Wednesday, March 1st

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete their grammar packet with some practice regarding the appropriate use of commas in writing.  They will then continue with the next collection regarding the concept of approaching adulthood.  Students will then begin reading the first selection, "Marigolds."  Character motivation and theme are the primary concepts students will apply to this story.  
Homework - Reader Response Packets are due.  The Performance Task Project is past due.  Class Work pages 1-7 are due on Friday.  
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