Second Nine Weekes - 8th Grade
Reading Components
- Literary fiction study though the lens of character perspective and author's craft in the development of theme and characterization.
- Student selected titles *Book Club selection made available in Teams Classroom.
- Digital Storytelling project as part of the unit assessment
- Informational texts to explore connections to the literary selections.
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Articles based on topics relevant to the student selected titles
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- Poetry
- Selected text that connects to student selected titles.
Writing Components
- Narrative writing activities as related to a selected text
- Literary analysis of selected book club text
- Argumentative writing
Speaking and Listening Components
- Completion of reading assignments and assigned activities to explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
- Questioning that elicits elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas
Language Components
- Daily activity based on 8th garde Language Standards
- Application of writing standards *Patterns of Power
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