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Grade 8 Module 1 Unit 1StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.3What can you infer about (blank) based on (evidence from the text)?What does (evidence from the text) reveal about the speaker?Based on (evidence from the text), describe (blank) as a character.L5 - In the first line of the poem, Ha says, “Wishes I keep to myself.” What can you infer about Ha’s character based on this phrase?L5 - Who is Ha? Based on this poem, “Birthday Wishes,” and one other poem you have read so far in the novel, describe Ha as a character: her traits, values, or beliefs. Write a paragraph in which you explain your current understanding of Ha, using specific evidence from the text of both poems to support your analysis.#42 - What do lines 7 through 11 reveal about the speaker in “Sea Fever”? Use two details from the poem to support your response.RL8.4RL8.1What does the word (blank) mean in this context?What evidence in the text helped you figure this out?L5 - In the sixth stanza of the poem, Ha says, “Wish Mother would stop chiding me to stay calm, which makes it worse.” Part A: What do you think the word chiding means in this context? Part B: What evidence in the text helped you figure this out?*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*RL8.1Cite specific details from the text to support your answer.L5 - In stanza 8, Ha writes, “Wish Father would come home.” What two reasons does Ha give for this wish? Cite specific details from the text to support your answer.*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.1RL8.1RI8.4RL8.4What is the message the author is intending to convey?Explain how specific word choices help create a tone that contributes to the meaning of the text.How does (figurative language) affect the mood of (text)?L14 - In this text, what is the message each author is intending to convey about the fall of Saigon? Explain how specific word choices help create a tone that contributes to the text’s meaning.#39 - How does the extended simile in paragraph 9 affect the mood of “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.Grade 8 Module 1 Unit 2StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.1In your opinion, which statement (summary) most strongly supports (quote)?L7 - The author states, “We had no choice but to flee to Nepal to save our lives.” In your opinion, which statement below most strongly supports this quote? Explain why you chose this statement as the strongest by using details from the article.*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*RI8.2Based on the text, (support a summary, quote, or theme).L7 - Why does Gurung help refugees transition to life in the United States? Cite two details from the text to support your answer.L7 - Based on the text, what are some of the problems refugees will have if Refugee Transitions loses funding or goes out of business?#40 - How does the description of the setting develop a central idea in “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.#41 - How do lines 5 and 6 of “Sea Fever” support a theme of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your response.RI8.3Identify (summary) using the strongest evidence from text.L7 - Identify what Gurung’s life was like before and after arriving in the United States, using the strongest evidence from the text.#42 - What do lines 7 through 11 reveal about the speaker in “Sea Fever”? Use two details from the poem to support your response.RI8.4Based on context clues, what do you think (phrase or word) might mean?What (evidence) best helps to figure out the meaning or (phrase or word)?L7 - Based on context clues, what do you think the phrase ethnic cleansing might mean?L7 - What sentence from the speech best helped you figure out the meaning of the phrase ethnic cleansing? Why does Gurung use the phrase “ethnic cleansing” instead of another term?#39 - How does the extended simile in paragraph 9 affect the mood of “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.1RI8.1RL8.3RL8.6RL8.11Consider the meaning of the title and how it relates to (a general experience or summary of a text).L17 - Consider the meaning of the novel’s title, Inside Out & Back Again. How does this title relate to the universal refugee experience of fleeing and finding home, and in what ways is Ha’s experience a specific example of this universal experience?#42 - What do lines 7 through 11 reveal about the speaker in “Sea Fever”? Use two details from the poem to support your response.#43 - How does the point of view toward the ocean in “Excerpt from The Open Boat” differ from the point of view toward the ocean in “Sea Fever”? How is this difference in attitude conveyed in each text? Use details from both texts to support your response.Grade 8 Module 1 Unit 3StandardMid-Unit and End of Unit Assessment Question FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionW8.3W8.4Imagine you are…On your own write a free verse poem similar to (text)L3 - Imagine that you are a refugee from this specific time and place in history. You, like Ha and the real refugees we have read about, have been forced to flee your home country for your safety. On your own, write an “inside out” free verse poem similar to Ha’s diary entries in the novel Inside Out & Back Again.N/AGrade 8 Module 2a Unit 1StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.2How does (blank) develop the central idea?Write a summary. Know central idea and gist.How is the central idea of (blank) related to the theme?L7 - Reread the speech. How does each part develop the central idea? L7 - Write a summary of the speech. Be sure to use what you know about the central idea and the gist of each part. L7 - Write a paragraph that answers the question: How is the central idea of the speech related to the theme of “taking a stand”? Explain your answer, citing evidence from the text.#40 - How does the description of the setting develop a central idea in “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.