Grade 8:
An Exploration of Justice, Leadership, and Society
Essential Questions:
ELA 6-12
Who am I as a reader, as a writer, as a speaker, and as a thinker?
Why are reading, writing, and storytelling essential components of the human experience?
How does English Language Arts expand our perspective?
8th
What is justice? What role do individuals play in creating justice?
What is your vision or idea of a perfect world?
What do we value in our leaders?
How can one person make a change?
Building a community of readers and writers through a study of character and archetypal heroes.
Building a community of readers and writers through a study of character and archetypal heroes.
Writing our stories to examine the moments that have shaped our hero story.
Writing our stories to examine the moments that have shaped our hero story.
Reading deeply to examine social structures and human behavior
Reading deeply to examine social structures and human behavior
Writing persuasive texts as evidence of our thinking and to explore big ideas.
Writing persuasive texts as evidence of our thinking and to explore big ideas.
Examining the fight to make a difference and to overcome injustices in America.
Examining the fight to make a difference and to overcome injustices in America.
An investigation of poetic forms and the beauty of self expression
An investigation of poetic forms and the beauty of self expression
Writing the world we want to see into existence: reading and writing as acts that bring about change
Writing the world we want to see into existence: reading and writing as acts that bring about change