Monday, January 22nd

Lesson Objectives - Students will complete a Word Sort activity for Vocabulary Unit 9.  They will then begin their study of Harriet Tubman with a brief documentary on her life and accomplishments.  Students continue their study of the historical figure with a biographical essay, "Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad." 
Achieve 3000 - Complete the following articles and assignments before midnight tonight.

• - April 1861 – The First Shots are Fired
  - July 1861 – The Battle of Bull Run

Homework - The second marking period closes on this Thursday!!
 CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.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.RI.8.2  - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3  - Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).