Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Post date: Oct 28, 2015 11:09:00 AM
Section 1
Learning Objectives:
October 28, 2015
Today’s Agenda
Students will demonstrate the skills they have learned from studying memoir and imagery from The Latehomecomer. This benchmark test requires they pay close attention and evaluate each response. There are only 18 questions! This WILL count as a grade.
Students will practice common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
1. Warm-up: Comprehension- #18 Chinese
2. Vocab: Review pages 45 and 46. Do page 49.
3. Review benchmark test #2 closely
4. A Place to Call Home: Read page 50 first. Then read the piece. Answer the questions.
5. What are the challenges and adjustments you learned in this selection?
(We will be writing the performance task next week!)
Whole Group Lesson
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
Homework
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Assessment/Important Upcoming dates
These are the Common Core Standards discussed throughout this unit.
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).
CC.8.W.2 Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
CC.8.R.I.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
Sections 2 & 3
Learning Objectives:
October 28, 2015
Today’s Agenda
Students will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
Students will have explored the impact the author's use of figurative language has on conveying the message. (What is the message?)
1. Warm-up: Comprehension- #18 Chinese
3. Review Figurative Language sheet
4. Watch the two close read videos
5. Reread The Latehomecomer examining the figurative language using this sheet.
6. Begin Text Features in A Place to Call Home informational text.
Whole Group Lesson
Small Group work and/or Lesson Concept clarification.
Assessment/Important Upcoming dates
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
We will be taking the second benchmark test this week. It will be an important grade!
Text features:
Heading
Subtitle
Bulleted List
Graphic aids
Circle graph
Bar graph