Appendix: Implementing District Standards
Several Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts refer to students examining the relationships between pictures and words, as in this unit.
Speaking, Listening, Presenting Grade 8
2.Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually…)
5.Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
Reading Informational Text Grade 8
7.Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia)…
Throughout the unit, students will observe, interpret, and analyze written texts as well as images; draw or otherwise "picture" significant moments in the text; and explain, with support, how they created meaning out of the text or image. These activities are related to:
Reading Literature Grade 8
A1.Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
A4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone…
Writing and research projects that accompany the unit address these standards:
Writing Grade 8
C7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
C3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
In addition, the project and unit aligns with the Common Core strategy of distributing responsibility for literacy among disciplines. Students will be asked to make connections to the Revolutionary War information they study in Social Studies.
John Trumbull, Battle of Bunker Hill, 1786, detail. Yale University Art Gallery.
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