Thursday, October 10

Lesson Objectives - After a review of Vocabulary Unit 2 exercises, students will compose a short response that reflects the theme of yesterday's folk tale example.  Students will also research popular Greek/Roman gods.  They will then pick one example and generate a visual representation of the characteristics related to that particular deity.

Homework - Study for Friday's Vocabulary Unit 2 quiz.

Common Core State 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.WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.