Grade 8 Scope & Sequence

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1 Amplify. 55 Washington St., Suite 900 Brooklyn, NY Amplify ELA: California Edition Grade 8 Scope & Sequence Units A G This document is for informational purposes only and is subject to change Amplify Education, Inc.

2 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Table of Contents 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline... 3 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature...11 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction...24 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit E: The Frida & Diego Collection...30 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit F: The Space Race Collection Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit G: Advanced Story Writing...36 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Lapham s Archive III th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Table of Contents 2

3 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline Unit Texts Unit Overview Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative 24 lessons, including 10 personal narrative lessons, 10 text-based lessons, and 4 essay lessons Unit B: Biography & Literature 22 lessons, including 14 text-based lessons, 5 essay lessons, and 4 Flex Days Optional Quest: Declare Yourself! Unit C: Liberty & Equality 30 lessons, including 19 text-based lessons, 5 essay lessons, and 6 Flex Days Optional Quest: The Emancipation Project Going Solo by Roald Dahl Lexile measure: 1080L Excerpts from Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin documents (letters and other documents authored by Franklin) Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress Lexile range: 1370L 1450L No Lexile measure exists yet for Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs Excerpts from The Boys War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War by Jim Murphy Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Lexile range: 1060L 1980L (no Lexile measure available for poetry) Character & Narrator: Make inferences about a character s values Writing: Compare an author s portrayal of two characters Text Structure: Strong verbs and sensory details Content: British colonial Africa and Middle East Character & Narrator: Trace the development of a historical character s ideas across time Writing: Describe different sides of a character and reconcile his contradictions Text Structure: Biography and autobiography; humor; persuasion Content: Colonial America; founding democratic principles Character & Narrator: Analyze a memoirist s purpose in including or omitting details from his or her life Writing: Evaluate which of two texts has a stronger impact on a reader Text Structure: Texts that cross genre: poetry & prose Content: American slavery, abolition, and the Civil War 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline 3

4 Unit Texts Unit Overview Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 30 lessons, including 17 text-based lessons, 5 essay lessons, 5 creative writing lessons, and 3 Flex Days Unit E: The Frida & Diego Collection 20 lessons, including 3 Information Literacy lessons Gris Grimly s Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly Lexile measure: 1170 Excerpts from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1818 edition Introduction to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1831 edition History of a Six Weeks Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the Glaciers of Chamouni by Mary Shelley Excerpts from The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Chapter 1, Ada, Countess of Lovelace ) by Walter Isaacson Debate on the Frame-Work Bill, in the House of Lords, February 27, 1812, by Lord Byron The Tables Turned by William Wordsworth All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Richard Brautigan Rockefellers Ban Lenin in RCA Mural and Dismiss Rivera, The New York Times, May 10, 1933 My Art, My Life: An Autobiography, Statement by Frida Kahlo and Frida Becomes My Wife by Diego Rivera, 1960 Detroit Industry: The Murals of Diego Rivera by Don Gonyea (NPR), April 22, 2009 The Letters of Frida Kahlo: Cartas Apasionadas, Letter to Ella and Bertram Wolfe by Frida Kahlo, October 18, 1934 Frida s Fiestas, Life With Frida by Guadalupe Rivera and Marie-Pierre Colle, 1994 Frida Kahlo by Phyllis Tuchman, 2002 Character & Narrator: Apply abstract concepts to an author s portrayal of a character Writing: Argue opposing claims about a character and resolve the contradiction Text Structure: Graphic novels; 19th century British English Content: 19th century scientific and technological developments Character & Narrator: Identify various sources perspectives on a topic Writing: Synthesize information from several sources to develop an argument Text Structure: Various types of historical and cultural documents Content: 20th century art world in Mexico and US 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline 4

