Wednesday, November 18th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete their Graphic Representations for Vocabulary Unit 6.  They will then compare and contrast the text and film versions of "The Monkey's Paw."  After a tutorial on theme, students will apply this concept to this story and the previous ones in this collection.  Students will then create storyboards that will help them explain the theme for the story they choose.
Homework - Students will have their quiz on both the text and film versions of "The Monkey's Paw" 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
• 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.8.7 - 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.