Working With a Foundational Text:
While creating this unit, I was asked to work with a foundational document or text that I acquired from my senior field placement at a local Lansing Middle School. My mentor teacher supplied me with several state-mandated documents of standards, and I chose to follow the “Common Core” standards for eighth grade English. The Common Core standards are broad guidelines that outline "college and career readiness anchor standards" for reading, writing, speaking & listening, and language use in the English classroom.
These standards can also be found online at: http://www.corestandards.org
These standards can also be found online at: http://www.corestandards.org