Grade 8
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Language
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
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Speaking & Listening
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Writing
CCSS ELA Standard: 8.RI.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Let's take a starting phrase about St. Patrick's Day and get specific. No, even more specific!
Let's make this simile about a strong uncle even more specific.
Students will make this slimy broccoli simile seriously specific.
Let's make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.
Let's make this simile about a loud class super specific!
Students will make this simile about stinky seaweed super specific.
What if... Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?