5 Unit Texts Unit Overview Unit F: The Space Race Collection 17 lessons, including 3 Information Literacy lessons Unit G: Advanced Story Writing 22 Lessons Introductory Essay From Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hickam, 1998 A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 The Space Race Begins by Michael D Antonio, 2007 Memorandum for the Vice President, John F. Kennedy (April 20, 1961) Moon Speech Rice Stadium, John F. Kennedy (September 12, 1962) A Seagull in Flight, from Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, , by Francis French and Colin Burgess, 2007 First to Fly, from Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, , by Francis French and Colin Burgess, 2007 In the Event of Moon Disaster, speech written by William Safire (July 18, 1969) From Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith, 2005 From Buzz Aldrin on His Lunar Home, the Eagle (The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2013) by Marc Myers From Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott and Alexei Leonov with Christine Toomey, 2004 From Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Christopher C. Kraft, 2001 From What the Moon Rocks Tell Us (National Geographic, December 1969) by Kenneth F. Weaver (with photo) From Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan, 1994 (with photo) From Life on Mars to become a reality in 2023, Dutch firm claims (The Guardian, April 21, 2013) by Karen McVeigh Character & Narrator: Compare and contrast perspectives on a topic Writing: Develop a question, conduct research, and create a media project Text Structure: Various types of historical and cultural documents Content: 20th century competition between US and USSR Character & Narrator: Create a believable character Writing: Write an original short story Text Structure: Dialogue; plot structure Content: Creative writing 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline 5

6 Unit Texts Unit Overview Lapham s Archive III Chinese Cultural Revolution and Propaganda excerpts from Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen; Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution by Moying Li Cesar Chavez excerpts from Founding the United Farm Workers by Cesar Chavez; Migrant Daughter: Coming of Age as a Mexican American Woman by Frances Esquibel Tywoniak and Mario T. Garcia Gandhi excerpts from Mohandas Gandhi by Anne M. Todd; Gandhi: The Young Protester Who Founded a Nation by Philip Wilkinson Japanese Internment Camps excerpts from Only What We Could Carry by Lawson Fusao Inada; Camp Nine by Vivienne Schiffer The Silk Road excerpts from Stories of Silk and Paper by Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis (World Literature Today); The Story of Marco Polo by Noah Brooks Students exercise their close reading and research skills by reviewing texts and images focused on a theme and accompanied by guiding, overarching research questions. Students conduct both short and sustained research projects, gaining substantial understanding of a topic. Students develop collaborative and individual presentation skills. 8th Grade ELA Scope and Sequence Outline 6

7 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative Lesson Get Started What Grabs Your Attention Students will use details to write about one moment from their lives, and will review classroom rules and routines for Writing and Sharing. 0 on a Moment Students will write about a personal experience and practice responding to one another s writing with positive and specific feedback. Experiments in Revision: ing More Deeply Students will practice the skill of focus by selecting one small part of a painting to describe so richly that their readers can see it. Lesson 4: Showing and Telling Students will practice the skill of showing by revising sentences that show into those that tell and vice versa. Lesson 5: Slowing Down & Zooming In Students will revise specific portions of their writing and assess the impact of these changes. Lesson 6: The Just-Right Verb Students will learn to practice using strong verbs to describe actions precisely. Students will use strong verbs to write about a moment from their own experiences. Lesson 7: Experiments in Revision: Showing More Students will write about a moment from their experiences, and assess how powerfully the concrete details of their descriptions convey the narrator s emotional experience. Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative 7

8 Lesson 8: Varieties of Showing Students will continue to examine the difference between showing and telling and to explore the variety of showing details writers can use to create a vivid picture for readers. Lesson 9: Experiments in Revision: The Power of Dialogue Students will study strong sentences and consider the impact that vivid details, strong verbs, and dialogue can make in their own writing. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A Going Solo by Roald Dahl The Voyage Out Students will get to know the hero and narrator of the memoir, and explore the distance that stretches between the younger man starting out on this adventure and the older man who writes about it. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, The Voyage Out CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 The View from the Porthole Students will deepen their understanding of Roald Dahl s character by examining the scene where he watches Major Griffith and his wife running around the deck naked. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, The Voyage Out Going Solo, Roald Dahl, Dar es Salaam CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Two Kinds of Hot Students will compare 2 different descriptions of the same scene the sweltering deck of the ship in order to explore the impact made by an author s small choices. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, The Voyage Out Going Solo, Roald Dahl, Dar es Salaam CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Lesson 4: Experiments in Revision: ing More Deeply Students will complete differentiated Revision Assignments to deepen the way they used textual evidence in response to a recent Writing Prompt. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, all preceding excerpts CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative 8

