previous thoughts, and recognizing presentation of findings, a any biases or false reasoning. biography, a documented research report, and a résumé and covering CR8.8 Read 8 appropriate texts letter; and to persuade in a to increase fluency and and a review. expression. CC8.9 Experiment with a variety of text forms and techniques. Possible Assessment Evidence: Possible Assessment Evidence: Possible Assessment conferences conversations Evidence: exit slip conferences conferences comprehension check-in biography goal setting listening activity mulit-media representation sheet viewing activity resume and cover letter tracking performance task progress March April Context: CR8.1 View, Imaginative listen to, read, CC8.1 Create various visual, oral, AR8.1 Use – (approx. 8 weeks) and Literary to comprehend, and respond a written, and multimedia texts that information gathered variety of texts that address explore identity. in self-assessment Theme: Timeless identity. and teacher’s Thematic Narratives of the CC8.2 Create and present a assessment to First CR8.2 Nations Select and and use appropriate inquiry project related to a topic, develop and work on Greek Peoples strategies to construct meaning theme, or issue studied in English goals for improving before, during, and after viewing, language arts. viewing, listening, Big Idea: listening, and reading. reading, representing, What makes a CC8.3 Select and use the speaking, and writing. CR8.3 Use story? pragmatic, How textual, appropriate strategies to “great” can syntactic, stories from communicate meaning before, AR8.2 Appraise own other semantic/lexical/morphological, places and during, and after speaking, writing, and others’ work for times graphophonic, teach us about and other cues and other representing activities. clarity, correctness, ourselves? to construct Our and to confirm and variety. environment? meaning. What CC8.4 Use pragmatic, textual, lessons can we learn syntactical, CR8.4 View critically and about ourselves and semantic/lexical/morphological, demonstrate comprehension of a others through graphophonic, and other cues variety of visual and multimedia these stories? What to construct and to texts lessons can we learn communicate meaning.
previous thoughts, and recognizing any biases or false reasoning. CR8.8 Read 8 appropriate texts to increase fluency and expression. presentation of findings, a biography, a documented research report, and a résumé and covering letter; and to persuade in a and a review. CC8.9 Experiment with a variety of text forms and techniques. Possible Assessment Evidence: conferences exit slip comprehension check-in listening activity viewing activity performance task Possible Assessment Evidence: conversations conferences biography mulit-media representation resume and cover letter Possible Assessment Evidence: conferences goal setting sheet tracking progress March – April (approx. 8 weeks) Thematic Context: Imaginative and Literary Theme: Timeless Narratives of the First Nations and Greek Peoples Big Idea: What makes a “great” story? How can stories from other places and times teach us about ourselves? Our environment? What lessons can we learn about ourselves and others through these stories? What lessons can we learn CR8.1 View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity. CR8.2 Select and use appropriate strategies to construct meaning before, during, and after viewing, listening, and reading. CR8.3 Use pragmatic, textual, syntactic, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other cues to construct and to confirm meaning. CR8.4 View critically and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of visual and multimedia texts CC8.1 Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia texts that explore identity. CC8.2 Create and present a inquiry project related to a topic, theme, or issue studied in English language arts. CC8.3 Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before, during, and after speaking, writing, and other representing activities. CC8.4 Use pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other cues to construct and to communicate meaning. AR8.1 Use information gathered in self-assessment and teacher’s assessment to develop and work on goals for improving viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and writing. AR8.2 Appraise own and others’ work for clarity, correctness, and variety.
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