Common Core Standard W.8.9a Questions

Apply grade 8 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new”).

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Grade 8 Langston Hughes CCSS: CCRA.R.5, CCRA.W.9, RL.8.5, W.8.9, W.8.9a

What does the speaker mean by the last line of the poem "I, too, am America?"

Grade 8 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.3, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.3, W.8.9, W.8.9a, L.8.5

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Based on the imagery of the poem, where can you infer the poem is set? (Yes, the title says it is in Nebraska, but what is Nebraska like?)

Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.9, RL.8.10, W.8.9, W.8.9a

Did you like the ending of this piece? Were you satisfied with how it ended? Explain.

Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.W.9, RL.8.7, W.8.9, W.8.9a

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If you were to turn this ballad into a movie, what would the character of Joe Bowers look like?

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