Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

Objective:
Students will create their blog (the landing page) for their upcoming assessment.
Period 1: 8:30 - 9:22
Period 2: 9:26 - 10:12
Period 3: 10:16 - 11:12
Period 4: 11:16 - 12:12
LUNCH: 12:16 - 12:47
Period 6: 12:51 - 1:47
Period 7: 1:51 - 2:47
Assembly: 2:51 - 3:45
Warm-Up:
Overview of WHY we are creating this blog, and how it will be used for the summative assessment.

Classwork:
Create your blog using these STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Homework:
NONE
HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Monday, October 30, 2017

Monday, October 30th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Finish reading / annotating MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Readers Purpose:
  1. WHY did Martin Luther King Jr. write this letter?
  2. WHAT was he trying / hoping to accomplish by writing this letter?
  3. WHO is the audience that he is writing to?
  4. WHAT grievances is he filing against the Constitution?
  5. WHAT is the central idea?
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Classwork:
Letter from Birmingham Jail - Central Idea and Objective Summary Assessment
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. And RI. 8.3.
Homework:
Bring in money for Fall Fest

Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday, October 27th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Finish reading / annotating MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Readers Purpose:
  1. WHY did Martin Luther King Jr. write this letter?
  2. WHAT was he trying / hoping to accomplish by writing this letter?
  3. WHO is the audience that he is writing to?
  4. WHAT grievances is he filing against the Constitution?
  5. WHAT is the central idea?
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Classwork:
Letter from Birmingham Jail - Central Idea and Objective Summary Assessment
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. And RI. 8.3.
Homework:
NONE

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Susan B. Anthony’s Speech - Objective Summary
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. and W.8.2.
Classwork:
Read / annotate MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Readers Purpose:
  1. WHY did Martin Luther King Jr. write this letter?
  2. WHAT was he trying / hoping to accomplish by writing this letter?
  3. WHO is the audience that he is writing to?
  4. WHAT grievances is he filing against the Constitution?
  5. WHAT is the central idea?
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Homework:
NONE

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Susan B. Anthony’s Speech - Central Ideas
Standard Addressed:
RI.8.1.
Classwork:
Susan B. Anthony’s Speech - Summarization and Objective Summary
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Homework:
NONE

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Tuesday, October 24th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Women’s Suffrage - Vocabulary Warm Up
Standard Addressed:
L.8.4.
Classwork:
Susan B. Anthony’s Speech - On Women’s Right to Vote
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Homework:
NONE

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Monday, October 23, 2017

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Small Group Discussion Norms
Standard Addressed:
SL.8.1
Classwork:
The Shadow of Hate - Small Group Discussion

History Repeats Itself - Compare / Contrast  Pearl Harbor to 9/11
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Homework:
Finish writing your short answer response comparing/contrasting Pearl Harbor to 9/11 (in Google Classroom)

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Friday, September 20th, 2017

Objective:
Students will focus on literacy focused lessons.

Warm-Up:
Introduce Rocky Top READS speaker!
Classwork:
Rocky Top READS!!!!
Standard Addressed:
SL.8.1
Homework:
NONE

Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Reading Warm-Up: RI.8.3
  • Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation.” Text-Dependent Questions
Standard Addressed:
RI.8.3
Classwork:
The Shadow of Hate - Small Group Discussion

History Repeats Itself - Compare / Contrast  Pearl Harbor to 9/11
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. RI. 8.3. and SL.8.1
Homework:
Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Reading Warm-Up: RI.8.3
  • Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation.” Text-Dependent Questions
Standard Addressed:
RI.8.3
Classwork:
The Shadow of Hate
  • Ticket into Discussion Form
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. and SL.8.1
Homework:
  1. Is forensic evidence the most important type of evidence to present at a trial?
    1. This can be found on the bottom of your Warm-Up assignment for this week. Short Answer Response DUE Thursday, 10/19
  2. Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!
  3. WEAR PINK TOMORROW

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Reading Warm-Up: RI.8.3
  • Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation.” Text-Dependent Questions
Standard Addressed:
RI.8.2
Classwork:
The Shadow of Hate
  • Ticket into Discussion Form
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. and SL.8.1
Homework:
  1. Is forensic evidence the most important type of evidence to present at a trial?
    1. This can be found on the bottom of your Warm-Up assignment for this week. Short Answer Response DUE Thursday, 10/19
  2. Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Monday, October 16th, 2017

Objective:
Students will be able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Students will be able to analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).

Warm-Up:
Reading Warm-Up: RI.8.3
  • Students will read and annotate the nonfiction text titled “Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation.
Standard Addressed:
RI.8.3.
Classwork:
The Bill of Rights
Standards Addressed:
RI.8.1. and RI.82.
Homework:
  1. Is forensic evidence the most important type of evidence to present at a trial?
    1. This can be found on the bottom of your Warm-Up assignment for this week. Short Answer Response DUE Thursday, 10/19
  2. Bring in Rocky Top Reads Donation Sheet!