District 11 Educational Support Services
Literacy & Language Arts

Grade 8, Quarter 3: February Unit
 Persuasive and Nonfiction Review (@ 21days)

Overview
During the next three weeks of this quarter, you will continue to look at persuasion and will also be reviewing nonfiction.  You will be reviewing finding main ideas and supporting details, author’s point of view and purpose, fact and opinion, and will be evaluating different nonfiction resources for specific needs and credibility. In writing, you will be honing up on your research skills and writing an expository paper using those research skills. 
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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

  • Effective readers analyze text to make predictions and draw conclusions; infer purpose of text.

  • Effective readers apply different strategies and skills to understand a variety of texts.

  • Effective readers can locate meanings, pronunciations, spellings, and derivations of unfamiliar words, and can use and apply new words in other contexts to improve vocabulary.

  • Effective readers identify and incorporate relevant, personal knowledge in order to connect with the text.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • What is text?  How do we apply different strategies and skills to understand a variety of texts?

  • How do we communicate?  What is effective communication?  Why does effective communication require a process?

  • What is standard English?  Why do we need to know and use standard English rules?

  • How do we apply stylistic elements and appropriate formats?

  • What is critical thinking?  How do we think critically in our lives?

  • What is literature?  How can we make personal connections through literature?

  • What makes us human?

Standards
  Highest Frequency Standards High Frequency Standards Other Standards & E-skills

Reading

1c/4e. Analyze main idea and supporting details in a variety of text and genre/Analyze the text's main idea and use relevant details to support the analysis.

1g.  Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word recognition skills and context clues. 

4d.  Analyze text to make predictions and draw conclusions. 

   1b. Summarize, synthesize, and evaluate information from a variety of text and genre.

   1f.  Locate and recall information in different text structures (for example:  cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast)
   4a.  Identify author's point of view and purpose.

   4c.  Differentiate fact from opinion in a variety of texts. 

   5a.  Use organizational features of printed text (for example:  annotations, citations, and bibliographic references).

   5c.  Use organizational features of electronic information (for example:  key words searches and email addresses) to locate relevant information.

   5d.  Evaluate information for specific needs and credibility.

   5f.  Locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries and other sources.

   6a.  Read and respond to a variety of literature that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.  
      4b.  Use reading and writing skills to identify problems, list possible solutions, and answer questions.

      6d.  Understand how figurative language supports meaning in a given context.

 

Writing

2a.  Write in a variety of genres - persuasive.

2b.  Organize ideas so that there is an inviting introduction, logical arrangement of ideas and a purposeful conclusion. 

2c.  Use vivid and precise language appropriate to audience and purpose.  

2f.   Vary sentence structure and length to enhance meaning and fluency.

2g.  Develop ideas and content with specific details, examples, and/or reasons to address a prompt. 
 3a.  Identify eight parts of speech.

 3b.  Use standard English usage in writing, including pronoun/antecedent agreement, subject/verb agreement, regular/irregular verbs, and modifiers. 

3c.  Write in complete sentences.

3d.  Use conventions correctly.

3e.  Use conventional spelling.

3f.   Use paragraphing correctly so that each paragraph is differentiated by indenting or blocking and includes one major, focused idea.  
    2d.  Plan, draft, revise, and edit for a legible final copy.

    2e.  Write in format (for example:  lab reports, summaries, formal letters, and memos) and voice appropriate to purpose and audience.
 

Use the Visual Thesaurus and use the approved login and password to the right:   User name - hs@d11.org   Password is 2009high

 

Sample Units

District 11 Diamond Units/Lessons Overview - includes information about the purpose, goals and structure of these sample instructional units.

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