Tuesday, September 2nd

Lesson Objectives - Students will be introduced to the Reader Response Sheet.  They will also finish their group presentations regarding classroom expectations.  Students will then sort out a list of words based on their connotative meanings in order to understand the relationship between word choice and mood/tone.
Homework - Students will begin working on September's Reader Response Sheet.  They need to select a book by Monday of next week.
CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
• 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.