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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

Ghostbusters

Students will work on cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength while playing a scooter tag game in a spooky setting.

What Masks Reveal

While it is perfectly fine to enjoy masks from many cultures as rich, colorful works of art, one can gain a deeper understanding by considering how masks are used in a particular culture and the meanings that the tradition-bearers bring to them.

Haunting Music

In this lesson about music inspired by the spooky and bizarre, students will learn about orchestra “program music” by exploring the works of Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saëns. Students will learn about Symphonie Fantastique and Danse Macabre, identify and analyze the musical terms and concepts in each piece, and then write a short story and create a class mural based on their listening experiences.

Halloween Party Alternatives from UNICEF

UNICEF offers many service-learning ideas that are fun alternatives to the typical school Halloween party.

A Directed Listening-Thinking Activity for “The Tell-Tale Heart”

In this lesson, students participate in a Directed Listening–Thinking Activity (DLTA), in which they listen to “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and answer prediction questions at designated stopping points during the reading.