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8TH GRADE COMMON CORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE— FICTION PASSAGE 1: Behind a Mask, or A Woman’s Power (A.M. Barnard) ............................................................... 1 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 3 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 4 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 6 PASSAGE 2: Great Opera Stories: Haensel and Gretel (Millicent Schwab Bender) ......................................... 6 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 9 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 10 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 11 PASSAGE 3: The Call of the Wild (Jack London)............................................................................................. 12 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 14 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 15 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 16 PASSAGE 4: “Miss Brill” (Katherine Mansfield) ............................................................................................. 17 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 19 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 21 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 22 PASSAGE 5: Pollyanna (Eleanor Porter) ........................................................................................................... 23 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 26 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 27 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 29 PASSAGE 6: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) .............................................................................. 30 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 32 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 34 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 35 PASSAGE 7: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” (Mark Twain) ......................................... 36 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 39 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 41 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 42 PASSAGE 8: “A Dog’s Tale” (Mark Twain) ..................................................................................................... 43 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 44 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 45 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 47 PASSAGE 9: Journey to the Interior of the Earth (Jules Verne) ........................................................................ 48 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 51 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 52 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 54 PASSAGE 10: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) ................................................................................ 55 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 58 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 59 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 60 CHAPTER TWO— POETRY PASSAGE 1: “The Prologue” (Anne Bradstreet) ............................................................................................... 63 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 64 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 65 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 66 PASSAGE 2: “Three Sunsets” (Lewis Carroll) .................................................................................................. 68 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions ............................................................................................... 71 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions .................................................................................................................... 72 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................. 74 PASSAGE 3: “Absence, Hear Thou Thy Protestation” and “Sonnet 57” (John Hoskins and William Shakespeare) .......................................................................................................... 75 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 76 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 77 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 77 PASSAGE 4: “Poem 12” and “Sonnet 64” (Anonymous and William Shakespeare) ....................................... 79 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 80 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 81 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 82 CHAPTER THREE— INFORMATIONAL TEXTS PASSAGE 1: The Fortunate Isles (Passage I) (Mary Stuart Boyd) ................................................................... 83 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 85 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 85 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 87 PASSAGE 2: The Fortunate Isles (Passage II) (Mary Stuart Boyd) .................................................................. 88 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 90 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 90 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 91 PASSAGE 3: The Story of a Summer; or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua (Cecilia Cleveland) ..................... 92 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 95 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 95 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 96 PASSAGE 4: A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth (Frank Cushing)................... 98 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 99 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 100 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 102 PASSAGE 5: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass) ............. 104 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 108 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 109 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 110 PASSAGE 6: World War I Foods (Recipes and Posters) (Charles Goudiss, Alberta Goudiss, and U.S. Food Administration) ................................................................. 111 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 114 PART 2: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 115 PASSAGE 7: “Chinese Women’s Feet” (Scientific American) ......................................................................... 116 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 117 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 118 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 119 PASSAGE 8: The Maine Woods (Passage I) (Henry David Thoreau) .............................................................. 120 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 122 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 122 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 123 PASSAGE 9: The Maine Woods (Passage II) (Henry David Thoreau) ............................................................. 124 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 125 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 126 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 127 PASSAGE 10: The Wound Dresser: A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion (Passage I) (Walt Whitman) ....................................................................................... 128 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 130 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 131 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 131 PASSAGE 11: The Wound Dresser: A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion (Passage II) (Walt Whitman) ..................................................................................... 133 PART 1: Reading Comprehension Questions .............................................................................................. 135 PART 2: Vocabulary Questions ................................................................................................................... 136 PART 3: Writing Prompts ............................................................................................................................ 136 CHAPTER FOUR— GRAMMAR TOPIC A: Verbals PART 1: Gerunds .......................................................................................................................................... 139 PART 2: Participles ...................................................................................................................................... 140 PART 3: Infinitives ....................................................................................................................................... 140 TOPIC B: Using Verbs in the Active and Passive Voice PART 1: Active Voice .................................................................................................................................. 141 PART 2: Passive Voice ................................................................................................................................. 142 TOPIC C: Verb Moods PART 1: Indicative ....................................................................................................................................... 142 PART 2: Imperative ...................................................................................................................................... 143 PART 3: Interrogative ................................................................................................................................... 143 PART 4: Conditional .................................................................................................................................... 144 PART 5: Subjunctive .................................................................................................................................... 144 TOPIC D: Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood PART 1: Verb Voice ..................................................................................................................................... 145 PART 2: Verb Mood 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