Monday, September 11th

Lesson Objectives - Students will create visual representations that demonstrate their understanding of the words from Vocabulary Unit 1. They will then finish presenting their applications of human nature themes and life lesson themes to various media formats.  They will begin their fist story of Collection 1, "My Favorite Chaperone." Here they will not only apply the concept of theme, but also characterization.
Homework - Students are continue reading their book in order to complete September's Reader Response Packet.
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.