9 Lesson 5: What War Means Students will explore the differences between Dahl s and Mdisho s attitudes towards war. Students will closely examine Dahl s confrontation with the Germans trying to escape from town, considering how heroic his story is at different moments in the scene. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, The Beginning of the War CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 Lesson 6: Warriors and War Stories Students will use the Magnificator app to evaluate and rank Dahl s moments of heroism at moments in the text. Going Solo,Roald Dahl, The Beginning of the War CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Lesson 7: Exactly Equal Students will analyze Mdisho s account of killing the plantation owner, and consider how differently he tells his war story. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, Mdisho of the Mwanumwezi.B Students will explore the ways in which Dahl and Mdisho are and are not exactly equal. Lesson 8: Experiments in Revision: Use of Evidence Students will complete differentiated Revision Assignments to deepen the way they used textual evidence in response to a recent Writing Prompt. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, all preceding excerpts CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Lesson 9: Alone in the Sky As they move through the chapter, students will assess how bad Dahl s situation is and then complicate these assessments by exploring those moments where things might not be as bad as they seem. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, Survival Going Solo, Roald Dahl, First Encounter with a Bandit CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 Lesson 10: A Bit of Water in the Jug Students will compare how Dahl slows down and speeds up time when describing what it s like inside the cockpit of a fighter plane, and what it s like to fly one through an aerial dogfight. By looking closely at the surface details of Dahl s closing conversation with David Coke, students will explore the depths of feeling that are left implied beneath it. Going Solo, Roald Dahl, The Battle of Athens the Twentieth of April CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative 9

10 Write an Essay How Would You Describe the People Dahl Meets? Students will review the text and gather Dahl s descriptive details so that they can draft a body paragraph explaining Dahl s overall impression of one specific character. Going Solo, Roald Dahl.B Staking a Claim: How Do These People Compare? Students will choose a second character and follow the same process as in the previous lesson, gathering evidence and drafting another body paragraph, this time comparing the overall impression Dahl gives of each character. Going Solo, Roald Dahl.B Introducing Your Essay: Grabbing the Reader Students will revise their body paragraphs and write an introduction to their essays that shows readers where they re going with their ideas. Going Solo, Roald Dahl.A Lesson 4: Getting It Right for Your Reader: Conclusions and Editing Students will write conclusions to their essays, edit their essays, and format their direct quotes. Then they will share part of their finished essays with the class. Going Solo, Roald Dahl.C.F.E Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit A: Dahl, WWII & Narrative 10

11 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature Lesson Benjamin Franklin The founding father who winks at us Students will closely read excerpts from Isaacson s biography to develop a general understanding of Franklin s accomplishments and personality. Selections from Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson, Chapter 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.8.C.D Who Is Silence Dogood? Students will analyze a letter by Franklin s first literary alter ego and write about how he made her a likable character. Silence Dogood s first letter to the New-England Courant CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Why Silence Dogood? Students will dig deeper into Dogood s humorous style and write about why Franklin chose to express his ideas through her unique voice. Silence Dogood s second letter to the New-England Courant CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 Lesson 4: Flex Day 1 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature 11

12 Lesson 5: The humble inquirer and doubter Students will read a passage from Franklin s autobiography and trace the evolution of his debating style from positive argumentation to modest diffidence. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Chapter 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Lesson 6: A soft tongue may strike hard Students will practice the argumentative methods that Franklin espoused and those that he eschewed by writing a script for a debate between Franklin and an antagonist. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Chapter 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.4 Lesson 7: Mutual Improvement Students will learn about 2 of the civic improvement associations that Franklin founded and use his talking points and persuasive techniques in a creative writing assignment. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Chapter 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Lesson 8: Electrical Fire Students will read Franklin s descriptions of his experiments with static electricity, recreate them visually, and write about how they led him to draw certain scientific conclusions. Benjamin Franklin s May 25, 1747, letter to Peter Collinson CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2.B 0 Lesson 9: From Parlor Trick to Science Students will contrast 2 approaches to electricity, analyze the character traits that served Franklin as a scientist, and elaborate on Isaacson s claim that he was the perfect person to turn electricity from a parlor trick into a science. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.6 Lesson 10: Flex Day 2 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature 12

