Grade 8, Unit 1 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening The Medicine Bag Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Story Figurative Meaning: Symbolism symbol symbolism Words that show someone who is not at full strength: wearily straggled fatigue frail sheepishly Animal Conventions: Verbs in Active and Passive Voice voice active voice passive voice Retelling a story Monologue Standards RL.4 L.4 L.4.c L.4.d L.3 L.3.a L.1 L.1.b W.3.a W.3.b W.3.d W.3.e SL.4 Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage The National Geographic Society VIDEO N/A Vocabulary: narration audio close-up contrast pan synchronization (sync) N/A N/A Writing to Compare: Essay Standards L.6 SL.2
RI.7 W.2 W.2.a Performance Task: Writing Focus Write a Nonfiction Narrative Prompt: What event changed your understanding of yourself, or that of someone you know? Speaking & Listening Outcome: Author’s style: Create Cohesion: transitions Standards: W.3, W.3.a-e, W.4, W.5 Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research You Are the Electric Boogaloo Geoff Herbach Just Be Yourself! Stephanie Pellegrin Letters Context Clues Author’s Word Choice: Tone Tone Word choice Connotation Denotation that convey a sense of the extreme: immense majestic numerous Latin Suffix -ous Conventions: Verb Moods moods indicative mood imperative mood interrogative mood Speaking and Listening: Visual presentation Illustrated instructions Illustrated informational report Standards L.4.a L.5.c L.5 RI.4 L.4 L.4.b L.4.c L.1 L.1.c L.1.d W.7 SL.4 SL.5 Hanging Fire Audre Lorde Translating Grandfather’s House Poetry Collection Context Clues Forms of Poetry: Theme Lyric poetry Words that seem to suggest a positive change: Etymology Author’s Style Word Choice Speaking and Listening: Group discussion
E.J. Vega Narrative poem Horizon Awakenings Beaming Aspects of growing up Compare and contrast the speakers Standards L.4 L.9 RL.2 RL.5 L.4 L.4.b RL.4 L.1 L.4.b SL.1 SL.1.a SL.1.c SL.1.d The Setting Sun and the Rolling World Charles Mungoshi Short Story Base words Point of view in fiction First-person point of view Third-person point of view Words related to the narrator’s feelings toward and relationship with his father: patronized obligations psychological Greek root Conventions: Verb Moods interrogative imperative indicative conditional subjunctive Research: Informational report Zimbabwean healers Traditional family life in Zimbabwe Standards L.5 L.5.b RL.6 L.4 L.4.b L.4.c L.1 L.1.c L.1.d W.2 W.2.b W.2.f W.7 W.8 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Present Nonfiction Narratives Prompt: What defines an event or experience in a young person’s life as a milestone or rite of passage? Speaking & Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: SL.4, SL.5
End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Nonfiction Narrative Prompt: What rite of passage has held the most significance for you or for a person you know well? Speaking & Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: W.3, W.4, W.10, SL.4, SL.5 Grade 8, Unit 2 Learning Title / Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Analyze Text Structures in Drama Dialogue Mood Conflicts Dramatic irony Words used to describe feelings of stress and conflict: anxiously tension restraining quarrels bickering hysterically suffix –ist Latin Suffix –ion Conventions: The Principal Parts of Verbs verb principal parts regular irregular present present participle past past participle N/A N/A Standards RL.3 RL.6 L.4 L.4.b L.4.d L.1 L.5 L.5.b
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Drama Character Motivation Internal motivations External motivations Words used to reveal feelings about the future: foreboding apprehension intuition mounting rigid insistent Latin suffix -ent Conventions: Simple Tenses of Verbs tense simple tenses present tense past tense future tense Writing to Sources: Drama Review Speaking and Listening: Dramatic Reading Standards RL.1 RL.3 L.4 L.4.b L.4.c L.4.d L.1 L.3 W.2 W.2.b W.2.f RL.7 SL.1 SL.1.a SL.4 SL.1.b Frank Family and World War II Timelines TIMELINE N/A Media Vocabulary: annotated chronological parallel N/A N/A Writing to Compare: Essay Standards RI.7 W.2 W.2.a W.2.b Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Explanatory Essay Prompt: How are historical events reflected in the play The Diary of Anne Frank? Language Development: Revising Sentences by Combining With Conjunctions Standards: W.2, W.2.a-f, W.5, W.10, L.1, L.2, L.3 Small-Group Learning
Title / Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank Diary Entries Context Clues Central Idea and Supporting Details central idea stated central idea topic sentence implied central idea inference Words that describe limits and loss experienced by Jewish people during the Holocaust: forbidden restrictions sacrifices Root -strict- Author’s Style: Word Choice style word choice diction Speaking and Listening: Group Discussion collaborative group discussion Standards L.4 L.4.a RI.1 RI.2 RI.5 L.4 L.4.b L.4.d RI.4 SL.1 SL.1.a SL.1.c SL.1.d Acceptance Speech for the Peace Prize Elie Wiesel Speech Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus Author’s Purpose and Point of View author’s purpose author’s of view inferences Words that have to do with suffering and oppression: humiliation persecuted traumatized Greek Root Conventions: Perfect Tenses of Verbs perfect tenses present perfect past perfect future perfect Speaking and Listening: Group discussion Standards L.4 L.4.c L.4.d RI.1 RI.4 RI.6 L.4 L.4.b L.1 SL.1 SL.1.a SL.1.b