#41 - How do lines 5 and 6 of “Sea Fever” support a theme of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your response.RI8.5How does (text) address the audience of the piece?L7 - Reread Part 5 and think about the audience that is listening to this speech. How does each question that begins “Will you join in the battle” directly address the audience to whom Johnson is speaking?#36 - In “The Hive Mind,” how does the author use the section “How to Study a Bee Brain” to describe how scientists overcome a challenge in studying bee brains? Use two details from the article to support your response.#37 - Based on information in “The Hive Mind,” how do paragraphs 10 and 11 provide support for the author’s claim that bees have metacognition? Use two details from the article to support your response.RI8.6What is the viewpoint of (blank) in the piece?How does a character respond to the viewpoint?L7 - Reread Part 5. What opposing viewpoint does President Johnson acknowledge? How does he respond to it? Be sure to use what you know about the central idea and the gist of each part. #38 - In the article “The Hive Mind,” how does the author respond to the viewpoint presented in paragraph 1 that an individual bee is unintelligent? Use two details from the article to support your response.StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.4What does (text) tell us about what the narrator has learned?What do you think the (text) seems to be saying about (figurative language)?L19 - What do the first two stanzas tell us about what the narrator has learned about life?L19 - What do you think this poem seems to be saying about the Golden Rule?#39 - How does the extended simile in paragraph 9 affect the mood of “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.RL8.5How does the poet structure the poem and why?L19 - In the last stanza of the poem, the poet sums up what she has learned about living, dying, and the support of others. How does the poet structure this poem so that the last the stanza reveals these lessons? #36 - In “The Hive Mind,” how does the author use the section “How to Study a Bee Brain” to describe how scientists overcome a challenge in studying bee brains? Use two details from the article to support your response.#37 - Based on information in “The Hive Mind,” how do paragraphs 10 and 11 provide support for the author’s claim that bees have metacognition? Use two details from the article to support your response.Grade 8 Module 2a Unit 2StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.2RL8.6RL8.7What does (blank) mean in context?Does (blank) effectively convey central message of the text?L4 - On page 252, Lee writes, “Somehow, Atticus had hit her hard in a way that was not clear to me, but it gave him no pleasure to do so.” What does the phrase “hit her hard” mean in this context? Support your answer with two details from the text. L4 - Pick one choice of the director or actors in this scene. Does it effectively convey the central message of the text? Why or why not?#40 - How does the description of the setting develop a central idea in “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.#41 - How do lines 5 and 6 of “Sea Fever” support a theme of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your response.#38 - In the article “The Hive Mind,” how does the author respond to the viewpoint presented in paragraph 1 that an individual bee is unintelligent? Use two details from the article to support your response.StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.1RL8.2RL8.3Do you agree with…? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking. Take into account the viewpoint of those who might disagree with you.L13 - Atticus says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win” (Chapter 9, page 101). Now that you have read the whole text, what do you think? Does it make sense for Atticus to take a stand to defend Tom Robinson? Give evidence from the text to support your thinking, and be sure to take into account what people who disagree might say.#40 - How does the description of the setting develop a central idea in “Excerpt from The Open Boat”? Use two details from the story to support your response.#41 - How do lines 5 and 6 of “Sea Fever” support a theme of the poem? Use two details from the poem to support your response.#42 - What do lines 7 through 11 reveal about the speaker in “Sea Fever”? Use two details from the poem to support your response.Grade 8 Module 2a Unit 3StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.1Which (text) did you use? Why did you use that (text)? How does it work with the whole? L1 - What is your key quote? Which scene did you choose to communicate this quote? Why did you choose that scene? How does your script communicate the key quote?*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRL8.2RL8.3How does (student writing) connect with (source)?How does (student writing) diverge from (source)?L4 - Write a commentary to accompany your group Readers Theater script to answer the following questions: How is your Readers Theater script a response to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? How does your script connect with the novel? Why? How does it diverge from the novel? Why? Use evidence from the novel and your script to justify your answers. N/AGrade 8 Module 3b Unit 1Standard Mid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.1RI8.9How does (opinion) disagree/agree with (an interpretation)?L8 - How do the court’s decision and the dissenting opinion in the Plessy v. Ferguson case disagree on the interpretation of the 13th and 14th Amendments?*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*StandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionSL8.1RI8.1Prepare connections with evidence from the texts to support your ideas.L11 - How do these lyrics apply to the texts you have read in this unit? Consider Carlotta’s experiences in A Mighty Long Way, the Plessy v. Ferguson court decision and dissenting opinion, the Jim Crow laws, and the second stanza of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Prepare three or four of the most relevant and compelling connections with evidence from the texts to support your ideas.