13 Lesson 11: Franklin in France Students will read about the concepts that Franklin symbolized for the French, analyze the physical appearance he adopted while in France, and write about whether they like or dislike his willingness to play the part that Paris imagined for him. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4.B Lesson 12: The Layers of Autobiography Students will analyze excerpts from Franklin s autobiography, noting the way he characterizes his younger self and considering whether the passages offer insight into the older Franklin, as well. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Lesson 13: The Many Sides of Franklin Students will synthesize what they ve learned about Franklin in a series of activities that prepare them for the writing they ll do in the Declaration of Independence and Write an Essay lessons..b CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 Lesson 14: Flex Day 3 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress How to Declare Independence Students will closely read the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence and write about whether it sounds like Franklin s handiwork. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress, paragraph 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.B.A.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature 13

14 Self-evident Truths Students will unpack essential language in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, contrast Franklin s edits with Jefferson s rough draft, and write about the philosophical significance of the revision. Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress, paragraph 2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 Flex Day 4 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Write an Essay Find Your Topic Students will engage in fun activities to generate ideas for an essay about 2 different sides of Franklin and the relationship between them. All readings from unit.a CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Paragraph 1 Students will draft a paragraph that develops a claim about one side of Franklin and substantiate it with evidence from 2 3 readings from the unit. All readings from unit CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B Paragraph 2 Students will draft a paragraph that develops a claim about another side of Franklin and substantiate it with evidence from 2 3 readings from the unit. All readings from unit CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B Lesson 4: Paragraph 3 Students will develop the third paragraph of their essay, which reconciles the 2 sides of Franklin that they explored in their first 2 paragraphs. All readings from unit.c Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature 14

15 Lesson 5: Tie It All Together Students will review, revise, and put the finishing touches on their 3 paragraph essays. All readings from unit Quest: Declare Yourself! The Declare Yourself! Quest is an opportunity to inject higher stakes into the study of the Declaration of Independence. In order to create those stakes, this Quest poses the same question to students as that which confronted the Second Continental Congress: Should we sign this declaration or not? To arrive at an answer, students adopt the identities of various delegates to the Second Continental Congress, assume the delegates positions on the debate, and try to win over their opponents using evidence, argument, and teamwork. The Quest will breathe life into students desire to read primary source documents closely and critically and will give them an opportunity to level emotionally charged arguments based on those texts. Quest Day 1 Introductory Speeches Students will deliver introductory speeches, and analyze each other s arguments. The Declaration of Independence CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Quest Day 2 Rebuttals Students will write rebuttals to each other s speeches. The Declaration of Independence Quest Day 3 The Letters Students will read through short primary source documents to find evidence for their position. Dozens of primary sources from the 1770s CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 Quest Day 4 First Speeches Students will write an opinion piece based on the evidence they ve collected. Dozens of primary sources from the 1770s CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9 Quest Day 5 Second Speeches and Conclusion Students will write opinion pieces based on the evidence they ve collected. Dozens of primary sources from the 1770s CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit B: Biography & Literature 15

16 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality Lesson Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Song of Myself Section 4 Students will read a small section of Whitman s epic poem and consider the split self Whitman describes a split they will practice applying to their own lives. Next, they will notice how the poem s structure mimics its content. Song of Myself Section 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Song of Myself Section 6 In this second Whitman lesson, students will practice what they learned about looking at a poem s structure to help understand its meaning. Song of Myself Section 6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Students will first practice interpreting Whitman s metaphors by choosing and thinking about one from the poem s first section. They will then move to the second section to see how the grass gradually becomes a way for the dead to teach the living. Beginning Students will read the first six paragraphs of the narrative to see what they can understand without support. Students will consider how their understanding changes after watching and listening to a dramatic reading done by Chadwick Boseman. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 1, paragraphs 1 6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 Lesson 4: I was born in Tuckahoe Students will consider what is important to Douglass in the first three paragraphs, and work with a partner to dig into why he begins his autobiography with a list of what he does not know. They will write about what Douglass s choices reveal about what is important to him. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 1.A.B.D Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 16

17 Lesson 5: I never shall forget it whilst I remember any thing. Students will practice using tools for paraphrasing and work with partners to paraphrase a short section of text, focusing on one sentence in particular: It was the first of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant. (Chapter 1, 8) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4.A.B.D Students will compare their paraphrases with their partners to get at Douglass s meaning. Lesson 6: Engaging a Reader in Suffering Students will look at the end of Chapter 1, where Douglass writes descriptions of how slaves suffer from physical abuse. The goal is for students to compare the impact of different sorts of writing and try to understand what it is about slavery that Douglass is trying to convey in each one. Students will compare the impact of reading Douglass s narrative to that of watching and listening to a dramatic reading by Chadwick Boseman. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.5 Lesson 7: Flex Day 1 Students will work to revise a piece of writing, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapters 1 3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 17

