Monday, October 24th

Lesson Objectives - After a discussion concerning the popularity of the horror genre in book and movies, students will review the requirements for their Performance Task at the end of Collection 2.  Students will then start the next story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" where they will discuss the elements that made it a classic of the genre.
Homework - Students are to continue working on their Reader Response Packet that is due at the end of the week.
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.8.6 - Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.