English Language Arts Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will debate significant global issues through comparing, contrasting, and presenting solutions via various media sources and fiction/nonfiction text.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.8.9

Students will use books or articles on reading level in order to determine how point of view is conveyed.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.8.9.1

Utilize books or articles on reading level to determine an author’s point of view, and how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence and viewpoints.

8.RI.6

8.RI.10

 

LA.8.9.2

Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

8.RI.8 

 

LA.8.9.3

Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic, and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

8.RI.9

 

LA.8.9.4

Produce evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
and write an argumentative text with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

8.W.1

8.W.9

 

LA.8.9.5

Utilize knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

8.L.3

 

LA.8.9.6

Utilize salient points and details in order to prepare and present claims and findings to peers by engaging in collaborative discussions. Track progress toward goals and monitor role in group.

8.SL.1a

8.SL.1b

8.SL.4

Academic Vocabulary: memoir, autobiography. POV, claims/evidence, interpretation, conflict, metaphor

Content Vocabulary: holocaust, genocide, surname, penury, synagogue, mysticism, Nazi, concentration camp, Pipel, Kommando, emigration, liberate, anti-semitism, decree, ghetto, hermetic, crematorium