18 Lesson 8: Singing Students will read very closely Douglass s description of slave songs to understand how the songs express the slaves feelings about living in slavery, focusing on a song s dual emotional register and the paired terms Douglass uses to describe their emotions. Students will analyze how Douglass positions the rest of the world s reading of the songs in light of his own understanding. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 Lesson 9: Surprising Oppositions This lesson takes students through close readings of two sections of text. In each reading, students look carefully at Douglass s language to appreciate how he seems to describe opposing elements young and old, horses and people, slave and free only to show how these opposites intertwine or strengthen each other. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapters 3 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Lesson 10: Liberty and Learning This day is divided into three sections to give students a chance to read independently, answer questions to check their reading, and then to discuss that reading with the class. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapters 9 10 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.B Lesson 11: Planning and Preparing a Reading Students will spend time studying the choices that actor Reggie D. White has made in his reading of Douglass s Narrative and they will consider how those choices affect the meaning of the text. Students will choose their own passages to master and practice their presentations. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 11 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 18

19 Lesson 12: Flex Day 2 Students will work to revise a piece of writing, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapters 4 10 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Lesson 13: Performances Students will recite the passage they selected and practiced, demonstrating the choices they made in their delivery. The student audience will write notes on their classmates tone, pace, and the pronunciation of the word freedom. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Chapter 11 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs My Father and Grandmother Students will read another account of slavery, focusing on the effects that Harriet Ann Jacobs s relationships with her father and grandmother had on her early life before and after she learned she was a slave. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Chapters 1 2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 Cruelty Students will analyze why Jacobs uses New Year s Day to highlight the cruelty of slavery, and they will compare her assessment of slavery s cruelty to Douglass s assessment. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Chapter 3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 19

20 Flex Day 3 Students will work to revise a piece of writing, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Chapters 1 3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 The Boys War by Jim Murphy What Makes a Civil War? Students will read this to draw out the basic facts about why the North and South were fighting a war and why young children were involved in the fighting. The Boys War, Preface; Chapter 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2.D What Does a Civil War Make? Students will reread the text and analyze the impact that the fighting had on these very young soldiers. The Boys War, Chapters 3 4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2 Flex Day 4 Students will work to revise a piece of writing, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. The Boys War, Preface; Chapters 1, 3, 4 CSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 20

21 The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln A New Nation Students will paraphrase the first sentence to figure out what Lincoln claims is new and particularly special about America. Students will reread the first paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence to determine why Lincoln references it here. Gettysburg Address, paragraph 1; Declaration of Independence CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 Dedicate Students will figure out what the role is of the people who assembled at Gettysburg and trace how the meaning of dedicate changes over the course of the text, and what this reveals about the Gettysburg Address. Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.B.A How a President Revises The students will look closely at 1 2 revisions Lincoln made to his speech and determine the impact of the revisions. Students will explore the third paragraph of the address by comparing it to an interpretation of the text done by an artist in an animated video. Gettysburg Address, The Bliss Version and the Nicolay Version CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 Finally, the students will revisit their understanding of the word dedicate, and consider in a Writing Prompt what Lincoln was trying to accomplish with such varied use of the same word. Lesson 4: The Speech Students will listen to several different renditions of Lincoln s speech to consider the impact of difference voices, production methods, and reading rates. Students will practice reciting the passages of the speech, first in small groups, and then for a few students in front of the whole class. Gettysburg Address, The Bliss Version CCA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 21

22 Lesson 5: Flex Day 5 Students will work to revise a piece of writing, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Write an Essay Making a Claim Students will compare Douglass s and Lincoln s literary efforts to redefine Americans view of equality. Declaration of Independence; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9 Writing Body Paragraphs Students will write the body paragraphs of their essays, focusing on describing and explaining each piece of textual evidence in a way that would convince even the most skeptical reader. Declaration of Independence; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9.B Flex Day 6 Students will work to revise part of their essays, incorporating a new understanding of grammar or vocabulary. Declaration of Independence; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 22

