Into Literature Grade 8 Curriculum Map

Unit 1: Gadgets and Glitches Unit 1: CCSS 8 .L.1.c–d, CCSS 8.L. 2, CCSS 8.L.4,
CCSS 8.L..4.a–d, CCSS 8.L..6, CCSS 8.RI..1,
Essential Question: Does technology improve CCSS 8.RL..2, CCSS 8.RI..2, 8.RL..3, CCSS 8.RI..3,
or control our lives? CCSS 8.RI..4, CCSS 8.RL..5, CCSS 8.RL..6, CCSS
8.RI..6,
Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary: commentary, CCSS 8.RI..7, CCSS 8.RI..8, CCSS 8.RI..9, CCSS
occupation, option, speculate, technology 8.RL..10,
8.L.6 CCSS 8.RI..10, CCSS 8.SL..1, CCSS 8.SL..3, CCSS
CCSS 8.SL..4,
CCSS 8.SL..5, CCSS 8.SL..6, CCSS 8.W..1,
CCSS 8.W..2.a–j,
CCSS 8.W..4, CCSS 8.W..7, CCSS 8.W..8,
8.W..9
Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language
Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Again and Again, Contrasts and Contradictions, Aha Moment
READING MODEL Analyze Stories: Research diagnostics, Sentence
SCIENCE FICTION Plot 8.W..7 retract, Structure
The Brave Little 8.RL..2 reintegrate, 8.L..1.c
Toaster Create and consternation,
by Cory Doctorow Analyze Science Discuss chafe, ample,
Fiction 8.RL..3 8.W..2.b, abode, vindictive
8.SL..1
-Write a Context Clues
Summary 8.L.4.a
-Discuss with a
Small Group
MENTOR TEXT Identify Main Research implant, inert, Commonly
INFORMATIONAL Idea and Details 8.W.RBPK.7 integrity, Confused
TEXT 8.RI.2 enhancements Words 8.L.2
Are Bionic Create and
Superhumans on Analyze Discuss Synonyms and
the Horizon? Organization8.RI.3 8.W.2.a–e , Antonyms 8.L.4.a
by Ramez Naam 8.SL.1
-Write an
Informational
Essay
-Discuss with a
Small Group

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 POEM Analyze Research NA NA
Interflora Structure 8.W.RBPK.7
by Susan Hamlyn 8.RL..5
Create and
Analyze Irony Present
8.RL.6 8.W.4,
8.SL. 6
-Write a Sonnet
-Present a
Sonnet
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Arguments
ARGUMENT Analyze Claim and Research redistribute, Transitional
The Automation Evidence 8.W.RBPK.9 robustly, Words and
Paradox 8.RI.CS.6, predominantly, Phrases
8.RI.8 Create and relevant, 8.L.1
by James Bessen
Discuss expansive,
Analyze Graphic 8.W.1, collaborate
Features 8.SL.1
8.RI.7 -Write a Use a Dictionary
Persuasive Essay 8.L.4.c,
-Discuss with a 8.L.6
Small Group
ARGUMENT Evaluate Evidence Research sector, scrutinize, Active and
Heads Up, Humans 8.RI.KID.1, 8.W.RBPK.8, exotic, renowned Passive Voice
by Claudia Alarcón 8.RI.8 8.W.RBPK.9 8.L.1.d
Greek Roots
Analyze Rhetoric Create and 8.L.4.b,
and Reasoning Discuss 8.L..4.d
8.RI.4, 8.SL.5,
8.RI.6 8.SL.1
-Create a Public
Service
Announcement
-Discuss with a
Small Group
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Arguments 8.RI.IKI.9
Debate 8.SL.CC.3, 8.SL.PKI.4, 8.W.TTP.1

Independent Reading 8.RL.10, 8.RI., 8.SL.1

Unit 1 Tasks
 Write an Informational Essay 8.W..2.a –j, 8.W..4, 8.W.5, 8.L.1
 Present and Respond to an Instructional Speech 8.SL.4, 8.SL.5

