W.8

W.8.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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8th Grade Science » Unit: Welcome to Eighth Grade!

Lori Knasiak

Lake In The Hills, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Students are in charge of everything for this student driven research project.

Standards:

W.8.7 W.8.8 W.8.9 W.8.10 SL.8.4 SL.8.5 SP1 SP8

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Resources (26)

Flowers for Algernon: Building Background/Rorschach Testing

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Flowers for Algernon

Devon O'Brien

Leonardtown, MD

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

SciFi + InfoText = AHa!

Standards:

RI.8.2 RI.8.10 W.8.9

Favorites (85)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

Day 4 - Comparitive Analysis of "Ain't I a Woman?" and "Still I Rise"

8th Grade ELA » Unit: What is it to be a Woman in America?

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Let's Put It All Together!

Standards:

RL.8.2 RL.8.3 W.8.1 W.8.1e W.8.2 W.8.4 W.8.9

Favorites (23)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

"Flowers for Algernon" Timed Write

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Argument Writing

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Was it All Worth it?

Standards:

RL.8.1 W.8.1a W.8.1b W.8.1c W.8.1d W.8.1e W.8.4 W.8.9 L.8.1 L.8.2c L.8.3

Favorites (22)

Resources (9)

Reflections (1)

Steroid Use in Professional Sports

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Argument Writing

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Should Steroid Users Be Banned?

Standards:

RI.8.1 RI.8.8 W.8.1b W.8.9 SL.8.1a SL.8.1d

Favorites (18)

Resources (18)

Reflections (1)

Writing About Independent Reading

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Independent Reading

Toby Murphy

Demarest, NJ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Finding ways to assess a student's critical thinking about their reading.

Standards:

RL.8.1 RL.8.2 RL.8.3 RL.8.10 W.8.4 W.8.9 W.8.10

Favorites (30)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

"Flowers for Algernon" Excerpt Part 1

8th Grade ELA » Unit: "Flowers For Algernon"

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

"Good" Things Come to Those Who Persevere, Right?

Standards:

RL.8.1 W.8.9 SL.8.4 SL.8.5 SL.8.6

Favorites (8)

Resources (9)

Reflections (1)

Precursor to "Flowers for Algernon"

8th Grade ELA » Unit: "Flowers For Algernon"

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Is that Really How Society Felt?

Standards:

RI.8.1 W.8.8 W.8.9 SL.8.1d SL.8.4

Favorites (18)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

Writing a Blog Post to Stand Against Steroid Use

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Argument Writing

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Why Shouldn't People Use Steroids? Start blogging!

Standards:

W.8.3b W.8.4 W.8.5 W.8.6 W.8.7 W.8.8 W.8.9 L.8.1 L.8.2c L.8.3

Favorites (5)

Resources (8)

Reflections (2)

End Of Year Reading Reflection

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Independent Reading

Toby Murphy

Demarest, NJ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Looking back on all those books: Are we satisfied with our reading?

Standards:

RL.8.10 W.8.9 W.8.10

Favorites (5)

Resources (16)

Reflections (1)

Independent Reading Reflection Essay for Marking Period 1

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Independent Reading

Toby Murphy

Demarest, NJ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Looking back at one marking period of independent reading to assess progress.

Standards:

RL.8.10 W.8.9 W.8.10

Favorites (5)

Resources (19)

Reflections (1)

Modified Jigsaw: Cheating in School

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Mini Unit: Academic Dishonesty

Devon O'Brien

Leonardtown, MD

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Cheaters never win...or do they? Let's check it out.

Standards:

W.8.9

Favorites (17)

Resources (20)

Reflections (1)

Independent Reading Reflection Essay for Marking Period 2

8th Grade ELA » Unit: Independent Reading

Toby Murphy

Demarest, NJ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

It's the time and not just the amount of pages.

Standards:

RL.8.10 W.8.9 W.8.10

Favorites (6)

Resources (12)

Reflections (1)

Argument Essay Prewriting

8th Grade ELA » Unit: To Kill A Mockingbird Part III

Julianne Beebe

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Students explore how a book can stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Standards:

W.8.1 W.8.8 W.8.9 L.8.4

Favorites (2)

Resources (17)

Reflections (1)

"Story of an Hour" Timed Write

8th Grade ELA » Unit: "Story Of An Hour"

Nicholas Gearing

Scottsdale, AZ

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

"Write" In The Nick Of Time.

Standards:

W.8.1 W.8.2b W.8.2c W.8.4 W.8.9

Favorites (3)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

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W.8.9a

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.8.9b

Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced").

Common Core ELA

Kindergarten

Counting & Cardinality

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

First Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Second Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Third Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Numbers & Operations-Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fourth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fifth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement & Data

Geometry

Sixth Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Seventh Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Eighth Grade

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Functions

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

HS Number & Quantity

The Real Number System

Quantities

The Complex Number System

Vector & Matrix Quantities

HS Algebra

Seeing Structure in Expressions

Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Expressions

Creating Equations*

Reasoning with Equations & Inequalities

HS Functions

Interpreting Functions

Building Functions

Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models*

Trigonometric Functions

HS Geometry

Congruence

Similarity, Right Triangles, & Trigonometry

Circles

Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations

Geometric Measurement & Dimension

Modeling with Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data

Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusions

Conditional Probability & the Rules of Probability

Using Probability to Make Decisions

Kindergarten

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

First Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Second Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Third Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fourth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fifth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Sixth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Seventh Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eighth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Ninth and Tenth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Kindergarten

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

First grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Second grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Third Grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fourth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fifth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Middle School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

High School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

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W.8

W.8.9

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

20% Time

Students are in charge of everything for this student driven research project.

Flowers for Algernon: Building Background/Rorschach Testing

SciFi + InfoText = AHa!

Day 4 - Comparitive Analysis of "Ain't I a Woman?" and "Still I Rise"

Let's Put It All Together!

"Flowers for Algernon" Timed Write

Was it All Worth it?

Steroid Use in Professional Sports

Should Steroid Users Be Banned?

Writing About Independent Reading

Finding ways to assess a student's critical thinking about their reading.

"Flowers for Algernon" Excerpt Part 1

"Good" Things Come to Those Who Persevere, Right?

Precursor to "Flowers for Algernon"

Is that Really How Society Felt?

Writing a Blog Post to Stand Against Steroid Use

Why Shouldn't People Use Steroids? Start blogging!

End Of Year Reading Reflection

Looking back on all those books: Are we satisfied with our reading?

Independent Reading Reflection Essay for Marking Period 1

Looking back at one marking period of independent reading to assess progress.

Modified Jigsaw: Cheating in School

Cheaters never win...or do they? Let's check it out.

Independent Reading Reflection Essay for Marking Period 2

It's the time and not just the amount of pages.

Argument Essay Prewriting

Students explore how a book can stay with them for the rest of their lives.

"Story of an Hour" Timed Write

"Write" In The Nick Of Time.

W.8.9a

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.8.9b

Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced").

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

HS Number & Quantity

HS Algebra

HS Functions

HS Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

Ninth and Tenth Grade

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade

Kindergarten

First grade

Second grade

Third Grade

Fourth grade

Fifth grade

Middle School

High School

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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").

Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced").