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LEAP 21 Tutoring Lessons - 8th Grade English Language Arts


These LEAP 21 Tutoring Lessons were designed for grades 4 and 8 students who may need remediation in the standards and benchmarks covered on the LEAP 21. However, the lessons may also be appropriate for third- and seventh-grade students.

Reading and Responding Writing
Lesson 1"The Dance" Lesson 1Key Words & Prewriting Strategies
Lesson 2"Zydeco Comes to Louisiana" Lesson 2Clustering & Prewriting Strategies
Lesson 3"Rivers" Lesson 3Key Elements of Composition
Lesson 4"The Race" Lesson 4Topic Sentences & Prewriting
Lesson 5"A Lesson Learned" Lesson 5Organizing & Writing a Composition
Lesson 6"Maya Angelou" Lesson 6Survey Response
Lesson 7"The Dilemma" Lesson 7Prewriting: Graphic Organizer
Lesson 8"The Incredible Find" Lesson 8Prewriting: Descriptive Paragraph
Lesson 9"The Road Not Taken" Lesson 9Prewriting: Descriptive Paragraph
Lesson 10"A Lesson Learned" Lesson 10Writing Prompt One
Lesson 11"Maya Angelou" Lesson 11Writing Prompt Two
Lesson 12"Lineage" Lesson 12Writing Prompt Three
Lesson 13"The Race" (main ideas) Lesson 13Writing Prompt Four
Lesson 14"The Race" (questions) Writer's Checklist
Lesson 15"Maya Angelou" (fact vs. opinion) Proofreading
Lesson 16"Whatif" (analytical thinking) Lesson 1Proofreading Grammar
Lesson 17"Whatif" (reading and responding) Lesson 2Proofreading Punctuation
Lesson 18"Black History Month" One Lesson 3Subject/Verb & Fragments
Lesson 19"Black History Month" Two Lesson 4Strategies for Proofreading
Lesson 20"Sacagawea" Lesson 5Sentence Formation, Grammar
Lesson 21"Colin Powell" One Lesson 6Grammar and Structure
Lesson 22"Colin Powell" Two Lesson 7Peer Editing One
Lesson 23"Giant Pandas" One Lesson 8Peer Editing Two
Lesson 24"Giant Pandas" Two Lesson 9Peer Editing Three
Lesson 25"The Dance" Lesson 10Peer Editing Four
Lesson 26"Lineage" Using Information Resources
Lesson 27"The Road Not Taken" Lesson 1Resources & Skimming
Lesson 28"Lost on Wicket Mountain" Lesson 2Resources (continued)
Lesson 29"The Dilemma" Lesson 3Resources (continued)
  Information Resources Booklet for Lessons 1-3
  Pages 1, 2, and 3
Pages 4, 5, and 6
Pages 7, 8, and 9
Lesson 4Various Sources of Information
Lesson 5Scanning & Key Words
Lesson 6Bibliographic Entries
Lesson 7Choosing Resources
Information Resources Booklet for Lessons 4-7
  Pages 1, 2, and 3
Pages 4 and 5
Pages 6, 7, and 9
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