Thursday, October 6th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make quiz corrections for "A Place to Call Home."  They will then continue their study of the author's use of figurative language in the memoir titled "The Latehomecomer.".
Homework - "My Favorite Chaperone" quiz corrections and September's RRP are due ASAP!  Continue reading for October's RRP.
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.