Friday, April 24, 2015
Post date: Apr 24, 2015 11:18:25 AM
Dates:
TESTING ALL NEXT WEEK
Talk due May 6
You MUST refer to TWO SOURCES in your presentation: "According to..."
Warm-up: Daily Buzzword
apparel (noun)
Objective:
I want students to enjoy the study of new words using the Daily Buzzword.
Students should have been done this week's work! If not, they will!
I want to give students time to think about their Ted Talk. It's time for them picture themselves presenting and the time they need to fill.
Agenda:
Buzzword and trivia question on responder. (I got it WRONG today.)
Quiet writing time? Writing/work time on "germ of hope" question due TODAY.
Read pages 20-26 in Night for imagery of flames. Fill in chart.
Standards:
CC.8.W.4 Production and Distribution of Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CC.8.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot;
CC.8.L.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.