Monday, February 29th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the Graphic Presentations for the Vocabulary Unit 11 words.  They will preview the Performance Task for  Collection 4 which they are starting today.  Students will then begin the next story, "Marigolds."
Homework - Students should continue working on their Visual Presentation due on Monday, March 7th.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Tuesday, February 23rd

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the Sentence Share for the Vocabulary Unit 11 words.  They will continue to analyze the poem "O Captain My Captain" as they look for figurative meanings in the context of the ideas from the current unit.
Homework - Students will have their quiz on "O Captain My Captain" tomorrow.  They received their Performance Task packets today for their Visual Presentation due on Monday, March 7th.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Monday, February 22nd

Lesson Objectives - Students will make their Flash Cards for Vocabulary Unit 11.  They will then examine possible sources to use for their upcoming Performance Task.  Students will analyze the poem "O Captain My Captain" as they look for figurative meanings in the context of the ideas from the current unit.
Homework - Students will continue working on their Reader Response Sheet which is due on Monday, February 29th.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Thursday, February 18th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the Word Sort for Vocabulary Unit 11.  Using the story "Bloody Times," they will complete close reading questions that will help them show the similarities and differences between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.  This information can be used as research toward their upcoming Performance Task.
Homework -Students will have their quiz on "Bloody Times" tomorrow.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Wednesday, February 17th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make corrections for the Vocabulary Unit 10 quiz.  They will then continue the next story "Bloody Times."  Here, the students will compare/contrast the leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Homework -Students are to continue working on February's Reader Response Sheet.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Friday, February 12th

Lesson Objectives - Students will take the quiz for Vocabulary Unit 10.  They will then continue their Close Reading Quiz on the story, "A Mystery of Heroism." After a review on the organization of the compare/contrast formats, students will begin the next story "Bloody Times."  Here, the students will compare/contrast the leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Homework -The Close Reader book check is on Tuesday.  Please be sure that the questions for "A Mystery of Heroism" and "Civil War Journal" are completed.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Thursday, February 11th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the Graphic Representations for the Vocabulary Unit 10 words.  They will then continue the next story, "A Mystery of Heroism," where they will start their Close Reading Quiz in small groups and eventually finish it by themselves.
Homework -Quiz on Vocabulary Unit 10 is tomorrow.  Bring your Flash Cards!
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Tuesday, February 9th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the sentence share for the Vocabulary Unit 10 words.  They will then continue the next story, "Civil War Journal," where they will complete their Close Reading Quiz in small groups and eventually by themselves.
Homework - Students are to continue working on February's Reader Response Sheet due on Monday, February 29th.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Monday, February 8th

Lesson Objectives - Students will create their Flash Cards Vocabulary Unit 10.  They will then continue the next story, "Civil War Journal," where they will interpret Louisa May Alcott's use of the journal entry style of her storytelling.
Homework - Students are to continue working on February's Reader Response Sheet due on Monday, February 29th.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Friday, February 5th

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete the Word Sort to introduce Vocabulary Unit 10.  They will then continue the next story, "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," where they will interpret Ray Bradbury's use on mood in his storytelling.
Homework - Students will complete their quiz corrections for "Fredrick Douglass."  Class Work pages 1-7 are due at the beginning of class on Monday.
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Thursday, February 4th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make corrections on Vocabulary Unit 9 as well as a recent quiz on Fredrick Douglass.  They will then begin the next story, "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," where they will interpret Ray Bradbury's use on mood in his storytelling.
Homework - Students will complete their quiz corrections for "Fredrick Douglass."
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.8.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.