23 Lesson 4: Revising and Writing an Introduction Students will revise their body paragraphs, focusing on describing their evidence. Then they write their introductions. Declaration of Independence; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9.A.C Lesson 5: Writing a Conclusion and Editing the Essay Students will write their conclusions, edit their essays for flow, and then edit for 8thgrade conventions. Declaration of Independence; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Gettysburg Address CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9.F Quest: The Emancipation Project In this Quest, students will practice the historian s real task: assembling big stories and big ideas by sorting through the scattered voices contained in a host of primary source documents. As they go deeper into primary sources, they ll begin to understand historical attitudes and to ponder complicated questions about the experience of being a slave. Quest Day 1 The Narratives Students will read other first-hand accounts of life as a slave, and compare them to Douglass s story. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Quest Day 2 The Questionnaire Students will read the questionnaire used to produce the narratives they read on Day 1, and analyze how the questions might have affected the former slaves answers. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Quest Day 3 The Work Songs Students will read and listen to the lyrics of work songs sung and recorded in the 1930s. Students will use the ideas and terminology they learned in Days 1 and 2 to trace the origins of these songs back to the days of slavery. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Quest Day 4 The Runaway Notices Students will read newspaper advertisements from the 19th century offering rewards for runaway slaves and use their new knowledge of slavery to draw inferences about the slaves in question. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Quest Day 5 Conclusion Students will write a fictional narrative of their own, or an explanatory essay, to summarize what they ve learned. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit C: Liberty & Equality 23

24 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction Lesson Gris Grimly s Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly Meet Victor Frankenstein Students will learn about the graphic novel format of Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, read the first chapter of Volume 1, and create a family tree to keep track of the characters and their relationships to one another. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Epigraph Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 1, Chapter 1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Victor s Scientific Passions Students will examine Victor s scientific preoccupations and how they shape his character. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 1, Chapter 3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 How Victor Views His Creation Students will study 2 of Victor Frankenstein s first encounters with his creation, analyze the feelings behind the language he uses in each scene, and compare their personal responses to Victor s. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 1, Chapters 4 and 6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.4.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 4: Flex Day 1 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 24

25 Lesson 5: The Creature Speaks Students will read the scene where Victor and his creature speak to one another for the first time, paraphrase the dialogue, and explain what Victor means by his final words in the scene: For the first time I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were (85). Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 2, Chapter 2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 6: The Creature s Tale, Part 1 Students will read the creature s story as it s presented in images, write their own captions for selected passages, and match selections from Shelley s text to Grimly s illustrations. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 2, Chapters 3 4 Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley, Chapters CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 7: The Creature s Tale, Part 2 Students will read the remainder of the creature s story, analyze how much sympathy or antipathy they feel toward him in each chapter, and write about why their feelings changed or stayed the same. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 2, Chapters 5 6 Frankenstein (1818), Mary Shelley, Chapters CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 8: The Creature s Request Students will read the scene where the creature demands a mate and debate whether Victor should comply. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 2, Chapter 7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 9: Flex Day 2 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 25

26 Lesson 10: A Broken Promise Students will read excerpts from the scene where Victor works on a second creature and analyze why he changes his mind. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 3, Chapters 2 3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 11: More murderous machinations Students will read about the deaths of Henry, Elizabeth, and Victor s father and write about their sympathy for Victor, using evidence from the text. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 3, Chapters 4 6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 12: A Tale of Two Wretches Students will compare the scene where Victor pursues his creature to earlier passages to discover how similar these characters have become. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 3, Chapter 7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.6 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 13: A Final Farewell Students will analyze the creature s response to Victor s death and write about what he has learned. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly, Volume 3, Chapter 7 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.9 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 14: Sympathy Debate Students synthesize their experience of reading Gris Grimly s Frankenstein by debating who better deserves sympathy, the creature or Victor. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.4 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10 Lesson 15: Flex Day 3 The teacher will assign students a differentiated Revision Assignment and/ or differentiated grammar activities. For revision, students will add to or further develop their use of evidence from a recent Writing Prompt. CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.C CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.D CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.1.E CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.2.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.A CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.3.B CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.L.8.6 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 26

