Monday, January 5th

Lesson Objectives - After a brief review of the stories from this collection from before the break, students will continue with the next story, "The Real McCoy, "by Jim Haskins. Here, they will evaluate the effectiveness of the author's arguments as well as the main themes. They will determine which (if any) arguments they might use in the upcoming Performance Task.
Homework - Students are to submit their December Reader Response Sheet no later than tomorrow.
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.