Noun clause Standards RI.6 RI.8 L.4 L.4.b L.4.d L.5 L.5.b L.1 L.2 Ban the Ban! Sidney Anne Stone Soda’s a Problem but. . . Karin Klein Opinion Conflicting arguments Argument Claim Logical fallacies Overgeneralization Slippery slope Words related to health and health laws: Implemented Intervene Intentions Dictate Exemption Mandates Latin Prefix ex- Conventions: Basic Sentence Structures Sentence structure Clauses Independent clause Dependent clause Simple sentence Compound sentence Complex sentence sentence essay . Standards RI.1 RI.8 RI.9 L.4 L.4.b L.5 L.5.b L.1 L.2 L.3 RI.9 W.1 W.9 W.9.b W.1.b W.1.c W.4
Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Argument Prompt: What is a problem you think needs to be solved? How would you solve it? Language Development: Conventions: Revising for pronoun-antecedent agreement Standards: W.1.a–e, W.4, W.5, W.6, L.1, L.1.c, L.2, L.2.c Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research Words Do Not Pay Chief Joseph PERSUASIVE SPEECH Context Clues Persuasive Techniques / Word Choice repetition appeals to reason appeals to emotions appeals to authority word choice denotations connotations Words that have to do with the hardships and misery: misrepresentations misunderstandings Old English prefix mis- [“not”; “wrong”] Author’s Style: Rhetorical Devices Nonparallel Parallel Research Research report Historical report Biographical report Standards L.4 L.4.a L.4.d RI.4 L.3 L.4 L.4.d L.5 L.5.c L.2 L.3 W.2 W.2.a W.2.b W.2.f
End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Argument Prompt: Is it important for people to make own choices in life? Speaking & Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: W.1, W.9, W.10, SL.4, SL.5 Grade 8, Unit 4 Whole-Class Learning Title / Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes SHORT STORY N/A Development of Themes Theme Conflict allusion Concept Vocabulary [words are related to emotional and psychological states:] subconscious suspicion despised deterioration introspective regression Latin prefix sub- Conventions: Direct and Indirect Objects direct object indirect object N/A N/A Standards RL.1 RL.2 L.4.b L.1 L.5
and Reflective Writing memoir autobiography reflective writing central visual perceptions of numbers:] symmetrical spiral aesthetic cases nominative case / subjective case objective case possessive case Standards RI.2 RI.3 RI.5 RI.6 L.4 L.4.b L.1 W.2, W.2.b, W.2.d, W.7, W.8 The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Infographic Howard Gardner MEDIA: INFOGRAPHIC N/A N/A Media Vocabulary Infographic Icons Labels and captions N/A N/A Speaking and Listening: Group discussion Standards L.6 SL.1, SL.1.a, SL.1.b, SL.1.c, SL.1.d Retort Paul Laurence Dunbar from The People, Yes Carl Sandburg Poetry Collection Context clues Poetic Structures Poetic form Rhyme scheme Free verse Sound devices Alliteration Consonance Assonance Archaic Vocabulary art fair Words Conventions: Participial and Infinitive Phrases participle participial phrase infinitive Speaking and Listening: Multimedia presentation Dramatic Reading Nonverbal multimedia presentation
Character traits Round character Flat character Dynamic character Static character Dialogue Decipher Invincible Contraption Newfangled Ingenuity Improvisations subject complement predicate noun / predicate pronoun predicate adjective Standards RL.1 RL.3 L.4 L.4.b L.1 W.1 W.1.b W.1.c RL.9 SL.1 SL.1.a SL.1.c To Fly from Space Chronicles Neil deGrasse Tyson Analyze Text Structure: Expository Writing expository writing expository essay description cause-and-effect allusions Concept Vocabulary [words that show the contrast between innovative thinking and conventional thinking:] enables myopic foresight naiveté prescient seminal Old English prefix fore- Conventions: Capitalization proper nouns proper adjectives Argumentative Essay Informative presentation Standards RI.3 RI.4 RI.5 L.5.a L.4 L.4 L.4.b L.2 L.2.c W.1 W.1.b W.1.e SL.4 SL.5 Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research
Media Vocabulary Nikola The Greatest Inventor of All? Vicky Baez Biography Base Analyze Text Structure: Biographical Writing Chronological order Comparison and contrast Cause and effect Concept Vocabulary engineer current generators Words Conventions: Commas and Semicolons comma semicolon Coordinating conjunction coordinate adjectives phrases or clauses Standards L.5.b L.5 RI.3 RI.5 L.4 L.4.c L.6 L.2 L.2.a from The Invention of Everything Else Samantha Hunt Novel Excerpt Word Choice: Figurative Language figurative language figures of speech personification simile metaphor Concept Vocabulary [words relate to the reasons people invent and the results of their inventions:] deficiencies Connotation and Denotation Conventions: Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs positive comparative superlative irregular adjectives and adverbs Compare and contrast essay
triumph Standards RL.4 L.5 L.5.a L.4 L.1 L.5 L.5.c L.8.1 W.2 W.9 25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond Troubled Start Dennis Overbye Science Article Context Clues Author’s Purpose: Diction and Tone tone diction Concept Vocabulary [words related to Hubble’s shortcomings or flaws:] Dismay Controversy outcry Latin root -vers- Conventions: Dashes and Ellipses ellipsis dash Speaking and Listening: Debate Standards L.4.a RI.10 L.4 L.4.b L.2 L.2.a L.2.b SL.1 SL.1.a SL.1.b SL.1.c SL.1.d SL.3 Sounds of a Glass Armonica MEDIA: VIDEO N/A N/A Vocabulary zoom video clip N/A N/A Research: Multimedia presentation Standards L.6 W.7