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Unit 2: The Thrill of Horror Unit 2: 8.L.1, 8.L.1.a–b, 8.L.2,
8.L.4, 8.L.4.b–d, 8.L..6,
Essential Question: Why do we sometimes like 8.RL.1, 8.RI.1, 8.RL2, 8.RI.2,
to feel frightened? 8.RL.3, 8.RL.4, 8.RL.5, 8.RI..5,
8.RL..6, 8.RI.6, 8.RL.7, 8.RL.9,
Unit 2 Academic Vocabulary: convention, 8.RL.10, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1,
predict, psychology, summary, technique 8.SL.2, 8.SL.4, 8.SL.6, 8.W..2.a–j,
8.L.VAU.6 8.W.3, 8.W.4, 8.W..5,
8.W.6, 8.W.7, 8.W..8

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Extreme or Absolute Language, Quoted Words, Big Questions
READING MODEL Analyze Literary Research intensify, justify, Commas
MENTOR TEXT Criticism 8.W.RBPK.8 parallel, quest 8.L.CSE.2
LITERARY 8.RI.CS.5,
CRITICISM 8.RI.CS.6 Create and Use Suffixes
What Is the Discuss 8.L.VAU.4.b
Horror Genre? Paraphrase and 8.W.TTP.1,
by Sharon A. Summarize Text 8.SL.CC.1
Russell 8.RI.KID.2 -Write a Letter
-Discuss with a
Small Group
SHORT STORY Analyze Point of Research conceive, stifle, Phrases and
The Tell-Tale View 8.W.7 audacity, Clauses
Heart 8.RL.6 derision, vex, 8.L.1.a
by Edgar Allan Create and crevice,
Poe Analyze Dramatize vehemently,
Suspense 8.W. 3, hypocritical
8.RL.CS.4, 8.SL. 6
8.RL.CS.6 - Write a Scene Use a Dictionary
- Dramatize a 8.L. 4.c
Scene
POEM Make Research NA NA
The Hollow Connections 8.W.RBPK.8
by Kelly Deschler 8.RL. 1
Create and
Analyze Rhyme Present
Scheme 8.W. 4,
8.RL.5 8.SL. 6
-Write a Poem
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 -Present a Poem

COLLABORATE & COMPARE

Compare Versions
SHORT STORY Analyze Theme Research peril, grimace, Verb Tenses
The Monkey’s Paw 8.RL..1, 8.W.7 credulity, 8.L.1.b
by W.W. Jacobs 8.RL.2 compensation,
Create and condole, fate,
Analyze Discuss prosaic,
Foreshadowing 8.W.4, resignation
8.RL..3, 8.SL.1
8.RL.5 -Personal Latin Roots
Response 8.L.4.b–d
-Share and
Discuss Ideas
FILM CLIP Analyze Film Research NA NA
from The Monkey’s 8.RL..5, 8.W.8
Paw 8.RL.I.7
Create and
by Ricky Lewis Jr.
Discuss
8.SL.5,
8.W.4
-Discuss Ideas
-Create a
Storyboard
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Versions 8.RL.CS.5, 8.RL.IKI.7
Discuss and Present 8.RL.IKI.7, 8.SL.CC.2

Independent Reading 8.RL..10, 8.RI. 10, 8.SL. 1

Unit 2 Task
 Write a Literary Analysis 8.W.2.a–j, 8.W.4, 8.W.5, 8.W. 6, 8.L.CSE.1.a

