8 Nonfic - teacher resources

Power Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.9

Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.6

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Schedule from the first year

Achieve the Core: Whitman and Hughes Poems - this link is the whole lesson

1963 Photo


John Wilkes Booth diary Entry: Second paragraph only

Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen - resources

These are the videos that we used after they view the photos of the reservoir.

  1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5WT-i-pa1bc
  2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ObxULfwK_DM
  3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4Q5LOK2ec
  4. https://youtu.be/CE4Q5LOK2ec