8th Grade ELA - Unit 2: Be Careful What You Wish For!
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The Unlikely Suspect
“Lamb to the Slaughter”
Mood, Tone, Irony,
Characterization, ACE Intro
Be Careful What You Wish For
“The Monkey’s Paw”
Theme, Plot, DramaIntegration, Verbs, Folklore,
Legends, Myths, Motifs
Social Commentary in Science
Fiction
“The Veldt”
Setting, Genre, Understanding
Main Idea of Informational
Texts, Writing Informational
Article
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Unit 2: Be Careful What You Wish For
Essential Questions
Big Texts
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
“Be Careful What You Wish For” Twilight Zone
Why do certain lessons continue to show
Episode
up in literature?
How does an author develop a theme
Smaller Texts
through the development of plot?
“The Story of the Tortoise and the Eagle” by
How do modern day plots and themes
Aesop
look like older plots and themes?
“The Myth of King Midas”
“The Stonecutter”
Dates
Lesson
Homework
8/31/2015
What is Theme?
Read “The Monkey’s Paw”
scene i, answer comprehension
question WS
9/01/2015
Prediction Reading Strategy
How is Scene Being Developed
through the Plot?
Prediction Chart
Read scn ii and scn iii
9/02/2015
Watch Simpson’s Clip and
Compare Theme
Hand out Open Response
Prompt, Sample Response, and
Outline.
Graph the Plot of the Monkey’s
Paw
Draft Intro and First Paragraph
of Essay
Pre-Writing Techniques I
8th Grade ELA - Unit 2: Be Careful What You Wish For!
9/3/2015 [PALMER OUT OF
CLASS]
Complete Bubble Chart and
Evidence Chart
Drafting Day In-Class
9/04/2015
Complete First Draft at Home
Peer-Review Day
09/07/2015
Complete Revised Draft based
on peer review.
09/08/2015
First Drafts Due. Watch Twilight
Zone Episode: Be Careful What
You Wish For.
09/09/2015
First Drafts Returned. Draft final
draft in computer lab. Day I.
Unit Project Assigned.
Answer questions over video inclass.
*No Homework. Work on Final
Drafts in class. Bring USB
Device!
Draft Papers Day II.
09/10/2015
*No Homework. Work on Final
Drafts in class. Bring USB
Device!
Final papers due by end of class
09/11/2015
09/14/2015
DUE DATE FOR FINAL PAPERS
Project Work Day. Projects
Performances 09/15/2015
Project Work Day
Project Performances
09/15/2015
Project Performances
Assessment (How Will I Get My Grade)
GOAL: Average of
88% or Higher on All
Unit Assesments!
2 Unannounced ACE Quizzes
First Draft of Paper (09/08/2015)
Final Draft of Paper (09/11/2015)
Acting and Plot Project (09/15/2015)