Friday, January 30th

Lesson Objectives - Students will continue their work in Vocabulary Unit 11 by making their flash cards. They will then continue their analysis of the Autobiography of Fredrick Douglass and his role in the freedom of slaves in order to prepare for their visual presentation related to the upcoming performance task.  Students will also use various media sources to understand the impact Fredrick Douglass had on public opinion regarding slavery.
Homework - January's Reader Response is due on Monday at the latest.

CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.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.RI.8.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3 - Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 - Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.