Grade 8 Language Arts

Unit I: The Road Taken

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Big Ideas:

Empathy, honor, and self-sacrifice are important human attributes.
Family is not always those with whom we are blood related.
What we read affects how we make sense of the world and others.
Readers compare, infer, synthesize, and make connections to make texts relevant.

Essential Questions:

Articulate the essential questions that the big ideas evoke and will be explored by students in this unit.

Social Justice & Empathy— What is the value in recognizing and confronting the challenges in our lives?

Identity—Why do stereotypes exist? How do we break them down—or is it even necessary to break them down? What is the value in recognizing stereotyping, both in our lives and in texts?
Do demographics determine destiny?
How do marginalized individuals, and groups, persevere to overcome opposition and have a positive effect on their own futures?
Why might people hide their true selves?
What is more important, individuality or social acceptance?
How do you recognize the need for change within oneself, others, and society as a whole?