Wednesday, March 6th

Lesson Objectives - Students are starting Vocabulary Unit 11.  They will then identify and analyze the author's use of suspense in the story "Amigo Brothers."
Homework - Interview Question: "Should athletes be held to a higher standard since mey young people see them as role models?  Explain."
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).