*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*Grade 8 Module 3b Unit 2StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.7What is the advantage of using (blank) over (blank) to convey an idea?L11 - Now that you have identified three different types of mediums and evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of using each, respond to the question: “From the perspective of the viewer, what can you learn from these different mediums? What is an advantage of using one medium over another to convey an idea?” Be sure to use the strongest examples from your work above to support your answer*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*Standard End of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionW8.2W8.9What are the advantages of (point of view)?What are the disadvantages of (point of view)?L17 - “In the events surrounding the Little Rock Nine and the struggle to integrate Central High, the press played a newly powerful role. In what ways did the press serve to illuminate events for a national audience, and it what ways did they give an incomplete or even inaccurate picture of events?”#38 - In the article “The Hive Mind,” how does the author respond to the viewpoint presented in paragraph 1 that an individual bee is unintelligent? Use two details from the article to support your response.Grade 8 Module 3b Unit 3Standard Mid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionL8.1L8.5N/A(Language Techniques assessment)N/AStandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionW8.1W8.2Describe your evidence.Support your evidence.Argue the relevance of your evidence, using more evidence.Write a summary of your evidence.L4 - Describe what is happening in each of the three photographs you selected, evidence from A Mighty Long Way to support your description. -Argue why each photograph merits focus in a film version, using evidence from A Mighty Long Way to support your argument. -Describe the civil rights song you have selected to feature in your film, using lyrics from the song in your description.-Argue how this song is particularly relevant to the experiences of The Little Rock Nine, using evidence from A Mighty Long Way to support your claims. -Write a conclusion in which you summarize how both the particular events you selected and your song of choice will help people who watch the film to better understand the experiences of The Little Rock Nine at Central High School.*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*Grade 8 Module 4 Unit 1StandardMid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.6What is the speaker’s purpose or motive? Explain and support.Why was the (text) made?What claim is the author making?What evidence supports the author’s claim?What conflicting viewpoints has the author mentioned? What is the author’s response to these conflicting viewpoints?L7 - What is the speaker’s purpose or motive for saying what he or she does? How do you know? Support your answer with at least three details from the speech. -What are the motives of this speech? Why was it made? -Why do you think that? Provide two pieces of evidence from the clip to support your claim. -What claim is the author making? -What evidence does the author use to support the claim? -What conflicting viewpoints has the author put forward? Why? -How has the author responded to the conflicting viewpoints?#38 - In the article “The Hive Mind,” how does the author respond to the viewpoint presented in paragraph 1 that an individual bee is unintelligent? Use two details from the article to support your response.#43 - How does the point of view toward the ocean in “Excerpt from The Open Boat” differ from the point of view toward the ocean in “Sea Fever”? How is this difference in attitude conveyed in each text? Use details from both texts to support your response.Standard End of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionRI8.8What is the speaker’s claim and what evidence supports that claim?Did the speaker provide sufficient evidence? Explain.Is the speaker’s reasoning sound? Explain.What irrelevant evidence did the speaker provide? Explain what makes the evidence irrelevant.L14 – Identify speaker’s claim. Identify six pieces of evidence to support that claim. Explain how each piece of evidence is relevant to the claim. -Decide whether the speaker provided sufficient evidence. Explain why or why not. -Decide if the reasoning was sound. Explain why or why not. -What irrelevant evidence did the speaker provide? Explain what makes this evidence irrelevant.*All NYS CR questions asks the students to provide two details from the text to support their answer.*Grade 8 Module 4 Unit 2Standard Mid-Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionW8.7W8.8Paraphrase the text.Write two or three terms you would use to find articles on this topic while researching. Explain.L11 - Paraphrase the consequences of a food desert. -Write two or three search terms you would use to find articles that might answer the question. Explain why the terms you chose would give the best results.N/AStandardEnd of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionSL8.4Use your research findings about (blank) to write and present a position speech.L15 - Use your research findings about the consequences of each food chain to write and present a position speech to answer the focus question: “Which of Michael Pollan’s four food chains would best feed all the people in the United States?”N/AGrade 8 Module 4 Unit 3StandardMid-Unit and End of Unit AssessmentQuestion FrameModule CR QuestionRelated 2018 NYS CR QuestionW8.1State a claim and provide two reasons why.Provide evidence and sound reasoning for each reason why.Provide a counterclaim and respond to it.Which of Michael Pollan’s four food chains would best feed the US? In this assessment, you will organize your ideas into a position paper. In your essay, be sure to: -State which food chain you would choose and at least two reasons why.-Provide evidence and sound reasoning for each of the reasons you have provided.-Provide a counterclaim and respond to it.N/A ................
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