Jessamine County Curriculum Maps

Major Units of Study: 8th Grade English Unit Title/Standards Learning Targets Texts Reading Focus Writing Focus Assessments Persuasion RD-08-1.0.7 WR-08-1.1.2 RD-08-2.0.1 WR-08-1.2.2 RD-08-2.0.4 WR-08-3.5.2 RD-08-3.0.2 RD-08-3.0.7 RD-08-3.0.4 RD-08-3.0.9 RD-08-3.0.8 RD-08-4.0.2 RD-08-5.0.7 RD-08-5.0.9 RD-08-5.0.5

--Students will be able to identify and use each of the specific persuasive terms. --Students will be able to separate fact from opinion. --Students will be able to recognize bias and its ethical use. --Students will be able to write & publish/present a persuasive letter/speech.

MLK Speech Ain’t I a Woman We Band of Brothers, from Henry VI will fight no more “O Captain, My Captain” “Paul Revere’s Ride” On the Bridge “Charge of the Light Brigade” “Mother to Son”

o Persuasion Terms within text

o Poetry usage o Oral Speaking style o Word Choice o Organization and

Format o Author Intent o Ethics o Propaganda

o Persuasion term/technique usage

o Opinion vs. Fact o Persuasive Letter o Persuasive Speech o Informational Speech

o On-Demand o Open Response o Vocab Tests o Persuasive Letter o Persuasive Speech o Grammar Quizzes

Disability RD-08-1.0.4 RD-08-1.0.6 RD-08-2.0.7 RD-08-2.0.8 RD-08-2.0.2 RD-08-2.0.1 RD-08-2.0.6 RD-08-3.0.2 RD-08-3.0.1 RD-08-4.0.1 RD-08-5.0.8 RD-08-5.0.5 RD-08-5.0.2 RD-08-5.0.3 RD-08-5.0.4 RD-08-5.0.1 RD-08-5.0.6

--Students will understand character developments within the plot and the author’s purpose in doing so. --Students will be able to identify and use figurative language in a variety of genres. --Students will use specific literacy strategies in order to establish a higher rigor of comprehension. --According to differentiated level, students will create and present/publish an editorial.

Flowers for Algernon Miracle WorkerThe Moustache “Willow and Gingko” “Loaf of Poetry” “The Handicap is Mine” Miss Awful Americans with Disabilities Act

o Character Traits o Characterization o Theme o Main Idea o Figurative Language o Point of View o Other Literary

Elements o Informational

Reading

o Editorial on Disability (ie. American Disabilities Act)

o Reflective Writing

o On-Demand o Open Response o Vocab Tests o Editorial o Reading Quizzes o Fall Exam

Unit Title/Standards Learning Targets Texts Reading Focus Writing Focus Assessments

Multi-Genre Research RD-08.1.0.5 WR-08-1.1.2 RD-08-2.0.5 WR-08-1.2.2 RD-08-2.0.4 WR-08-3.5.2 RD-08-2.0.6 WR-M-3.6.0 RD-08-3.0.7 WR-08-4.11.41 RD-08-3.0.4 WR-M-4.12.00 RD-08-3.0.8 RD-08-4.0.2 RD-08-5.0.8 RD-08-5.0.7 RD-08-5.0.9

--Students will be able to identify the coordinating steps of the research process (BIG 6) and apply them according to their specific needs. --Students will be able to communicate collected information in a variety of genres and methods. --Students will recognize the genre specifics of a biography and apply them accordingly.

Harriet Tubman Biography Christopher Reeve Speech “Still Me,” Christopher Reeve Autobiography Specific Informational Research Reading (project oriented)

o Biography o Autobiography o Research

Terms

o Haiku Paintings o Multi-Genre o Multi-Genre

Writing Wheel o Research Paper o Speech o Letter o Feature Article

o On-Demand o Open Response o Vocab Tests o Multi-Genre

Formative and Summative Assessment

Discrimination and Choice RD-08-1.0.4 RD-08-1.0.8 RD-08-2.0.2 RD-08-2.0.1 RD-08-3.0.3 RD-08-3.0.1 RD-08-4.0.1 RD-08-5.0.1 RD-08-5.0.3 RD-08-5.0.6 RD-08-5.0.4

--Students will reflect upon history’s impact on current social issues. --Students will evaluate how historical events are represented in literature. --Students will interpret how plot events advance a text. --Students will analyze the difference between tone and mood in a literary text. --Students will pinpoint the effect of dialect on plot movement and character development.

Diary of Anne Frank Nightjohn Tangerine “Mother to Son” Selected scenes from Hotel Rwanda

o Holocaust History

o Plot Triangle o Mood o Dialect o Tone

o Group Project: Research a group who have experienced discrimination

o On-Demand o Open Response o Vocab Tests o Grammar

Quizzes o Group Project

Year Round Vocabulary and Grammar RD-08-1.0.1 RD-08-1.0.2 RD-08-1.0.7 RD-08-1.0.3 RD-08-2.0.8

Year Round On-Demand/Transactive Writing/Grammar WR-M-1.1.0 WR-08-4.11.38 WR-08-1.1.1 WR-08-4.11.39 WR-08-1.1.3 WR-08-4.11.40 WR-M-1.2.0 WR-M-4.13.00 WR-08-4.11.18 WR-08-4.11.25 WR-08-4.11.19 WR-08-4.11.20 WR-08-4.11.21 WR-08-4.11.22 WR-08-4.11.23 WR-08-4.11.24

WR-08-1.2.1 WR-08-1.2.3 WR-M-1.1.0 WR-M-2.4.0 WR-08-2.4.1 WR-04-2.4.2 WR-08-2.4.3 WR-M-2.3.0 WR-08-4.11.15 WR-08-4.11.16 WR-08-4.11.17 WR-08-4.11.26 WR-08-4.11.27 WR-08-4.11.28 WR-08-4.11.29

WR-08-2.3.1 WR-08-2.3.2 WR-08-2.3.3 WR-M-3.5.0 WR-08-3.5.1 WR-08-3.5.3 WR-M-3.6.0 WR-M-4.7.0 WR-08-4.11.0 WR-08-4.11.13 WR-08-4.11.14 WR-08-4.11.30 WR-08-4.11.31 WR-08-4.11.32 WR-08-4.11.33

WR-M-4.8.0 WR-M-4.9.0 WR-M-4.10.0 WR-08-4.10.4 WR-08-4.10.5 WR-08-4.10.6 WR-08-4.10.7 WR-08-4.10.8 WR-08-4.10.9 WR-08-4.10.10 WR-08-4.10.11 WR-08-4.11.34 WR-08-4.11.35 WR-08-4.11.36 WR-08-4.11.37