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8th Grade
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Explain how the social and cultural conditions in Europe after World War I contributed to the rise of extremist Nazi ideology in Germany.
Standards
RI.8.2RI.8.3
Explain what happened during the Holocaust and analyze the events that led to it.
Determine the relationship between the historical setting of the Holocaust and the characters and plot of the play.
RL.8.2
Explain how the playwrights develop the reader's understanding of Anne as a character in The Diary of Anne Frank.
RL.8.3
Explain how the structural elements of The Diary of Anne Frank develop the reader's understanding of its characters, setting, and plot.
RL.8.3RL.8.5
Explain how specific events, lines of dialogue, and word choices reveal aspects of characters and character relationships in The Diary of Anne Frank.
Explain how events in Night reveal aspects of characters and suggest larger truths about human nature.
RI.8.3
Analyze the meaning and impact of specific words, phrases, punctuation, and symbols in Wiesel's writing.
L.8.5RI.8.4
Explain how events and ideas in Night influence individuals and suggest larger truths about human nature.
Evaluate and analyze how being imprisoned in concentration camps impacts characters' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Analyze what these changes reveal about human nature.
RI.8.3RI.8.5
Analyze how the author uses figurative language to make connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, and events related to his imprisonment in a concentration camp.
RI.8.3RI.8.4
Unpack a prompt, gather evidence, and outline a two-paragraph response.
RI.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.5
Draft and revise a two-paragraph response, including a transition sentence between paragraphs.
RL.8.3W.8.1W.8.1.aW.8.1.bW.8.1.c
Explain how specific plot events in Night influence characters' thoughts, feelings, and decisions.
Explain how Wiesel uses figurative language and specific word choice to develop mood and meaning in Night.
Explain how specific incidents in Night reveal aspects of characters, as well as larger truths about human nature.
Analyze the preface to Night to determine Wiesel’s purpose for writing.
RI.8.6
Explain how Wiesel develops central ideas in his speech, The Perils of Indifference.
RI.8.2
Demonstrate a deep understanding of the texts and topics in a Socratic Seminar by posing and responding to questions and providing evidence to support ideas.
SL.8.1SL.8.1.aSL.8.1.cSL.8.4
Unpack the prompt, study a Mentor Text, develop guiding questions, and begin to gather evidence for a research-based writing task.
W.8.7W.8.8
Use search terms effectively, assess the credibility of online research sources, and continue gathering evidence in preparation for writing an informational essay.
Gather evidence from multiple sources, draft a claim statement, and create an outline for a multi-paragraph informational essay.
W.8.2W.8.2.aW.8.7W.8.8
Outline an introduction and conclusion and determine the difference between passive and active voice.
L.8.1L.8.1.bW.8.2W.8.2.aW.8.2.b
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