The following standards from the South Carolina English Language Arts Curriculum Standards document are targeted in this assignment.
The student will:
8-R1.3 - Demonstrate the ability to make connections between a text read independently and his or her prior knowledge, other texts, and the world.
8-R1.4 - Demonstrate the ability to summarize, paraphrase, analyze, and evaluate what he or she reads.
8-R1.14 - Demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast his or her findings on a particular topic after having extracted that information from two or more pieces of graphic or written material.
8-W1.3 - Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details.
8-W2.1 - Demonstrate the ability to use writing to explain and inform.
8- C3.6 - Demonstrate the ability to compare
and contrast the treatment of a given situation or event in nonprint sources.