Tuesday, January 6th

Lesson Objectives - Students will review the story "The Real McCoy."  They will then meet with their partner in order to deconstruct the main ideas using close reading questions.  After regrouping, students will collaborate and share their findings.  Students will then compose individual responses based on their research and text evidence.
Homework - Begin reading January's Reader Response book.
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.W.8.2.b Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.