<p>Prompt Title: The Choice Between “We” and “Me” Grade Level: 8th Grade ELA Writing Writing Standard 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a Standard(s) topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.</p><p>Content Reading Literature 8.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text Standard(s) and analyze its development over the course of a text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.</p><p>Text(s) ☐ Source Title http://www2.ignatius.edu/fa Written James Patrick Kinney “The Cold culty/skerl/inspiring Within” %20stories/the_cold_within. ☐ Audio htm ☐ Visual ☐ Source Title https://americanenglish.stat Written Stephen Crane The Open Boat e.gov/files/ae/resource_files /the-open-boat.pdf ☐ Audio ☐ Visual ☐Written Source Title http://nouvelles-du- Nouvelles Du Silence “The World of silence.over- ☐ Audio Today (and blog.com/article-le-monde- (News of Silence) ☐ Visual Always)” d-aujourd-hui- (Cartoon of 114621614.html people watching a drowning person) ☐Written Source Title <iframe The Norwegian Take Care of src="https://www.facebook. ☐ Audio Directorate for Each Other com/plugins/video.php? ☐ Visual Children, Youth, and href=https%3A%2F %2Fwww.facebook.com Family Affairs via %2Ffosterhjem.no%2Fvideos Facebook.com %2F1906064669407333%2F (Video) &show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow :hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></ifr ame> ☐Written Source Title http://quoteaddicts.com/i/4 QuoteAddicts Helping Hand 586648 ☐ Audio #4586648 ☐ Visual (Graphic showing individual on one side of ravine and group on other) Novel Study If interested, these texts and themes pair well with The Lord of the Flies.</p><p>Writing Prompt After reading and examining the written and visual texts above, write an explanatory essay in which you analyze the common theme(s) evidenced in the texts. Justify your theme choices using textual evidence and evaluate the evidence as you connect to the theme choice. Teacher Resource: Optional for use of theme questions: </p><p>1. You can leave options for theme open-ended and allow students to determine their own theme. </p><p>2. To scaffold, offer students the option of the following linked themes: https://woub.org/readwritetell/pdfs/7.Theme_ThemesList.pd f</p><p>Scoring Rubric See http://www.uen.org/core/languagearts/text-basedwriting/ Authored By Machelle Maxwell and Melissa Edman</p>