Standards

Standards/Skills

RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * Flowers 6 TS Irony During Reading RL.8.1, RL.8.6 (Assignment)

RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationships to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. RI.8.2 Determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * Determining Theme and Central Idea (Presentation)
 * Proving an Objective Summary of the Text (Presentation)
 * Study Guide for Central Idea/Theme/Summary
 * Central Idea/Theme/Summary In-Class Review
 * Central Idea vs. Theme Review Game

RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
 * Dialogue reveals aspects of a character (Presentation)
 * Incidents propel the action
 * Flowers Key Incidents Dialogue Post Reading RL.8.3 (Assignment)

RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
 * Analyzing Word Choice and its Impact on Meaning and Tone (Presentation)
 * Tone Practice (Assignment)
 * Analogy Practice (Assignment)
 * FFA Tone During Reading RL.8.4 (Assignment)

RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g. created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
 * Dramatic Irony (Presentation)
 * Flowers 6 TS Irony During Reading RL.8.1, RL.8.6 (Assignment)