Eighth Grade Unit 1 Theme: Influence Can” statements in Bold indicate focus objectives for unit 1. “I Students will be introduced to the research process, analyze the credibility of sources, and begin writing informational / explanatory text at the level. Essential Supporting Key Terms Writing Cross-Curricular Connections Question Questions Focus How does text Why is it important Words for Review: Science to be critical of Textual Evidence, Central What is chemistry and how is it related to change? influence the information Idea, Compare, Contrast, How are physical and chemical changes evidenced sources both as a Summary, Fact, Opinion, throughout chemistry? researcher and as Quote, Explicit, Implicit, young adults? Plagiarism, Citation Perspective, Tier 2: Social Studies What role does Purpose, Paragraph What were the motivations of explorers? non-fiction text Structures, Credibility*, What were the influences of explorers on Native play in global Reliability*, Paraphrase, What were the explorers’ biases toward Native culture? Bias, Informational Text Tier 3: Topic Sentence, Math How is a Supporting Detail, structured Concluding Sentence, Slant, PE/Health paragraph written? Subtext, Connotation, Denotation *”Reliable” and are words for review; focus on change of suffix / part of speech. “Credible” ELA Core Standards Student Learning Targets RI.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis I can identify and explain how textual evidence supports of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text. the author states directly and what he/she implies. I can determine the quality of the evidence used to support text says. RI.8.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development I can find a central idea in a text. over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; I can explain how supporting ideas develop the central idea. provide an objective summary of the text. I can explain how supporting ideas relate to the central idea. I can summarize a text. RI 8.5: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in text, I can break a paragraph into sentences and identify their including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a functions within that paragraph. READING key concept. I can explain how the sentences support the paragraph's key Student Learning Targets ELA Core Standards
Eighth Grade Unit 1 Theme: Influence “I Can” statements in Bold indicate focus objectives for unit 1. Students will be introduced to the research process, analyze the credibility of sources, and begin writing informational / explanatory text at the level. Essential Question Supporting Questions Key Terms Writing Focus Cross-Curricular Connections How does text influence the Why is it important to be critical of information sources both as a researcher and as young adults? What role does non-fiction text play in global culture? How is a paragraph written? Words for Review: Textual Evidence, Central Idea, Compare, Contrast, Summary, Fact, Opinion, Quote, Explicit, Implicit, Plagiarism, Citation Science What is chemistry and how is it related to change? How are physical and chemical changes evidenced throughout chemistry? Tier 2: Perspective, Purpose, Paragraph Structures, Credibility*, Reliability*, Paraphrase, Bias, Informational Text Social Studies What were the motivations of explorers? What were the influences of explorers on Native What were the explorers’ biases toward Native Tier 3: Topic Sentence, Supporting Detail, Concluding Sentence, Slant, Subtext, Connotation, Denotation Math PE/Health *”Reliable” and “Credible” are words for review; focus on change of suffix / part of speech. ELA Core Standards Student Learning Targets READING RI.8.1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences from the text. I can identify and explain how textual evidence supports the author states directly and what he/she implies. I can determine the quality of the evidence used to support text says. RI.8.2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. I can find a central idea in a text. I can explain how supporting ideas develop the central idea. I can explain how supporting ideas relate to the central idea. I can summarize a text. RI 8.5: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. I can break a paragraph into sentences and identify their functions within that paragraph. I can explain how the sentences support the paragraph's key ELA Core Standards Student Learning Targets structured