Monday, May 22nd

Lesson Objectives - Students will create their Flash Cards for Vocabulary Unit 14.  They will then continue their analysis of Elie Weisel's speech, "After Auschwitz by examining his use of emotional appeals, ethical appeals, and rhetorical devices.  Students will be able to locate and save a quote from this speech to be used in their final Performance Task.  Finally, students will begin to examine Anne Frank's actual words that explain the physical and psychological challenges she faced while in hiding.
Homework - The  Reader Response Packet for May is due on Wednesday of next week for most students.
CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4  - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
• 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.