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8th ELA Unit 2
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In this unit, students will now move further into fiction by analyzing more deeply the choices made by authors in developing the theme of a text. They’ll analyze how a film or drama departs from or follows the original work. At the end of the unit, students will use the strategies they’ve analyzed from the authors in order to re-write the piece from an alternate perspective.
Priority Standards
Reading Literature 8.2: Analyze the development of the theme over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Reading Literature 8.7: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Writing 8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Big Ideas
Author’s craft helps readers determine meaning.
Writing about reading helps readers understand complex literary choices made by authors.
Essential Questions
How does an understanding of author's purpose and choice of techniques help the reader gather meaning from text?
How can I respond to what I read?
Reading Literature 8.2: Analyze the development of the theme over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Reading Literature 8.7: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Writing 8.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Big Ideas
Author’s craft helps readers determine meaning.
Writing about reading helps readers understand complex literary choices made by authors.
Essential Questions
How does an understanding of author's purpose and choice of techniques help the reader gather meaning from text?
How can I respond to what I read?
VocabularyAnalyze
Compare Contrast Interpret Summarize Point of View |
Summative & RweSTAR custom assessment.
Students will re-write a scene from a text in a different point of view. |
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