8th Grade ELA (2023 - 2024)

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Across
  1. 3. a playwright we have all read this year
  2. 6. hinting to what may come later
  3. 7. King of the Fairies
  4. 8. doting dads take their daughters to donut day
  5. 9. the feeling a text creates for the reader
  6. 12. the first assignment of the year copied this popular account called "Humans of ____ _____"
  7. 14. a mischief maker
  8. 15. not literal but ...
  9. 18. this is Jacqueline's religion, she gets it from her grandma
  10. 21. our horror genre study taught us about this
  11. 24. the author of a play
  12. 26. "E" in RACE
  13. 27. an acronym for proficient writing
  14. 28. “y’all” is an example of this "non-standard" English used by a particular group of people
  15. 29. the setting of The Diary of Anne Frank
  16. 31. Peter's cat
  17. 33. "The Monkey's _____"
  18. 34. Holling got a single one of these for Meryl Lee on Valentine's Day
  19. 35. when a story does not follow chronological order
  20. 36. "The Tell-Tale _____"
  21. 37. you can't trust this kind of narrator
  22. 42. spoken words between characters
  23. 43. "R" in RACE
  24. 44. she helped the Frank's by bringing them food and news
  25. 45. "C" in RACE
  26. 47. Mai Thi is from this country
  27. 48. to say something with confidence
Down
  1. 1. yOur TeaCHers Will geT frUStraTed WHEN yoU meSs uP ThiS siMPle ruLE
  2. 2. to give/take/have a different option
  3. 4. the name of Jacqueline's brother
  4. 5. fairies use this to cause strangers to fall in love
  5. 8. Mr. Hoodhood's vocation
  6. 10. the text of a play
  7. 11. one type of fictional writing
  8. 13. the state where Jacqueline was born
  9. 14. Holling's often says things that are ___________ lies
  10. 16. that tree can dance in the wind
  11. 17. Sycorax and Caliban are ____
  12. 19. to veer uncontrollably, often to the side
  13. 20. I don't care!
  14. 22. learning about a character from their actions
  15. 23. the use of vivid descriptions
  16. 25. poem with only one line
  17. 30. *insert evil laughter*
  18. 32. when a story has scenes from the past in order to provide context or additional information
  19. 38. when a sentence continues beyond the end of a line break without pause or interruption
  20. 39. "E" in RACE
  21. 40. most of our assessments this year were focused on ______ and analyzing
  22. 41. your evidence should always be ____ and sufficient
  23. 46. Brown Girl Dreaming is a novel in _____