Wednesday, October 9th

Lesson Objectives - After a brief editing exercise, students will compose a polished draft of a short response.  Students will also examine an example of folk literature.  They will then identify and find evidence that support their understanding of the personality traits of the main characters

Homework - The Embedded Assessment Reflection (with parent signature) is due tomorrow.  Also, 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.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).