Types of Conflict

After breaking his mother's favorite vase, Casey struggles to decide whether he should tell his mother the truth or attempt to hide his mistake and blame the family dog.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Kiko is a ninja warrior trained by Master Yoho.  When Master Yoho is slain by Shan Bhutan of the Lotus Clan in the most cowardly of fashions, Kiko lays it all on the line to avenge the death of his master.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

it's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots.  A young boy is flying his hover board to school when all the machines start attacking people due to a powerful computer virus.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

Brian has the best dog in the world.  In fact, he has one of the only dogs in the world.  That's because dogs are not allowed in Brian's world, where people believe dogs carry disease.  Brian's dog will be executed if he is caught.  He joins an underground dog owners club to fight to legalize dogs.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

Janie is on a whitewater-rafting trip when their guide suddenly has a heart attack.  Now she and the other passengers must learn to work together to survive the treacherous rapids.  As if things weren't bad enough, someone spotted a bear following the rafters on the shore.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Jack is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force.  one day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the convoy....aliens!

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3B

After years of saving money, John bought his dream home.  It was a two-story beach house in a secluded area.  John thought it was absolutely perfect, until he noticed the termites.  First there were just a few, nibbling away at the back deck, but soon there were thousands.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

It's Carly's 8th grade year and she wants to graduate more than anything else.  Unfortunately she's been playing in her reading class and now she's backed into a corner.  She has to get a perfect score on the final exam or she won't graduate.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

When Diego and his buddies accept a dare to stay in an old abandoned house, the knew that it would be scary, but they had no idea just how scary it would be.  As his friends begin to disappear one by one, Diego learns that the house is not abandoned after all, but inhabited by a vampire.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Annie and her family live on a farm in rural Kansas.  When a huge storm rolls in suddenly, she and her family must retreat to the shelter, but all the animals are out grazing.  Worse still, a tornado has been spotted in their area.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Self
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2