reading and writing work and to assist students in periodically stepping back to assess their own work.Â
Table of Contents
Text Audio
From The House on Mango Street
“Girl’s Furniture Bought & Sold” by Sandra Cisneros
Audio File Link
(Youtube Link)Writing Tasks
Title: S-14: Writing Like Violet Kupersmith
Session 14
Charts for Discussion
Title: S-2: Why Read? What the Research Says
Session 2
Title: S-5: What We Know About Book Recommendations
Session 5
Title: S-6: Expectations for Independent Reading
Session 6
Title: S-6: Rules for Independent Reading
Session 6
Title: S-8: First-Person Point of View
Session 8
Title: S-10: Third-Person Point of View
Session 10
Title: S-13: Significant Moments in “Boat Story”
Session 13
Title: S-14: Dialogue-Based, Story-Within- A-Story
Session 14
Title: S-20: The Independent Writing Life
Session 20
Title: S-A: Short Assignments for the Author Study
Session A
Title: S-B: Short Assignments for the Author Study
Session B
Title: S-G: Independent Writing Project Contract
Session G
Forms and Graphic Organizers
Title: S-2: Statistics About Education and Literacy
Session 2
Title: S-6: Goals for My Reading Life
Session 6
Title: S-20: Setting Goals for Independent Writing
Session 20
Title: S-F: Independent Writing Project Proposal
Session F
Title: S-H: Independent Writing Project Commentary
Session H
Title: S-I: Independent Writing Project Review
Session I