RL.8.2 8.3* 8.3.A* 8.6.B*

Common Core Standards Theme
Grade:	8th Grade
Standard:	Literacy.RL.8.2
Description:	Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Standard:	8.3*
Description:	Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
Standard:	8.3.A*
Description:	analyze literary works that share similar themes across cultures
Standard:	8.6.B*
Description:	analyze how the central characters' qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflict;

8th Grade Reading - Theme Lesson

Common Core Standards