Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types form myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Compare/Contrast - Google Response	RL.8.4.
Classwork:	Read pages 101 - 105 Comprehension Questions	R.L. 8.4. and R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	Finish Comprehension Questions for pages 91 - 105 *If you DO NOT have your own book, I will have a study session tomorrow (starting at 7:30).

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types form myths, traditional stories, or religious works. Students will use a venn-diagram to compare/contrast Hercules’ labors to Edward’s.
Warm-Up:	Big Fish - Figurative Language Practice	RL.8.4.
Classwork:	10 Minutes - Independent Reading Compare / Contrast Labor #1 Think Aloud Teacher Does Compare / Contrast Labor #2 Group Work Students Do Compare / Contrast Labor #3 Independently I Do Exit Ticket - Google Question: How are Hercules' 12 Labors rendered new in the Big Fish chapter titled "His Three Labors"? Use evidence from the texts (the non-fiction warm up and Big Fish) to support your claims.	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	NONE

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Objective:	Students will 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.
Warm-Up:	Word of the Week- Idiom	L.8.4.
Classwork:	How does meaning impact mood/tone? Mini-Lesson ----> Katy Perry’s Firework Group Work ----> Big Fish	R.L. 8.4..
Homework:	NONE

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Objective:	Students will 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. Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Reading Warm Up - Hercules’ Labors
Classwork:	Watch The Amazing Feats of Young Hercules Read the chapter titled His Three Labors in Big Fish (pgs. 91 -100).	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	NONE

Thursday, February 22nd, 2018

Objective:	Students will 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. Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Reading Warm Up - My Father’s Death Take 2
Classwork:	Independently Read pages 76 - 90.	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	NONE

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Objective:	Students will 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. Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Reading Warm-Up	RL.8.3.
Classwork:	Big Fish - My Father’s Death Take 2 (pgs. 65 - 75).	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	NONE

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.	Modified Schedule Period 1 8:30 - 9:28 Period 2 9:32 - 10:23 H.S. Visits 10:30 - 11:30 Period 3 11:34 - 12:24 Period 4 12:28 - 12:45 Lunch 12:49 - 1:19 Period 4 1:23 - 1:56 Period 6 2:00 - 2:50 Period 7 2:54 - 3:45
Warm-Up:	Library Book Checkout
Classwork:	Big Fish - Reading Questions (pgs. 50 - 64).	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	NONE

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Silent Reading - Students will read pages 50-64 independently at their desk.
Classwork:	Big Fish - Reading Questions (pgs. 50 - 64).	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	Have a GREAT long weekend!

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works.
Warm-Up:	Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
Classwork:	The Odyssey - Reading Questions (pgs. 34 - 49). #RAK Valentine	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	None

Monday, February 12th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works. Students will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Warm-Up:	Students will finish writing their short constructed response from Friday.	W. 8.2.
Classwork:	We will read pgs. 34 - 49 aloud in class. Students will demonstrate understanding by using evidence from the text to answer analytical questions.	R.L. 8.9.
Homework:	None

Friday, February 9th, 2018

Objective:	Students will analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works. Students will write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Warm-Up:	Students will independently answer questions 3 and 4 from the “How he Tamed the Giant” section of their reading/comprehension questions. Go over answers - Random Name Generator	RL. 8.9.
Classwork:	Students will use a compare/contrast text structure to write to the following prompt: After reading scene 5 of The Odyssey and the chapter titled How He Tamed the Giant in Big Fish, compare and contrast how the two stories are similar in character types, patterns of events, and themes, and explain how Daniel Wallace rendered the traditional story new (how he made it different) in Big Fish. Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.	W.8.2.
Homework:	None