Appendix: Implementing District and Common Core Standards
The following standards used for this unit will help with the direction to unit moves, will aid in our faithful implementation of strategies to determine key learning objectives in the form of theme and central idea. The standards will help us address various points of view from both the fiction and non-fiction texts used throughout the unit.
CC.8. R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.8. R.L.6 Craft and Structure: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
CC.8. W.3 Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
In order to master these standards, students must be able to identify and explain the content, context, language, structure, technique and style of text(s) and the relationship among texts. Students must be able to identify and explain the effects of the creator’s choices on an audience. Students must be able to justify opinions and ideas, using examples, explanations and terminology. Students must be able to interpret similarities and differences in features within and between genres and texts.
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