27 Write an Essay Make an Outline Students will brainstorm various definitions of man and apply them to Frankenstein. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly 0 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 Draft Paragraph 1 Students will decide whether they think the creature is or is not human, and will draft a first body paragraph citing evidence from the text. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly.A.B.D.E 0 Draft Paragraph 2 Students will draft a second body paragraph, arguing against the position they took in their first paragraph. They will use evidence from the text in support of their argument. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly.C 0 Lesson 4: Draft Paragraph 3 Students will draft a paragraph resolving the contradiction posed in their first 2 paragraphs by explaining how, ultimately, the creature should be characterized. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly.E 0 Lesson 5: Review and Revise Students will review and revise the claims they have made in their paragraphs, then they will edit and add citations to their essays. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.10.C 0 Poetical Science "The Tables Turned" Students will analyze the ideas conveyed in Wordsworth s The Tables Turned and apply them to Frankenstein. Gris Grimly s Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9 The Tables Turned, William Wordsworth Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 27

28 Byron and Looms Students will read Lord Byron s 1812 speech to Parliament in which he defends British textile workers destruction of the mechanized looms that threatened their livelihoods. They will explore Byron s use of irony and evaluate his attitude toward technical innovation. Debate on the Frame-Work Bill, in the House of Lords, February 27, 1812, Lord Byron CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 Poetical Science Students will read about Ada Lovelace s background and evaluate the belief that an immersion in mathematics can counteract poetic imagination. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson, Chapter 1, Ada, Countess of Lovelace Lesson 4: Lovelace s Insights Students will read about Ada Lovelace s work and analyze the significance of her contributions. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson, Chapter 1, Ada, Countess of Lovelace Lesson 5: Man and Machines Students will read a poem by Richard Brautigan and reflect on how Lovelace, Byron, or the speaker in Wordsworth s poem might respond to it. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, Richard Brautigan CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1 Write a Story Lovelace s Machine To prepare to write a scary story about the machine Lovelace envisioned, students will identify the elements of such a machine and brainstorm its benefits and dangers for humanity. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson, Chapter 1, Ada, Countess of Lovelace Sketch of The Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage, L.F. Menabrea, translated with notes by Ada, Countess of Lovelace Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 28

29 Setting and Mood Students will review how Shelley made use of setting to establish mood in Frankenstein and practice describing various settings and creating a range of moods. Frankenstein (1831), Mary Shelley, Introduction History of a Six Weeks Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the Glaciers of Chamouni, Mary Shelley CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 Write Your Story, Part 1 Students will begin work on their short stories, focusing on character and description. All readings from unit Lesson 4: Write Your Story, Part 2 Students will continue working on their short stories, focusing on plot and pacing. All readings from unit Lesson 5: Short Story Salon Students will share their writing with one another, reflect on the range of stories that came from a single idea, and analyze the values implied in their choices. All readings from unit CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit D: Science & Science Fiction 29

30 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit E: The Frida & Diego Collection Lesson Information Literacy The Information Literacy sub-unit is included within each Collections Unit, allowing teachers to choose which skills their students need to develop and when. The lessons in this sub-unit provide students with essential skills required for conducting research. They learn how to validate and corroborate sources; recognize the distinctions between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources; and avoid plagiarism by properly citing sources, framing quotes,and paraphrasing. Evaluating Sources, Part 1 Students will work collaboratively to assess the credibility of a variety of provided sources, distinguishing reliable sources from unreliable sources. Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus site: treeoctopus/ CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.RI.8.5 Evaluating Sources, Part 2 Students will review several Internet sources, working collaboratively to assess them with a credibility checklist. Selected Internet sources CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.8 Avoiding Plagiarism Students will learn how to frame direct quotes and paraphrase information in order to avoid plagiarism. They will learn how to provide basic bibliographic information. Pilot Dropped Candy Into Hearts of Berlin, ABC News The Sweet Lure of Chocolate, Jim Spadaccini CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.8 CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL.8.2 Prehistoric Americans Traded Chocolate for Turquoise? Christine Dell Amore ProjectEd plagiarism videos Scavenger Hunt & Internet Research Scavenger Hunt: Introducing the Collection Students will explore a selection of texts and images in the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Collection, developing and practicing close reading skills and discussing their findings. from the Collection Scavenger Hunt: Exploring the Collection Students will explore a selection of texts and images in the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Collection, developing and practicing close reading skills and discussing their findings. from the Collection CA CCSS ELA-Literacy.W.8.9 Scope and Sequence 8th Grade, Unit E: The Frida & Diego Collection 30