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8th Grade Honors English Quarter 1 Curriculum MapTeacher: Ms. SurberBig Ideas:What makes a story worth telling?What are the essential parts of a story?What are the stages of plot?Essential Questions:1. How do we identify and analyze stages of plot?How do we use reading strategies such as sequence and cause-effect relationships?How do we identify and analyze types of conflicts?How do we identify and analyze characterization?How do we analyze suspense?How do we identify and analyze foreshadowing and flashback?How do we identify and analyze film elements?How do we analyze plot in a film?Standards8.3.28.2.98.1.38.4.88.6.58.3.68.4.18.3.78.2.78.5.7 Learning Targets8.3.2 Evaluate structural elements of the plot, the plot’s development and the way conflicts are resolved. 8.2.9 Make reasonable statements and draw conclusions about a text, supporting them with accurate examples.8.1.3 Verify the meaning of a word in its context, even when its meaning is not directly stated.8.4.8 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist or set of rules, with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.8.6.5 Use correct punctuation.8.3.6 Identify significant literary devices, such as metaphor, symbolism, dialect or quotations, and irony, which define a writer’s style and use those elements to interpret the work.8.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing, keep a list or notebook of ideas and use graphic organizers to plan writing.8.3.7 Analyze a work of literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of its author.8.2.7 Analyze the structure, format and purpose of informational materials (such as textbooks, newspapers, instructional or technical manuals, and public documents).8.5.7 Write for different purposes and to a specific audience or person, adjusting tone and style as necessary.AssessmentsTests, quizzes, summaries, short answer and essay questions, projects, application activities, skill application and matching quizzes, oral response, daily oral language responsesResources and MaterialsMcDougal Littell Literature Grade 8 Literature “The Elevator” by William Sleator“Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara“The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry“Clean Sweep” by Joan Bauer“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe“The HItchhiker” by Lucille Fletcher“My First Free Summer” by Julia Alvarez“The Great Rat Hunt” by Laurence Yep“Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow“The Invaders” by Jack RitchieFantastic Word PuzzlesMcDougal Littell Resources: Grammar, Writing, Power Points, Media Study, Online ResourcesInstructional Activities, Strategies, and DifferentiationSummary, Projects, Participation / DiscussionQuestions / Handouts, Media Study, Outlining,Short answer / essay type questionsWriting Workshop: Interpretive EssayKey Ideas: Parts of a story, Fiction, nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Comparing Characters, Comparing print to videoKey Idea Questions for each selection: What’s worth the effort?Is any plan foolproof?When does trash become treasure?What makes you suspicious?Is seeing believing?When is it time to leave?When is it OK to be scared?When does truth become legend?Key Vocabulary: Plot, Stages of Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) Setting, Conflict (internal and external), Suspense, Narrative Nonfiction, Conflict in Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Poetry, Conflict in Drama, Character, Foreshadowing, First Person Point of View, Omniscient Point of View, Characterization, Characterization in Nonfiction, Point of View in a Memoir, Characterization in Poetry, Theme, Topic, Key Reading Strategies: Connecting, Identifying Sequence, Making Inferences, Evaluating the Narrator, Predicting, Using Chronological Order, Recognizing Cause and Effect, Reading Poetry, Reading a Radio Play, Visualizing, Making Inferences, Predicting, Setting a Purpose for Reading, Identifying Cause and Effect, Comparing and Contrasting, Monitoring, Analyzing Sequence, ParaphrasingGrammar Skills: Sentence Fragments, Subjects, Predicates, Complete Sentences, Run-on Sentences, Punctuation of Possessives, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Correct Pronoun Case, Correct Verb Tense, Misplaced Modifiers, Prepositional Phrases, Punctuation in Dialogue, Sentence Combining, Coordinating Conjunctions, Dependent and Independent ClausesWriting: Introductions, Body Paragraphs, Transitions, Conclusions, Short Story, Personal Narrative ................
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