Wprsd Curriculum Template

WPRSD CURRICULUM TEMPLATE

Course Title: Language Arts Grade Level: 8 Author (s): Jennifer Kelly

Standard OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT PREREQUISI RESOURCES INSTRUCTIONAL Suggest ACCOMODATIO Alignment (by topic and unit) (Examples of what TE (Major text and ACTIVITIES ed NS to (What are specific, students will be (Identify supplemental (teaching methods and Time /MODIFICATION Objective measurable outcomes for asked to do and at previous resources used approaches to learning) Line S students to achieve?) what level to learnings and for instruction) demonstrate skills students mastery) will need to master the objective) Compare author’s life Webquest Project Use of Text of stories View A&E Biography video 6 weeks Reseource Room: with his works Powerpoint omit Raven, Writer’s Notebook A&E Biography **Poe Webquest Project: Research bi Annabell Lee “The Tell-Tale Heart” Basic Video: Poe o and read Poe omit Novel unit: Explore suspicion Poe Poetry knowledge of Literary work online. Create skit Pigman Identify and analyze Recitation figurative or PowerPoint presentation to suspense language demonstrate the story of your Evaluate narrator Figurative choice. Create a playbill to Identify Plot, Tone, Language quizzes Strong reading accompany the presentation Metaphor, Simile , comprehension Journal: used to Personification Creative Writing skills Writer’s Notebook: take notes, write ● List popular movies/book journal entries, “Annabel Lee” of suspense/horror. Then practice writing list typical characters, conventions, share Identify: Alliteration, settings, situations of the writing,peer Repetition, Rhyme, genre. assessments Rhythm ● List your pet peeves. Describe how you deal “The Raven” with these annoyances. Identify: Alliteration, ● Brainstorm emotions. Allusion, Choose one emotion and Repetition,Rhyme write a paragraph Compare/Contrast with detailing a moment you “Annabel Lee” experienced this emotion.

**“Pit and the Writer’s Notebook Pendulum” ● Write about a time you’ve been in a tight spot (real or dream). Use details “Murders in Rue that convey its mood, and Morgue” shape its plot to make the Literary Analysis: reader share your Elements of Mystery experience as Poe did in within “Murders in Rue “The Pit and the Morgue” Pendulum”. Create Thesis,Topic Writer’s Notebook Sentences, Notetaking, ● Write about a time you’ve Paraphrasing been in a tight spot (real ,Parenthetical or dream). Use details Citations,Works Cited that convey its mood, and shape its plot to make the reader share your “The Monkey’s Paw” experience as Poe did in Explore the key idea of “The Pit and the superstition Pendulum”. Give background of ● Create a “wanted poster” talismans, amulets, for the monkey’s paw. Hinduism Include an illustration of the suspect and a Identify and analyze description of its crimes. mood/atmosphere,plot List any warnings and Personal narrative Characterization advice on what to do for writingassignment: Setting people who come across Use writing process Point of view it. Cause/Effect ● Create collage of mood Irony examples Foreshadowing Writer’s Notebook: ● Recall a wish you once made. Did it come true? **”The Speckled Band” If you could make a wish today, what would it be? **The Hitchhiker Discuss. Foreshadowing ● The fakir wanted to prove Sound Effects “that fate ruled people’s Symbolism lives.” Do the events in “The Monkey’s Paw Characterization/ prove this, or is it just Cause/Effect superstition? Explain your opinion. Support your Compare/Contrast ideas with evidence from the text. “The Highwayman” Metaphor Paired Creative Writing (Choose Simile one. Include Poe/Paw Onomatopoeia vocabulary, examples of figurative Personification language and mood) Alliteration Imagery Guest Speaker: Detective Plot “Monster Mash” Writer’s Notebook Setting Write a short, modern crime story Characters with Sherlock Holmes as the Tone detective. Include advances in technology that he may now use. Include characters, crime, motive, weapon, setting, etc. O.Henry Short Stories Characterization/ Cause/Effect Character Track Adams’s change in attitude Analysis and increasing panic using a Ironic twists cause/effect diagram Personification Simile Compare/Contrast Metaphor Create Venn Diagram Open-Ended comparing/contrasting “The Tell- Questioning Tale Heart” and The Hitchhiker. Drama With a small group, choose a SWBAT scene that you find especially understand the suspenseful. Create a skit with components of a short sound effects and stage directions stories. to follow. Then, following the same format, write a scene in which the hitchhiker Adams picked up went to the police to report him. In this scene, she will explain to the officer what happened and what proof she has for thinking Adams might be mad or even dangerous. After performing for the class, explain why your group chose the scene.

Suppose Mr. White did not make that last wish. What would have happened when Mr. White opened the door? In two or three paragraphs, write an alternate ending to the story. Be sure you use language that fits the rest of the story. What really happened to Herbert after he left for work on his final fateful day?

