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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 - 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 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 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 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 4: Surviving Repression: Persepolis - Lesson 8

Identify and explain the basic features of graphic novels in order to evaluate the effectiveness of graphic novels as a medium for presenting a memoir.

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

Analyze how Smith uses figurative language in his TED Talk to develop and support his central idea.

8th Grade English - Unit 4: Surviving Repression: Persepolis - Lesson 9

Explain how Satrapi uses words and images together to develop the reader's understanding of significant characters and events.

8th Grade English - Unit 1: Facing Prejudice: All American Boys - Lesson 12

Explain how the events in this chapter reveal Quinn's beliefs and lead to a change in his perspective.

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 2: Encountering Evil: Night - Lesson 19

Explain how Wiesel develops central ideas in his speech, The Perils of Indifference.

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