Skills:
Using details from a text to support a response
Plot structure (review)
Elements of Suspense
Mood, onomatopoeia, repetition, characterization, imagery, and pace
Dashes
Allusion
Revision process
Poetic Elements
imagery, rhyme scheme, metaphor, simile, personification
Vocabulary:
acute audacity conceived crevice stealthy hypocritical
stifled foresight vehemently vex hearken Tell-tale
Standards:
RL.8.1 (Priority Standard) Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.8.3 (Priority Standard) Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
RL.8.4 (Priority Standard) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
RL.8.6 (Priority Standard) Explain the similarities and differences of characters points of view and how they affect the narrative of the story.
RL.8.6 (Priority Standard) Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
RI.8.1(Priority Standard) Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
W.8.1 (Priority Standard) Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.8.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.8.4 (Priority Standard) Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.8.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
W.8.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
W.8.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
W.8.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
SL.8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
L.8.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.8.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.