Monday, October 5, 2015 (My daughter's 18th birthday!)
Post date: Oct 5, 2015 11:22:43 AM
Section 1
Students will be able to determine the writer's message and explain how it was conveyed through the text through facts, opinions, and analogies..
Students will have presented on Bonne Annee through focusing on author's message.
Warm-up
Begin writing the paragraph.
Warm-up:
Small Group work and/or Lesson Concept clarification.
Performance Task: At the end of this collection students will write an expository essay focusing on the challenges immigrants face and the adjustments immigrants make.
Vocabulary
Presentation work time and present.
Assessment/Important Up-coming dates
We are not doing Vocabulary Workshop words today.
Completing the Sentence unit 2 + Quizlet!
These are the Common Core Standards discussed throughout this unit. I will highlight which standard or part of the standard I will focus on each day.
CC.8.R.L.1 I will be able to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CC.8.R.L.2 I will be able to 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; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.8.R.L.3 I will be able to analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
CC.8.R.L.4 I will be able to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
CC.8.L.4.b Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Sections 2 & 3
Learning Objectives:
October 5, 2015
Today’s Agenda
Students will demonstrate their mastery of the literature terms and close reading skills practiced in My Favorite Chaperone.
Students will explore vocabulary examining prefixes and roots.
1. Buzzword: Uproar
2. Lesson on how to handle long reading passages in test situations
3. Take reading comprehension benchmark test
Whole Group Lesson
Warm-up:
Small Group work and/or Lesson Concept clarification.
Performance Task: At the end of this collection students will write an expository essay focusing on the challenges immigrants face and the adjustments immigrants make.
Vocabulary
Testing
Assessment/Important Up-coming dates
Interims: October 2, 2015
Figurative Language:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole