Day 1

Facing It Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Yusef Komunyakaa's poem, "Facing It."

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.7
    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.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.8
    Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2
    Determine a theme or central idea of a text...

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