NC.ELA.RL.8.3
North Carolina English Language Arts Standards
Grade 8
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Degree of Alignment:
3 Superior
(1 user)
NC.ELA.RL.8.6
North Carolina English Language Arts Standards
Grade 8
Learning Domain: Reading: Literature
Standard: Analyze how differences in the perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.
Degree of Alignment:
2 Strong
(1 user)
on Jun 02, 11:46am Evaluation
Motivation: Strong (2)
This resource promotes critical thinking, but needs to include some collaborative elements to enhance content and instruction.
on Jun 02, 11:46am Evaluation
Accessibility: Superior (3)
This resource can be modified for learners with cognitive (and/or developmental, physical) disabilities by utilizing a text reader to translate the PowerPoint so that a student could return to the information at a later date and review the presentation.
on Jun 02, 11:46am Evaluation
Reliability: Superior (3)
This resource is reliable on all platforms thus creating a PowerPoint that is clear and accessible from many learning devices.
on Jun 02, 11:46am Evaluation
Purpose: Strong (2)
This resource has valuable technology features, but needs to include interactive elements that engage the learner or tools that allow choice and integration of technology to enhance content and instruction.
This short PowerPoint presentation is a good introduction to archetypes and includes an easy-to-understand and effective activity to assess student learning at the end.
Full alignment to depth and breadth of standard RL.8.3 and partial alignment of standards RL.8.6.
Learning objectives need clarifying in order to match NC standard.
Has clear and sufficient assessment strategies that will accurately measure student progress and mastery of the specified standards.
The strengths of this lesson plan are its engaging and focused content, its accurate information, and the clarity and user-friendliness of the presentation. Also, students are asked to think of examples from movies and TV shows with which they are familiar, which could be motivating.
An opportunity for growth might be the addition of a rubric to provide feedback and direction for the written response.