1. Activity 2.1/2.10: The Challenge of Utopia
8th Grade Springboard

2. Learning Targets
I can identify and analyze the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the Embedded Assessment.

3. Activity 2.1– pg. 104 Making Connections
In the last unit, you studied what it is to be a hero and how heroes test themselves to find their own heroic qualities. In this unit, you will read a novel that features a hero who must struggle to combat forces greater than he knows in his quest for an individual sense of freedom and identify.
Essential Questions
The following Essential Questions will be the focus of the unit study. Respond to both questions the second question.
2. What makes an effective argument?

4. Activity 2.10: Making Connections
It can be said that writers of fiction, especially dystopian novels, are trying to make a point or criticize some aspect of society. In this part of the unit, you will think about how you can have an impact by creating a well-reasoned argument about a social issue important to you.

5. Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Closely read the Embedded Assessment 2 assignment.
Write an argumentative essay in which you convince an audience to support your claim about a debatable idea. Use your research and experience or observations to support your argument.

6. Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Now consult the Scoring Guide and work with your class to paraphrase the expectations. Create a web to use as a visual reminder of the required concepts and skills. After each activity, use this web to guide reflection about what you have learning and what you still need to learn in order to be successful in completing the Embedded Assessment.

7. Scoring Guide– page 172

8. Notebook
Date Unpacking Unit 2, EA 2 Web pg.

9. Unpacking Unit 2, EA 2 Web

11. Activity 2.1– pg. 104 Making Connections
In the last unit, you studied what it is to be a hero and how heroes test themselves to find their own heroic qualities. In this unit, you will read a novel that features a hero who must struggle to combat forces greater than he knows in his quest for an individual sense of freedom and identify.
Essential Questions
The following Essential Questions will be the focus of the unit study. Respond to the first question.
1. To what extent can a perfect or ideal society exist?

12. Need the rest of 2.1