Thursday, October 8th

Lesson Objectives - While examining "The Latehomecomer" students will analyze the author's main idea.  They will brainstorm the author's purpose and determine where these ideas will fit into the Performance Task.  They will then identify and correct samples of common writing mistakes.
Homework - Students are to get their Student Detail Report signed and returned by Tuesday, 10/13.
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.8.3 - Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.