Tuesday, April 4th

Lesson Objectives - Students will take their quiz for Vocabulary Unit 12.  They will then examine the traits of  two forms of public service announcements (PSA's).  Eventually, students will create their own public service announcements based on their own interests.  They will present these to the rest of the class by the end of the week.
Homework - Students will take the PSAT tomorrow.  Get plenty of rest!
CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6 - Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints. 
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.7 - Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8 - Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.