Also listen to song version by Loreena McKennitt to gain further understanding. Writer’s Notebook Rewrite the end of the poem using imagery . Writer’s Notebook Create a spoof of the song/poem

The Pigman Character Analysis Strong reading Novel : The Open-Ended Questioning 4 weeks Read To Build a Point of View Essay comprehension Pigman School is very important to Fire Simile Projects, quizzes, skills teenagers. by: Jack London Metaphor tests, graphic What type of student is John? Cause/Effect organizers, Basic What type of student is Lorraine? Conflict Writer’s Notebook understanding Direct Quotations Character warm read of literary Character Analysis comparison/contrast explanations elements Create 5- paragraph essay Foreshadowing Inference Basic ***”I Stand Here Ironing” Open-Ended Questioning understanding (parent-child relationships) Direct Quotations of OEQ format Character Analysis Writer’s Notebook Brainstorm a list of behaviors that might get a teenager in trouble with his/her parents.

Discuss a time you disagreed with your parents.

Brainstorm a list of ways older people in this country are exploited.

Lorraine’s mother is now your mother and she is dispensing the same words to you as Lorraine. She has just told you that you have put on too much weight and that you wear your clothes funny. Write a letter to her telling her how you feel when she says these things to you.

John and Lorraine seem to like pranks. I’m guessing that at one time or another you have pulled a prank or a trick on someone else. You are to write a minimum of 25 words telling about the prank you pulled. If you never pulled a prank, then explain why.

In at least two paragraphs, analyze John’s relationship with his parents. What does Lorraine think is the cause of the problems between them? Do you think Lorraine is right? What other factors might be involved? What might the family do to get along better?

John doesn’t seem to have much fun in his home. There is no spontaneity. When he is with Mr. Pignati he is able to do things he can’t do at home and he is able to have fun. You are to write a minimum of 50 words discussing the adult in your life who you have fun with and what the two of you do to have fun. Analyze why John and Lorraine become friends with Mr. Pignati. What do you think Mr. Pignati adds to their lives?

John and Lorraine tell Mr. Pignati the truth about the phone call. Telling the truth is sometimes hard to do, especially if you might be punished as a result of what you have told. You are to imagine you are John or Lorraine. Instead of telling Mr. Pignati the truth to his face, you are going to confess in a letter. Write a letter to Mr. Pignati telling what you have done and why.

Create chapter titles for any 7 of the 14 chapters. For each one indicate your chapter title and the chapter to which it corresponds.

A Christmas Carol Character Analysis Understanding Novel: A View A&E Biography video 4 weeks Resource Room Author Background Projects, quizzes, of literary Christmas Carol ***Research the Industrial use graphic tests, graphic elements Revolution and publications of novelization A Allusion organizers, Dickens. Create a timeline of key Christmas Carol Alliteration Writer’s Notebook Strong reading terms, dates, and events from this Comic Relief warm read comprehension era, and then add in Dickens’s Irony explanations skills works. Metaphor Symbolism Create a character collage depicted Personification one character of the novel. Mood Setting ***Create a 5-paragraph character Foreshadowing analysis Protagonist/Antagonist Simile Journal Writing Paraphrasing When I look back on Christmas Characterization when I was small… The true meaning of Christmas in Point of View our society is… Theme Ghosts in literature are usually… Parallelism Once you’re an adult, changing Conflict your life is…. Journal Writing The best aspect of the winter Media Production holidays is… Christmas should/should not be celebrated in school because…

Media Production Adapt a scene from the novel and put into play format. Projects, quizzes, Novel: Anne View related videos (possible 7 weeks Research Papers tests, graphic Frank: The listing) MLA Format organizers, Diary of a Young Paper Clips Thesis Writer’s Notebook Girl Assignment: Rescue Outlining warm read Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Short Readings Notecards explanations Short readings Escape from Sobibor Holocaust Timeline Organization Auschwitz Why It Happened Plagiarism/ Turnitin.com Library Anne Frank Remembered Topic Sentences Paragraph Construction Laptops Holocaust/Tolerance Studies Parenthetical Citations Genocide Project (collaborate with Works Cited SS) Revising/Editing "The Ball" Oral Presentations "The Wave" "Serving Mein Fuhrer" ASK8 Prep "Broken Glass, Broken Lives" Timed tests "Only a Girl" Writing/Reading/Test- Political Cartoons taking Strategies “Jackie Robinson” “Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass” Direct Quotations Open Ended Questioning Persuasive Writing Conflict Relationship Strategies Prejudice/Discrimination Tolerance Journal Writing

Literature Circles Projects, quizzes, Knowledge of Lit Circle Novels Author’s purpose 4 weeks Resource Room (Choice of Bad Boy, tests, graphic figurative Application of literary elements Henry VIII and His Scorpions, Speak, The organizers, language Context Clues Chopping Block Giver, presentations, Reflection on literature or Killing Mr. Griffin, On Writer’s Notebook Strong reading Being an active learner The Speckled Band the Beach, A Long Way entries, cooperative comprehension Gone) learning skills Story Elements Characterization Ability to be a Figurative Language strong, active Cooperative Learning group member Prediction Constructing good questions Symbolism Venn Diagramming Multi-Media Production Literary Analysis

Writer’s Workshop: Essay Use of good Laptop Writer’s Workshop: Transform a 2weeks SWBAT transform a writing writer’s notebook entry in a well- writer’s notebook entry strategies developed writing piece. in a well-developed writing piece. Knowledge of figurative language Persuasive Laptop 2 weeks Teacher modeling Writing/Reading AoW Ways to Persuade PMA Brainstorming Prewriting 5-Paragraph Essay Structure Introduction Topic Sentences Thesis Statements Supportive Details Conclusion