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8th Grade Unit 1: Urban Settings in America: "It Happened in the City" This six week unit of eighth grade begins the year with reflections on the settings of stories and events—from poems and short stories to novels and nonfiction.
 * Overview **

Students continue to explore characters and plots, but this unit takes a unique approach to examining how setting, directly or indirectly, affects these story elements. Students work on citing textual evidence that reveals the setting, analyze the effect of the setting on individuals and events, and write their own urban narrative. This unit ends with an informative/explanatory essay in response to the essential question.

**ESSENTIAL QUESTION** What does the urban setting contribute to these stories?

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