Johnny Tremain Novel Unit – 8th Grade Language Arts



We All Need Somebody to Lean On – The Outsiders

8th Grade Language Arts

Learning Goals

KNOW:

• The meaning of the following vocabulary words: taut, benign, infuse, intolerant, illiteracy, sullen, ¿qué pasó?, clincher, gritty, emerged, socs, greasers, madras, socioeconomics

• Literary elements – conflict, internal and external, perspective, autobiography, rhyme, imagery, main idea, figures of speech, simile, metaphor, extended metaphor, personification, symbol, irony, theme

UNDERSTAND:

• Why conflict is an important element of literature

• How rhyme, figures of speech and imagery enrich a piece of literature

• How reading strategies can aid the student in comprehension

• Vocabulary terms through context clues

• How to determine main ideas

BE ABLE:

• Apply reading strategies to short stories

• Create a reading response journal

• Recognize literary elements through the various texts

• Respond to various texts through assessments (comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, literary elements & writing)

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