Thursday, February 22nd

Lesson Objectives - Students will begin class today with a short film rendition of the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier. During the viewing, they'll be following along with a note taking sheet to compare and contrast the film to the text. After this, students will participate in a "Partner Read" where they will read about half of the story and take notes regarding important details and main idea. This activity will be broken up into two parts with a short discussion of their findings at the end of each section. After this is complete, students will participate in a short review game.
Homework - Close Reader books are due TOMORROW.  Make sure you have the following questions completed:

• "My Friend Douglass" - Questions 1-7
• "A Mystery of Heroism" - Questions 1-18
• Civil War Journal" -  Questions 1-5, 7

Performance Task - Students will create an "Abolitionists Hall of Fame" either on poster board or via digital means (PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, etc.) 

For each abolitionist, you must include the following information:

• Title Slide (if applicable)
• Timeline information (mention at least 8 events, covering birth and death)
• Explain 3 important facts in paragraph form.
• Picture
• Quotes (2 directly from him/her and 2 from others about him/her)
• Short film clip (if done with computer)

  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).