Friday, March 11th

Lesson Objectives - Using the Vocabulary Unit 12 words, small groups of students will act out the definitions with a brief skit.  They will then continue to evaluate and present their argumentative articles regarding the path that young people take in order to reach adulthood.  Students will start the following story, "The Whistle," in their Close Readers
Homework - Students should continue reading their books for March'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.