Thursday, October 26th

Lesson Objectives - Students will make corrections for the Vocabulary Unit 4 quiz.  They will then preview "Collection 2 - The Thrill of Horror" as well as its related Performance Task at the end.  Students will define the characteristics of the horror genre and provide supporting examples.  They will finally examine the literary criticism "What is the Horror Genre" in order to gain new insights on the popular genre.

Homework - October's Reader Response Packet is due tomorrow.
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