Standard:
ELAGSE8RI10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction
at the high end of the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and
proficiently.
ELAGSE8W7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Essential Question: How can use research to answer a question?
Warm-up:
Return to your anticipation guide and answer the following questions: After finishing the novel, about which statements on the guide have you changed your opinion? Why did you change your opinion? If your opinion did not change, what happened in the text to strengthen your opinion? Address at least 2 statements.
Work Session:
Students complete Water for South Sudan WebQuest
Introduce Found Poem Project
Close: Connect theme to found poem assignment
Homework: None