This page includes the student reader for the unit, as well as editable resources from the teacher manual: writing tasks, charts for discussion, forms and graphic organizers. All resources can be downloaded and added into Schoology for implementation with students.

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Unit Texts

Grade 8, Unit 4 Student Reader
PDF

Writing Tasks

S-4: Writing About “Foolology”
Word Doc
S-8: Writing About “The Lives of a Cell”
Word Doc

Charts for Discussion

S-1: Difficulty in “Foolology”: What and Why?
PowerPoint
S-2: Making Sense of “Foolology”
PowerPoint
S-5: Difficulty in “The Lives of a Cell” What and Why?
PowerPoint
S-6: Retelling “The Lives of a Cell”
PowerPoint

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-6: Comprehension Task: “The Lives of a Cell”
Word Doc
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