Tuesday, March 5th

Lesson Objectives - Students will start their next story, "Amigo Brothers."   Here, they will make predictions about the outcome of the story based on inferential and personal knowledge.
Homework - Answer the following in a paragraph: "If you were competing against a good friend for something you both really wanted, do you think it would affect your friendship?  Explain why or why not."
Common Core Standards -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).