{"product_id":"grade-8-critical-thinking-in-literacy-full-unit","title":"Grade 8 Critical Thinking in Literacy — Full Unit (Unit 9 of 12)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll 8 lessons are complete — identify irony, satire, and allusion in different texts, make inferences using small clues within a single sentence or paragraph, judge how reliable different pieces of information are, identify cultural details in a text, such as customs, values, or everyday roles, identify a text's stated and unstated perspective, name a text's real topic. This can be diversity, inclusion, or accessibility, compare two texts by First Nations, Métis, or Inuit creators. We look at how a historical period or event shaped each one, and assess how well we used a thinking skill from this unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe 8 lessons\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Writer's Toolbox: Irony, Satire, and Allusion\u003c\/strong\u003e — identify irony, satire, and allusion in different texts, explain the meaning each device creates beyond its literal words, and judge whether a device fits its purpose and audience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Between the Lines\u003c\/strong\u003e — make inferences using small clues within a single sentence or paragraph, make inferences using the bigger picture across a whole text, and support an inference with the exact evidence that led to it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilding One Conclusion from Many Sources\u003c\/strong\u003e — judge how reliable different pieces of information are, combine information from more than one source into one picture, and put ideas in a sensible order and reach a supported conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat a Text Carries From Its World\u003c\/strong\u003e — identify cultural details in a text, such as customs, values, or everyday roles, investigate what those details actually mean, and explain how those details add meaning to the text as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhose Side Is This Text On?\u003c\/strong\u003e — identify a text's stated and unstated perspective, evaluate evidence that suggests a perspective is biased, and suggest a specific way to reduce that bias\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat This Text Is Really Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e — name a text's real topic. This can be diversity, inclusion, or accessibility, respond to a text's message, and spot different positions inside one text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComparing Two Voices, Two Times\u003c\/strong\u003e — compare two texts by First Nations, Métis, or Inuit creators. We look at how a historical period or event shaped each one, compare how cultural experience shapes those texts, and connect what the texts show to current lived experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNaming My Thinking, Setting My Goal\u003c\/strong\u003e — assess how well we used a thinking skill from this unit, give clear proof that a skill worked, and set a real, doable goal to improve a thinking skill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery lesson comes with a full teaching set: a lesson plan, a worksheet, homework, and a handout. The unit also includes 8 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll download\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour purchase is 12 files: one numbered zip per lesson, a zip for the exit cards, a zip for the quizzes, assignment, and project, and a short read-me guide. Every lesson includes a print-ready PDF, an editable Word document, and — for the lesson plan — a PowerPoint slide deck to project while you teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Read-Me-First before anything else.\u003c\/strong\u003e It explains how the downloads are organized and what to do with each one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Teaching Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46135249403951,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7777\/0287\/files\/g8-lang-c3-cover-v3.png?v=1791821851","url":"https:\/\/theteachingvault.com\/products\/grade-8-critical-thinking-in-literacy-full-unit","provider":"The Teaching Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}