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English Language Arts — Grade 8

Goal 1, Objective 1.01

Goal 1

The learner will use language to express individual perspectives through analysis of personal, social, cultural, and historical issues.

Objective 1.01

Narrate a personal account which:

  • creates a coherent, organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.
  • establishes a point of view and sharpens focus.
  • uses remembered feelings.
  • selects details that best illuminate the topic.
  • connects events to self/society.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Exploring and sharing family stories
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students access their own life experiences and then discuss family stories they have heard. After choosing a family member to interview, students create questions, interview their relative, and write a personal narrative... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
E-pals around the world
This lesson from ReadWriteThink helps teachers select e-pals for their students and develop real-life writing and learning experiences for them. Students learn the format of a friendly letter and the parts of an e-mail message. With careful selection of... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Childhood Remembrances: Life and Art Intersect in Nikki Giovanni's "Nikki-Rosa"
Adapted from Carol Jago's Nikki Giovanni in the Classroom, this ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to explore what Jago calls the place "where life and art intersect." Students complete a close reading of Giovanni's poem "Nikki-Rosa" and then... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Beyond the story: A Dickens of a party
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are invited to attend a 19th Century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. To play their roles, students must understand the values and customs that Dickens' characters represented... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Alphabiography project: Totally you
In this lesson, students are engaged in a narrative writing project after reading James Howe's Totally Joe, a young adult novel about a boy named Joe who deals with many adolescent issues—friendships, school, and coming... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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