Wednesday, October 15th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make corrections on their Vocabulary Unit 3 quiz as well as complete the word sort for Unit 4. They will then begin Collection 1 with the short story, "My Favorite Chaperone."  This is one of the models we will use when students develop and write their own personal narratives for the next Performance Task. 
Homework - Students have until Friday to get their updated Student Detail Report signed for 10 homework points.
CCSS -

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).

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.