8th Grade ELA - 10/16/20

8th Grade ELA

Friday! - 10/16/2020

Learning Goals

• I can analyze a central idea in “Ain’t I a Woman?”

• I can analyze the structure of a paragraph in “Ain’t I a Woman?”

• I can analyze Sojourner Truth’s perspective in “Ain’t I a Woman?” 

Activism

What is it?

You will now have 25 minutes to use the Flocabulary resources/tools to learn about activism.

Multiple Choice

Activists can be...

• poor

• young

• conservative

• all of these

Multiple Choice

During Bali’s “trash season,”

• people decorate their homes with garbage.

• people throw away more trash than usual.

• ocean tides push trash to the shores.

• businesses stop recycling.

Multiple Choice

Melati and Isabel started Bye Bye Plastic Bags by organizing beach cleanups and a petition. When these tactics didn’t work, they...

• filmed a video about their cause that went viral.

• boycotted businesses that sold plastic bags.

• decided to go on a hunger strike.

• launched a popular hashtag.

Multiple Choice

As a result of Melati and Isabel’s work, Bali has decided to...

• be plastic bag-free by 2018.

• start making more plastic bags.

• convince other places to ban plastic bags.

• force everyone to join Bye Bye Plastic Bags.

Multiple Choice

Which statement would Melati and Isabel most likely agree with?

• Kids must rely on adults to support their activism.

• Young people are capable of making a difference.

• All activists should focus on eliminating plastic bags.

• Rosa Parks and Helen Keller were the world’s best activists.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a boycott?

• writing a letter to the mayor of your town

• organizing a petition to plant more trees in the park

• refusing to shop at a store that treats its workers badly

• making a video about why animal shelters are important

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of civil disobedience?

• Helen Keller raising money for the blind

• Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his “I Have A Dream” speech

• Oprah Winfrey founding a charity to help girls in South Africa attend school

• Susan B. Anthony casting a ballot before women had the legal right to vote in the US

Multiple Choice

Receiving signatures on a petition

• will always change the minds of people in power.

• proves that a cause has support.

• shows that change will be easy.

• is an example of a picket.

Multiple Choice

Activists often join organizations in order to

• end boycotts.

• make new friends.

• meet people who have different goals.

• work with people who have similar goals.

Multiple Choice

Civil disobedience is usually characterized as

• joyful and exciting.

• violent and oppressive.

• peaceful and nonviolent.

• dangerous and irresponsible.