Week One
Unit opener:
Text Model: “The national address to America’s schoolchildren” by President Barack Obama
Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.8, RI.8.10; SL 8.1; L8.1
Routine Writing: Quickwrite: How can taking a stand help to develop a person’s belief system?
Lesson Seed 1
Text Model: Text Model: “Booker T. Washington” poem by R.V. Randolph
Standards: RL.8.1 RL.8.4, RL.8.10; SL.8.1; L.8.1
Routine Writing:
How did Booker T. Washington rise above slavery?
Lesson Seed 2
Text Model: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.8.10; W.8.1, W.8.4; SL8.1; L.8.1
Routine Writing: Write an informative essay that identifies experiences that helped or hindered Booker T. Washington in his quest for an education.
Lesson Plan 1
Week Two
Text Model: : “Ballad of Booker T. Washington” by Langston Hughes
A Boys’ Life of Booker T. Washington by W.C. Jackson
Standards: RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL. 8.4, RL. 8.10; RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.10; W.8.4; L.8.1
Routine Writing: Write a summary of the text.
Lesson Seed 3
Text Model:“The Debate Over African American Education”
Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.3, RI.8.10; W.8.1, W.8.10; SL8.1, SL.8.2, SL8.3; L.8.1, L.8.2. L.8.3
Routine Writing: Create a basic argument.
Lesson Seed 4
Text Model: Videos about Booker T. Washington
Standard: RI.8.1, RI.8.7. RI.8.10; W.8.8; SL8.1; L.8.1
Routine Writing: Students will write a narrative account about the three videos
Lesson Plan 2
Week Three
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Text Model: “No argument: High school debate is popular once again”
“No argument: High school debate is popular once again”
Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.9. RI.8.10; W.8.3; SL8.1; L.8.1, L.8.3
Routine Writing: Students will write an anecdote.
Lesson Seed 5
Text Model: : “No argument: High school debate is popular once again”
Text Model: “The Power of Debate – Building the Five “C’s” for the 21st Century”
Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.6, RI.8.8, RI.8.10; W.8.1, 8.4. 8.7. 8.8, 8.10; SL.8.1, SL.8.3, SL, 8.4, SL.8.6; L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.8.6
Write a Basic Argument
Lesson Plan 3
Week Four
Text Model: Up From Slavery
Standards:RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.6, RI.8.10; W.8.1; SL.8.1, SL.8.3, SL.8.4; L.8.1, L.8.2
Routine Writing: Students will write a speech with claims, reasons, and an analysis.
Lesson Plan 4
Text Model:Up From Slavery
Week Five
Standards:RI.8.1, RI.8.2, , RI.8.10; W.8.1; SL.8.1, SL.8.3, SL.8.4; L.8.1, L.8.2
Routine Writing: : Students will write a speech with claims, reasons, and an analysis.
