HOMEWORK - LA Students must read 3 AR books per grading period and
take 3 AR tests which count toward your grade. Plan to read 30 minutes every night. Next AR Tests is Tuesday, Oct 1 then Tuesday Oct 15.
- 100 point each=300
points per grading period
- Your score on the AR test is your grade
- LA Homework: Read your choice of AR book on your level for at least
30 minutes each night. Finish Warm-ups. Quiz on Vocabulary on Friday.
- SS Homework: Read and watch the news. Read about American History.
Language Art Lessons: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
This Week Core 1: Monday - Vocab quiz on Lesson 1.
Poem
- Poem - "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
- Poetry
Terms: pg 242-243 in Writers Inc. - rhythm, rhyme, repetition
Language Arts
Essential Questions: What is revision? What is editing? What is the best way to revise writing?
Lessons
- Revising checklist on 68
- Revising - to improve the thought and details that carry your message
- Revising using Google Drive/Docs and peers
- Focus, thesis statement, organization
Cores 2 & 3
Paired
Lesson
“Checkouts”
– “Confusion”
©2012 Diane Saienni Albanese, NBCT, Cape Henlopen Schools, Milton, DE
Common Core
Standards in this lesson: 8RL1, 8RL2, 8RL3, 8RL5(compare two piece comparison)
Sources
Short Story: “Checkouts” by Cynthia Rylant
Poem: “Confusion” by Frederick Douglass Harper
Text-Based Writing Prompt
Read both literary pieces. Discuss and respond to
the questions below.
1.
The
speaker in “Confusion” asks the reader “Are you
uncertain about your status—not sure of your role, or just wanting to be somebody or something else?” Explain why this would be a good question to
ask of the red-haired girl in the short story “Checkouts.”
2. What choices did the boy in “Checkouts” make? How do you know
that he came to regret those decisions?
Using evidence from the story “Checkouts”, to cite choices that the boy
made and explain how you know.
3. Compare the two pieces and answer this
question: how does the structure of each piece contribute to its meaning and
style?
Read
both “Confusion” and “Checkouts”.
CONFUSION
By Frederick Douglas Harper
From
Poems for Young People
Do you
know who you are,
Or what
you want right now,
Or in
life?
Do you
know what you are,
Or what
you will become,
Or even
want to be?
Do you
know your needs
As
separate from those of others?
Can you
choose between attractive choices
As well
as unwanted choices, or,
Rather,
do you wait for their choice
Of you?
Are you
uncertain about your status—
Not
sure of your role, or just wanting
To be
somebody or something else?
Make
your choice in time—
Choose
your cake, or
Have no cake at all,
Have stale cake thrust upon you, or
Be forced to eat cake from another’s dish.
Technology Integration
- Create a Google Drive account
- Use Drive for presentations
- Use Drive for peer revisions
- Create a contact list
- Collaborate to collect data using these tools
RTI -Math
- Skills on Compass Learning - individually assigned
- Skills to practice
- SSR (Silent Sustained Reading) on Friday
Social Studies
Chapter 3: The English Colonies in America, pages 35-47
Study these important people
Homework: reread the textbook for information. Take good notes. Watch, read or listen to the news.
Essential Questions
- EQ: How did the Europeans change the culture of this country?
- EQ: What were the benefits?
Cornell Notes, chapter summary
CNN Student News for events, and geography
