CCSS.ELA-LITERACY RL8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. Students are asked to analyze and summarize several texts throughout the unit.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY RL8.4
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style Students compare and contrast the Lottery and the Emperor’s New Clothes during and after dramatic presentations of the stories.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY RL8.6
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. Students’ analysis of The Lottery, The Emperor’s New Clothes, I Robot.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W8.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. Students write their own dystopian story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W8.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. Students write their own dystopian story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W8.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters Students write their own dystopian story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W8.3.C
Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence, signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another, and show the relationships among experiences and events. Students work together to put own stories in group anthologies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY W8.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. Students write their own dystopian stories.
