8.3.5LA


 * Grade: 8 Unit: 3 Week: 5 Content: ELA Dates: 1/7-1/11 **


 * Theme: ** Looking Back on America
 * Theme Essential Question: ** How does learning history through literature differ from learning through informational text?


 * Essential Questions: **
 * How do students analyze literature?
 * How do students use the information the authors gives to infer information?


 * Standards ** (Focus)
 * 8.R.I.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: 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.L.3 Knowledge of Language: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

(Ongoing)
 * 8.R.L.5 Craft and Structure: Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
 * 8.R.I.6 Craft and Structure: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
 * 8.R.I.8 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: 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.


 * Objectives **
 * Determine an author’s point of view in a text and discuss the impact it has on what was written.
 * Compare and contrast story characters, plots, themes, and settings from stories about American history.


 * Assessments **
 * Produce **
 * Given two or more newspaper articles on current events, students can read and select one from which they will create/develop a fictional story about a person experiencing the event. Facts from the article should be used. Teachers will then explain this is a possible method author’s use. (“My Name is Osama”, “Why America Overreacted” [Newsweek Magazine Article], “Honoring America” [Time for Kids Magazine Article], If Only (poem) by Adam Quin, other 9/11 poems
 * Photo or picture based on the theme is selected and shown to students by the teacher. Teacher models “Think Aloud” by saying – What do I see? Answers question, What do I think is happening? Answers question, What can I infer? Answers question. Another picture is shown and the students ask and answer the questions to show knowledge and understanding of inference.


 * Key Questions ** (match Standard)
 * What strategies/concepts can be employed to help analyze literature?
 * What clues do an author give to help the reader make inferences?


 * Observable Student Behaviors ** (Performance)

Genre Author’s purpose Theme Current events Point of view Compare/contrast ||
 * Vocabulary **
 * ELA ||
 * Inference


 * Suggested Activities ** [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
 * Homework **


 * Terminology for Teachers **

** E ** thnicity/**C**ulture | **I**mmigration/**M**igration | **I**ntercultural **C**ompetence | **S**ocialization | **R**acism/**D**iscrimination ** High Yield Strategies ** ** S ** imilarities/**D**ifferences | **S**ummarizing/**N**otetaking | **R**einforcing/**R**ecognition | **H**omework/**P**ractice | ** N ** on-**L**inguistic representation | **C**ooperative **L**earning | **O**bjectives/**F**eedback | ** G ** enerating-**T**esting **H**ypothesis | **C**ues, **Q**uestions, **O**rganizers || || **Lesson Plan in Word Format** (Click Cancel if asked to Log In)
 * ||  ** Multicultural Concepts **


 * Resources **
 * Professional Texts **


 * Literary Texts **


 * Informational Texts **


 * Art, Music, and Media **


 * Manipulatives **


 * Games **


 * Videos **


 * Sight Words **


 * SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons **


 * Other Activities, etc. **
 * My Name is Osama by Stephen Lapham - @http://www.cga.ct.gov/coc/PDFs/bullying/102107_bullying_myname.pdf

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