Unit 3: Places We Call Home Unit 3: 8.L..1, 8.L..1.b, 8.L..2,

Essential Question: What are the places that
shape who you are?
Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary: contribute,
immigrate, reaction, relocate, shifting
Into Literature Grade 8 SE Curriculum Map
8.L..3, 8.L..4, 8.L..4.a, 8.L..4.c,
8.L.6, 8.RL.1, 8.RI.1, 8.RL.2,
8.RL.3, 8.RI.3, 8.RL.CS.4, 8.RL.5,
8.RI..5, 8.RI..6, 8.RI..7, 8.RI.9,
8.RL..10, 8.RI..10, 8.SL.1,
8.SL..2, 8.SL..3, 8.SL..4, 8.SL..6,
4
 8.W.3, 8.W.3.a–g, 8.W.4,
8.W.5, 8.W.6, 8.W.7,
8.W.8, 8.W.10
Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language
Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Tough Questions, Again and Again, Memory Moment
READING MODEL Analyze Plot Research sponsor, stun, Subject-Verb
SHORT STORY 8.RL.1, 8.W.7 dispatcher, Agreement
My Favorite 8.RL.3 scuffle, whimper 8.L1.b
Chaperone Create and
by Jean Davies Analyze Discuss
Okimoto Character 8.RL.K2, Context Clues
8.L.4.a
8.RL..3 8.W..4,
8.SL.1
-Write a
Summary
-Discuss with a
Small Group
MENTOR TEXT Analyze Research reminisce, Pronouns
NOVEL Narrative 8.W.7 ravage, froth, 8.L. 1
from The Book of Structure convene, assure,
Unknown 8.RL.3, Create and melodrama,
Americans 8.RL.5 Present confer
by Cristina 8.W.3,
Henríquez Analyze Theme 8.SL.6 Use a Dictionary
8.RL.1, - Write a 8.L..4.c
8.RL.2 Paragraph
- Act Out a Scene
POEM Analyze Line Research NA NA
Spirit Walking in Length 8.W.7,
the Tundra 8.RL.5 8.SL.1
by Joy Harjo
Analyze Literary Create and
Devices Debate
8.RL.4 8.W.PDW.4,
8.SL.3,
8.SL.4
-Write a Poem
-Hold a Debate
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Purposes

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 DOCUMENTARY Analyze a Research eligible, Semicolons,
New Immigrants Documentary 8.W.RBPK.8 assimilate, Colons, and
Share Their 8.RI.CS.6, embrace, Parentheses
8.RI.IKI.7 Create and capitalize, unrest 8.L.2
Stories
Discuss
directed by Lisa Analyze Text 8.W.4, Multiple-Meaning
Gossels Elements 8.SL. 1 Words
8.RI.5 -Write a Letter 8.L.4.a
INFORMATIONAL -Discuss with a
TEXT Small Group
A Common Bond:
Teens Forge
Friendships
Despite
Differences
by Brook Hauser
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Purposes 8.RI.5, 8.RI.9, 8.SL.2
Create and Present 8.SL.1

Independent Reading 8.RL.10, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1

Unit 3 Task
 Write a Short Story 8.W.3.a–g, 8.W.4, 8.W.5, 8.W.6, 8.L.3

Unit 4: The Fight for Freedom Unit 4: 8.L.1, 8.L.1.c, 8.L.4.a–d,

8.L.5, 8.L..6, 8.RL..1, 8.RI..1,
Essential Question: What will people risk to be 8.RL.2, 8.RL.3, 8.RI.3, 8.RL.CS.4,
free? 8.RI.4, 8.RL.5, 8.RI.5, 8.RI.6,
8.RI.7, 8.RL.9, 8.RL.10,
Unit 4 Academic Vocabulary: access, civil, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1, 8.SL.4, 8.SL.5,
demonstrate, document, symbolize 8.L..6 8.SL.6, 8.W.1, 8.W.2, 8.W.2.a–
j, 8.W..4, 8.W.5, 8.W..6,
8.W.7, 8.W..8
Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language
Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Word Gaps, Contrasts and Contradictions, Big Questions

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READING MODEL Analyze Research commence, Pronoun-
AUTOBIOGRAPHY Autobiography 8.W.RBPK.8 prudence, Antecedent
from Narrative of 8.RI.KID.1, denunciation, Agreement
8.RI.6 Create and apprehension, 8.L.1
the Life of
Discuss unabated,
Frederick Analyze 8.W.2, vindication
Douglass, an Structure 8.RI.4,
American Slave 8.RI..5 8.RL.4 Latin Roots
by Frederick -Write a Literary 8.L.4.a–b,
Douglass Analysis 8.L.4.d
-Discuss with a
Small Group
BIOGRAPHY Analyze Research disheveled, Run-on
from Harriet Characterization 8.W.RBPK.7 dispel, sullen, Sentences
Tubman: 8.RI.1, cajole, instill, 8.L.1.c
Conductor on the 8.RI..5 Create and linger,
Underground Present eloquence,
Railroad Analyze Author’s 8.W.1, evoke
by Ann Petry Craft 8.SL.4,
8.RI.3, 8.SL.5 Latin Roots
8.RI..4 - Write a Speech 8.L.4.b–d
- Present a
Speech
HISTORICAL Analyze Setting Research solemn, strew, Sentence
FICTION 8.RL.1, 8.W.7 resolute, askew, Fragments
The Drummer Boy 8.RL.3 legitimately, 8.L.1.c
Create and muted
of Shiloh
Analyze Dramatize 8.W.2
by Ray Bradbury Mood Interpret Figures
8.RL.4
8.SL.6 of Speech
- Write a Report 8.L.4.a,
- Dramatize a 8.RL.4
Scene
POEM Analyze Research NA NA
O Captain! My Figurative 8.W. 8
Captain! Language
8.RL.4 Create and
by Walt Whitman
Recite
Analyze Genre: 8.L.5,
Poetry 8.SL.6
8.RL.4 - Write a Poem
- Choral Reading

