Wednesday, December 10th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make corrections on the quiz from Vocabulary Unit 7. They will then continue to explore the concept of theme and how it is related to the message authors provide to the reader. Students will apply this concept to two different versions of "The Flying Machine" from Ray Bradbury.
Homework - The Performance Task Reflection and signed Student Detail Report are due on Friday.  Continue reading for December's Reader Response Sheet.
CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1
  Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2
  Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.5
  Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.7
  Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.