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Outline and a paragraph response, including a strong claim statement, important details, and a concluding statement.
Book: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
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RL.8.3 — 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.
W.8.1 — Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
W.8.1.a — Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
W.8.1.e — Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
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.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
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.
RL.8.1 — 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.8.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.8.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6—8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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.
W.8.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.8.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.8.9.a — Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new").
W.8.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Draft and revise a paragraph response, focusing on writing strong analysis.
Define significant terms related to racial justice.
Standards
RI.8.2
Analyze how the authors of All American Boys characterize Rashad and develop his perspective in Chapter 1.
RL.8.3RL.8.6
Compare Rashad and Quinn's perspectives of the assault and explain how reading both perspectives deepens the reader's understanding of the event.
Explain how racism and racial bias shape the way that characters in All American Boys—and people more generally—are viewed.
RI.8.3RL.8.3
Unpack a prompt, study a mentor text, and gather evidence in preparation for writing a paragraph response.
W.8.1W.8.5W.8.9
RL.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.eW.8.5
RL.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.bW.8.1.cW.8.5
Analyze how Smith uses figurative language in his TED Talk to develop and support his central idea.
RI.8.2RI.8.4
Analyze how the authors of All American Boys develop the narrator's point of view and emotions.
RL.8.6
Analyze how the authors develop the characters' perspectives of themselves and others in All American Boys.
Analyze how being assaulted impacts Rashad and how witnessing the assault impacts Quinn and the community.
RL.8.3
Explain how the events in this chapter reveal Quinn's beliefs and lead to a change in his perspective.
Outline a paragraph analyzing how Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely explore the topic of invisibility in All American Boys.
RL.8.2W.8.1W.8.5W.8.9
Plan, draft, and revise a paragraph response.
RL.8.2W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.bW.8.1.cW.8.5
Explain how the events of this chapter both reveal and change Rashad's perspective.
Analyze how the authors develop Quinn's perspective on civic responsibility in this chapter.
RL.8.2RL.8.3
Determine the technical meaning of words in context and explain the protections and limitations of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Analyze and explain the authors' choices leading up to the climax of All American Boys.
RL.8.2RL.8.6
Describe the structure of All American Boys and explain how it contributes to the text's meaning.
RL.8.5RL.8.6
Determine themes in All American Boys and explain how they are developed over the course of the text.
RL.8.2
Respond to a question with a clear claim and share evidence to support that claim in a Socratic dialogue.
SL.8.1SL.8.1.aSL.8.1.bSL.8.4
Unpack the expectations of a narrative writing task, study a Mentor Text, and brainstorm possible topics.
W.8.3W.8.5
Outline and begin to draft a personal narrative.
W.8.3W.8.3.aW.8.5
Revise narratives for descriptive details, sensory language, and dialogue.
W.8.3W.8.3.bW.8.3.d
Outline and begin to draft a narrative written from a different character's perspective.
Revise both narratives for transition words and edit for verbals.
L.8.1L.8.1.aW.8.3W.8.3.cW.8.5
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