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COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Treatments
POEM Paraphrase Research NA NA
Poetry 8.RL.KID.2 8.W.RBPK.7

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 Not My Bones
by Marilyn Nelson Analyze Create and
Chronological Discuss
Structure 8.SL.5,
MENTOR TEXT
8.RI.3, 8.SL.6
HISTORICAL 8.RI.5 - Express Ideas
WRITING Visually
from Fortune’s - Recite a Poem
Bones
by Pamela
Espeland

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Treatments 8.RL.5
Decide and Discuss 8.SL.1, 8.SL.4

Independent Reading 8.RL.10, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1

Unit 4 Tasks
 Write a Research Report 8.W.2.a–j, 8.W.4, 8.W.5, 8.L.1.c
 Participate in a Collaborative Discussion 8.SL.1, 8.SL.4

Unit 5: Finding Your Path Unit 5: 8.L.1, 8.L.1.a, 8.L.1.c,

8.L.2, 8.L4, 8.L.4.a–d, 8.L.5,
Essential Question: How do your teenage 8.L.6, 8.RL.1, 8.RI.1, 8.RL.2,
years prepare you for adulthood? 8.RI.2, 8.RL.3, 8.RL.4, 8.RI.4,
8.RL.5, 8.RI.5, 8.RI.6, 8.RI.8,
Unit 5 Academic Vocabulary: debate, deduce, 8.RI.9, 8.RL..10, 8.RI.RR10,
license, sufficient, trend 8.SL.1, 8.SL.3, 8.SL.4, 8.SL.5,
8.L. 6 8.SL.6, 8.W.1, 8.W.1.a–i,
8.W.4, 8.W.5, 8.W..7,
8.W.8, 8.W.9, 8.W.10
Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language
Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Contrasts and Contradictions, Big Questions, Number and Stats
READING MODEL Analyze Research adaptable, Pronoun-
INFORMATIONAL Structure 8.W.7, insulate, deplete, Antecedent
TEXT 8.RI. 5 8.W.9 dependent, Agreement
paradox, lethal 8.L. 1
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 The Debit We Analyze Author’s Create and
Owe to the Purpose 8.RI.6 Discuss Use Resources
Adolescent Brain 8.W.4, 8.L.4.a,
8.SL.1, 8.L.4.c
by Jeanne Miller
8.SL.4
- Write a Letter
- Discuss with a
Small Group
NOVEL Analyze Research confide, snicker, Modifiers
from Bronx Structure 8.W.RBPK.7 tirade, hunker 8.L.1
Masquerade 8.RL.CS.5 Create and
by Nikki Grimes Analyze Present Context Clues
Characterization 8.L.5, 8.L.4.a
8.RL.1, 8.SL.6
8.RL.3 - Write a Poem
- Present a Poem
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Poems
POEM Analyze Free Research NA NA
Hanging Fire Verse Poetry 8.W.RBPK.7
by Audre Lorde 8.RL.5
Create and
Make Inferences Present
POEM
8.RL.1 8.W.10,
Summer of His 8.SL.6
Fourteenth Year - Write a
by Gloria Amescua Response to
Literature
- Give a Dramatic
Reading
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Poems 8.RL.2, 8.RL.4, 8.RL.5
Create and Present 8.RL.5, 8.SL.4

