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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 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 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 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 5

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

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 9

Determine the central idea of individual chapters of Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History) and the text overall, and explain how the author’s purpose for writing contributes to how he develops and supports these ideas.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 15

Compare and contrast the central arguments of two articles about climate change, and explain how the authors acknowledge and respond to viewpoints that differ from their own.

8th Grade English - Unit 5: Facing Calamity: Climate Change Facts and Fictions - Lesson 17

Delineate arguments made about climate change and assess whether the evidence provided is relevant and sufficient.

8th Grade English - Unit 2: Encountering Evil: Night - Lesson 18

Analyze the preface to Night to determine Wiesel’s purpose for writing.

8th Grade English - Unit 3: Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History - Lesson 19

Utilize historical context and analysis of propaganda to draw conclusions about Orwell's purpose for writing Animal Farm.

8th Grade English - Unit 4: Surviving Repression: Persepolis - Lesson 19

Identify the central idea of both a text article and a video, explain how each is developed and supported, and determine the effectiveness of the medium in conveying the information that is presented.

8th Grade English - Unit 4: Surviving Repression: Persepolis - Lesson 20

Determine an author's perspective and purpose and explain where and how she responds to conflicting viewpoints.

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