Grade+8,+Unit+2

== = = =UNIT 2: A FOCUS ON SPEECHES AND MEMOIRS= =ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does learning through literature differ from learning through informational text?= = = =LITERARY TEXTS--= =ANTHOLOGIES:= = = =POETRY:= = = =MEMOIR:= = = =INFORMATIONAL TEXTS--= =SPEECHES:= = = =BIOGRAPHIES:= = = =ADDITIONAL RESOURCES--= = = =ART, MUSIC AND MEDIA--= =MEDIA:= = = =FUNDAMENTALS--= =WRITING:= = = =GRAMMAR AND USAGE:= = = =MECHANICS:= = = =TERMINOLOGY:=
 * =//Timeless Voice, Timeless Themes – Prentice Hall Literature//=
 * ="Caged Bird" (Maya Angelou)=
 * =//I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings// (Maya Angelou)=
 * = "Darkness at Noon" by Harold Krents =
 * = "I Have a Dream" (Martin Luther King Jr.) =
 * = "Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation" delivered 8 December, 1941, Washington, D.C. (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) =
 * =//America’s Paul Revere// (Esther Forbes and Lynd Ward)=
 * =Packet: "A Day of Infamy: Analyzing FDR’s Pearl Harbor Speech"=
 * ="15 Historical Events that Fascinate Us" (Frikoo.Com)=
 * =//Maya Angelou// by Patricia Kirkpatrick=
 * =//Maya Angelou// by Patricia Kite=
 * =//Black Americans of Achievement// by Miles Shapiro=
 * =Online biography Maya Angelou (biography.com)=
 * ="Martin Luther King Jr. 'I Have a Dream' speech video, complete text and audio" (wptv.com)=
 * =FDR Asks Congress to Declare War on Japan=
 * =Brainstorming worksheet for persuasive essay.=
 * =Nothing new this unit.=
 * =Nothing new this unit.=
 * =Tone=
 * =Repetition=
 * =Perspective=
 * =Point of View=
 * =Figurative Language=
 * =The Writing Process: Brainstorming, Prewriting, Revising, Editing, Final Copy, Publishing=

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