Wednesday, September 28th

Lesson Objectives - Students will create their graphic representations for the second vocabulary unit. After a review of the concept of theme, they will receive a list which will enable them to complete their Reader Response Packet.  Students will then start their first story in the Close Reader titled "Museum Indians."
Homework - Prepare for tomorrow's quiz Vocabulary Unit 2.  Continue working on September's Reader Response Packet.
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.8.4 - 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.