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Grade 8

• Critical Literacy

  • 8.CL.1
  • 8.CL.2
  • 8.CL.3
  • 8.CL.4
  • 8.CL.5
  • 8.CL.6
  • 8.CL.7
  • 8.CL.8
  • 8.CL.8.a
  • 8.CL.8.b
  • 8.CL.8.c
  • 8.CL.9
  • 8.CL.10

• Digital Literacy

  • 8.DL.11
  • 8.DL.12
  • 8.DL.13
  • 8.DL.14
  • 8.DL.15

• Language Literacy

  • 8.LL.16
  • 8.LL.16.a
  • 8.LL.16.b
  • 8.LL.16.c
  • 8.LL.17
  • 8.LL.19
  • 8.LL.20
  • 8.LL.20.a
  • 8.LL.20.b
  • 8.LL.20.c
  • 8.LL.20.d
  • 8.LL.20.f
  • 8.LL.21

• Standards

  • 8.R1
  • 8.R2
  • 8.R3
  • 8.R4
  • 8.R5
  • 8.R6

• Research Literacy

  • 8.RL.22
  • 8.RL.23
  • 8.RL.24
  • 8.RL.25
  • 8.RL.26
  • 8.RL.27

• VL

  • 8.VL.28
  • 8.VL.29
  • 8.VL.31
  • 8.VL.32

Alabama ELA Standard: 8.CL.1

Analyze how informational and graphic text elements, including allusions, point of view, purpose, comparisons, categories, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings, develop central and supporting ideas.

Categorize and Re-Categorize Countries

Put these countries into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same places reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Categorize and Re-Categorize Animals

Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective

Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!

Persuasion and Packaging: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

How does a drink’s packaging affect us emotionally and logically?

Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea

Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.