English Language Arts Curriculum
8th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will debate significant global issues through comparing, contrasting, and presenting solutions via various media sources and fiction/nonfiction text. |
Outcomes and Components:
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LA.8.6 |
Students will evaluate differing claims in order to create a media presentation. |
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
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Component |
Standard(s) |
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LA.8.6.1 |
Read grade level books and articles to explain how point of view is conveyed, and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. |
8.RI.6 8.RI.10 |
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LA.8.6.2 |
Analyze two or more texts that provide conflicting information on the same topic while evaluating claims, arguments, support, and reasoning. |
8.RI.8 8.RI.9 |
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LA.8.6.3 |
Conduct short research projects while evaluating the validity of sources, and citing those sources correctly in order to produce writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. |
8.W.4 8.W.7 8.W.8 |
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LA.8.6.4 |
Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed; acknowledge new information expressed by others, and when warranted, modify their own views. |
8.SL.1b 8.SL.1d |
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LA.8.6.5 |
Utilize diverse media in presentations to present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; engage in collegial discussions. |
8.SL.4 8.SL.5 |
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LA.8.6.6 |
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks. |
8.SL.6 |
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LA.8.6.7 |
Interpret context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. |
8.L.4a |
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LA.8.6.8 |
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums to present a topic. |
8.RI.7 |
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