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8th Grade English

Through careful study of classic and contemporary texts, students explore a timeless question: are human beings fundamentally good or evil?

8th Grade - Facing Prejudice: All American Boys

Students explore the American experience through the eyes of two young men–one white and one Black—connected through an incident of police brutality.

8th Grade - Encountering Evil: Night

Students explore human nature through the memoir of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who vividly describes the horrors he experienced.

8th Grade - Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History

Students explore human nature through careful study of the Russian Revolution, focusing on the ways in which leaders manipulated and oppressed their own people.

8th Grade - Surviving Repression: Persepolis

Students explore human nature through the story of a young girl coming of age during the Iranian Revolution, and the challenges she faced during this violent, turbulent time.

8th Grade - Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions

Students explore human nature by studying the climate crisis and its causes and impact, and the role of government, businesses, and individuals in finding solutions.

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 1

Define and articulate the differences between capitalism and communism, including how they influence human behavior in society.

8th Grade English - Unit 2: Encountering Evil: Night - Lesson 1

Explain what happened during the Holocaust and analyze the major events and ideas in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s that led to it.

8th Grade English - Unit 4: Surviving Repression: Persepolis - Lesson 1

Identify and summarize aspects of Iranian history and culture, evaluating evidence from a video and a written account.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 1

Identify a writer's claims in a text and explain how they support those claims, as well as how they respond to conflicting viewpoints.

8th Grade English - Unit 1: Facing Prejudice: All American Boys - Lesson 1

Define significant terms related to racial justice.

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 2

Explain the events, ideas, and social conditions that began to shape Stalin's behavior and beliefs about the world.

8th Grade English - Unit 2: Encountering Evil: Night - Lesson 2

Apply background knowledge about the Holocaust and the features of plays/dramatic performances to cite evidence from the text that establishes the setting of The Diary of Anne Frank.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 2

Identify the central claim of Greta Thunberg's argument about climate change and evaluate how she uses relevant evidence to support her claim.

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 3

Identify the people, events, ideas, and social conditions that led to the Russian Revolution, and explain Stalin's role in the establishment of a new communist society and government.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 3

Identify a writer's claims in a text, explain how they support those claims, and evaluate whether the evidence provided is relevant and sufficient.

8th Grade English - Unit 1: Facing Prejudice: All American Boys - Lesson 4

Explain how racism and racial bias shape the way that characters in All American Boys—and people more generally—are viewed.

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 4

Identify an author's perspective in a nonfiction text and explain the various techniques authors use to establish their perspectives.

8th Grade English - Unit 1: Facing Prejudice: All American Boys - Lesson 5

Unpack a prompt, study a mentor text, and gather evidence in preparation for writing a paragraph response.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 5

Explain how authors' specific words and phrases develop tone and meaning across genres.

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