Compare Arguments
ARGUMENT Analyze Claims Research relish, dynamic, Compound
from It’s and Evidence 8.W.RBPK.9 appease, intimacy Sentences
Complicated: The 8.RI.8 8.L.1.c
Create and Context Clues
Social Live of
Identify Counter Present 8.L.4.a
Networked Teens Argument 8.RI.6 8.W.1,
by danah boyd 8.SL..4,
8.SL.5
- Write an
Opinion Piece
- Advocate a
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 Position
ARGUMENT Analyze Structure Research perspective, Correct
Outsmart Your 8.RI..5, 8.W.8 deliberate, Capitalization
8.RI.8 impulsive, 8.L.2
Smartphone
Create and stimulant,
by Catherine
Analyze Rhetorical Discuss anonymous,
Steiner-Adair Devices8.RI.4 8.W.4, inhibited
8.SL.3
- Write a Letter Word Families
- Critique as a 8.L.4.b,
Class 8.L.4.d
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Arguments 8.RI.8, 8.RI.9
Create and Present 8.SL.3, 8.SL.4

Independent Reading 8.RL.10, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1

Unit 5 Tasks
 Write an Argument 8.W.1.a–i, 8.W.5, 8.L.1
 Present an Argument 8.SL.4, 8.SL.5

Unit 6: The Legacy of Anne Frank Unit 6: 8.L.CS2, 8.L..3, 8.L. 4,

Essential Question: What can we learn from
Anne Frank?
Unit 6 Academic Vocabulary: communicate,
draft, liberation, philosophy, publish 8.L. 6
8.L.4.a–b, 8.L. 5, 8.L. 6,
8.RL.KI1, 8.RI. 1, 8.RL. 2, 8.RL. 3,
8.RI. 3, 8.RL. 4, 8.RI4, 8.RL. 7,
8.RI. 7, 8.RI. 8, 8.RL. 10,
8.RI.RRT10, 8.SL. 1, 8.SL. 4, 8.SL. 5,
8.SL. 6, 8.W. 1, 8.W. 3.a–g,
8.W. 4, 8.W. 5, 8.W.7,
8.W.8

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
Notice & Note Reading Model: Words of the Wiser, Memory Moment, Contrasts and
Contradictions
READING MODEL Analyze Drama Research 8.W.8 conspicuous, Correct
DRAMA 8.RL5, indignantly, Capitalization8.L.2
The Diary of Anne 8.RL.7 appalled, loathe,
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Frank ostentatiously,
by Frances Analyze Plot Create and inarticulate
Goodrich and Developme Dramatize
Albert Hackett nt8.RL.3 8.SL.5, Use Prefixes8.L.4.b
8.SL.6
-Make a Poster
-Dramatize a
Relationship
MENTOR TEXT Analyze a Research implore, Parentheses
DIARY Primary Source 8.W.RBPK.7 splendid, 8.L.CSE.2
from The Diary of 8.RI.3, conjecture
a Young Girl 8.RI.I7 Create and
by Anne Frank Discuss Connotation and
Make Inferences 8.L.3, Denotation
8.RI.1 8.SL.1 8.L.V4.a,
-Create a Comic 8.L.5
- Discuss with a
Partner
SPEECH Analyze Appeals Research NA NA
After Auschwitz 8.RI..4, 8.W.7
by Elie Wiesel 8.RI.8
Create and
Analyze Present
Rhetorical 8.W.8,
Devices 8.SL.4,
8.RI.4 8.SL.5
-Make a Poster
-Discuss with a
Group
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Poems
POEM Analyze Sound Research NA NA
There But for the Devices 8.W.RBPK.8
Grace 8.RL.CS.4
Create andRecite
by Wislawa
Analyze Figurative8.SL.5,
Szymborska Language
8.RL.4 8.SL.6
POEM -Illustrate
Days Figurative
by Billy Collins Language
-Recite a Poem
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Poems 8.RL.1, 8.RL.2
Analyze and Share 8.RL.1, 8.SL1, 8.W.1

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 Independent Reading 8.RL.10, 8.RI.10, 8.SL.1

Unit 6 Task
 Write a Personal Narrative 8.W.3.a–g, 8.W.5, 8.L.2