8th+grade-+LA+Mazzaglia

Literature circles and Film Crew Project. Students will: 1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. 3. Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. 5. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Animal Farm Resources:









Fahrenheit 451 Resources:





The Giver Resources:



House of the Scorpion Resources: