8.3.1 Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (including ballads, lyrics, couplets, epics, elegies, odes, and sonnets). 8.3.2 8.3.5 Identify and analyze recurring themes (such as good versus evil) that appear frequently across traditional and contemporary works. 8.3.6 Identify significant literary devices, such as metaphor, symbolism, dialect or quotations, and irony, which define a writer’s style and use those elements to interpret the work. 8.3.7 Analyze a work of literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of its author. 8.6.5 Use correct punctuation. 8.6.6 Use correct capitalization. Assessments Tests, quizzes, summaries, short answer and essay questions, projects, application activities, skill application and matching quizzes, oral response, daily oral language responses Resources and Materials McDougal Littell Literature Grade 8 Literature Great Chicago Fire of 1871”Michael Burgan “The Spider Man Behind Spider-Man” by Bijal P. Trivedi “The :Over the Top: The True Adbventures of a volcano Chaser” by Skelton Kabul’s Singing Sensation” by Tim McGirk by Michel Marriott “Robo-Legs”
8.3.1 Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (including ballads, lyrics, couplets, epics, elegies, odes, and sonnets). 8.3.2 8.3.5 Identify and analyze recurring themes (such as good versus evil) that appear frequently across traditional and contemporary works. 8.3.6 Identify significant literary devices, such as metaphor, symbolism, dialect or quotations, and irony, which define a writer’s style and use those elements to interpret the work. 8.3.7 Analyze a work of literature, showing how it reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of its author. 8.6.5 Use correct punctuation. 8.6.6 Use correct capitalization. Assessments Tests, quizzes, summaries, short answer and essay questions, projects, application activities, skill application and matching quizzes, oral response, daily oral language responses Resources and Materials McDougal Littell Literature Grade 8 Literature “The Great Chicago Fire of 1871”Michael Burgan “The Spider Man Behind Spider-Man” by Bijal P. Trivedi :Over the Top: The True Adbventures of a volcano Chaser” by Skelton Kabul’s Singing Sensation” by Tim McGirk “Robo-Legs” by Michel Marriott
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