8th+grade

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What does it mean to grow up and change?
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 * 8th grade poetry
 * Letter to yourself in the future: use this chart for brainstorming--[[file:Picture your life ten years.isf]]
 * Persuasive Essay-issues kids shouldn't have to deal with
 * Persuasive Podcasts
 * Biography Project--People who changed the world
 * POST PSSA ACTIVITIES
 * This I Believe Assignment: "This I Believe" is a radio show on NPR (National Public Radio). It challenges listeners to submit an essay about something that they believe in. Your next assignment will focus on what you believe in, what you find important in your own life. Here's the website: [|This I Believe]
 * Read or listen to the following essays. Fill in this chart as you're listening: