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Analyzing Central Ideas

1/7/2019

Proofreading Warm UP: "The Black Death"

Complete the Tuesday section of your proofreading warm up. Use your proofreading marks to indicate the errors and make corrections.

Analyzing Central Idea: "A Teen and A Trolley Reveal Society's Dark Side"

Learning Target: 3A) Analyze the development of a central idea over the course of a non-fiction text, including its relationship to supporting ideas.
Success Criteria:
1. identify the central idea of the text
2. identify supporting details
3. explain how the supporting details develop the central idea or contribute to your understanding of the central idea

Directions:

1. In your table groups, take turns reading: "A Teen and a Trolley Reveal Society's Dark Side" aloud to one another. (alternate paragraphs)
2. Independently read and answer question 1.
3. Come to a group consensus on the answer for question 1. (you may need to justify your thinking if you have different answers - in the end, you will need to agree.) Put a STAR by your consensus choice.
4. Independently read and answer questions 2-4.
5. Log in to CommonLit.org to submit your answers. *Please answer both the "Assessment" and the "Discussion" Questions.

Website: CommonLit.org

Teen and Trolley Reveal Society's Dark Side

1st Period: QWZW5Q
3rd Period: K3G3YL
4th Period: YBLBY3
5th Period: D97964

Paired Text: "The Trolley Problem: How Children View Life and Death Decisions"

On the back of your yellow packet, make a T Chart: What information is shared in both articles? What new information or insight is provided?

Click the image to the right and read the 2nd article. Record your thinking on your T Chart.

Happy New Year!!!

1/3/2019

3,2,1 Welcome Back Activity:

List 3 things you did over winter break.
List 2 things you wish you could have done over winter break.
List 1 thing you plan to do before the end of 8th grade.

Folder Clean Out!!!

What to keep:
1. Your composition notebook
2. Any 10% Summaries from this unit.

Proofreading Warm Up: "The Black Death"

Using proofreading marks from your anchor chart, correct the errors in part 1 of the passage: "The Black Death."

December 17 - Writing an Objective Summary: "Puppies Behind Bars"

12/17/2018

Proofreading Warm UP: Common Superstitions

Using proofreading marks from your anchor chart, correct the errors in part 1 of the passage: Common Superstitions.

Analyzing Central Ideas 2B: Provide an objective summary

Learning Target: Provide an objective summary of a text
Success Criteria:

Create a topic sentence that conveys the central idea with S"T"Art (Source, "Title," Author, right verb, topic sentence)
2-4 central ideas written in your own words
Written in a complete paragraph that makes sense (10% word count)

Additional Standards Assessed (Each summary will be scored for 3 Standards total):
Constructing Writing 3A and 3B
Applying Grammar & Mechanics

Task: Complete 10% Summary outline for "Puppies Behind Bars," with 4 central ideas and 10% word count (25-35 words).

Parts of Speech Anchor Chart

Winter MAP testing

12/10/2018

Log into your computer using your school login and password.

Using Chorme - go to:
misslewisreading.weebly.com & double click "Daily Work"

Map Test

Enter the test session:

Enter the session pass code:

Select Growth Reading 6+

When you finish, raise your hand so we can record your score.

After You've Completed Your MAP test...

1. Make sure you have completed and turned in your Seedfolks One Pager
2. Click on "Student Links" below to play grammar games or practice vocabulary

Student Links

Wednesday December 5: Team Practice - Writing an Objective Summary

12/4/2018

Learning Target: Provide an objective summary of a text
Success Criteria:

Create a topic sentence that conveys the central idea with S"T"Art (Source, "Title," Author, right verb, topic sentence)
2-4 central ideas written in your own words
Written in a complete paragraph that makes sense (10% word count)

Additional Standards Assessed (Each summary will be scored for 3 Standards total):
Constructing Writing 3A and 3B
Applying Grammar & Mechanics

Task: Complete 10% Summary outline for "Kwanzaa: A Seven-Day Celebration," with 3 central ideas and 10% word count (20-30 words).

How does the following video support the article you just read?

December 3 - Summary Writing - "The Day of the Dead"

11/30/2018

Learning Target: Provide an objective summary of a text
Success Criteria:

Create a topic sentence that conveys the central idea with S"T"Art (Source, "Title," Author, right verb, topic sentence)
2-4 central ideas written in your own words
Written in a complete paragraph that makes sense (10% word count)

Additional Standards Assessed (Each summary will be scored for 3 Standards total):
Constructing Writing 3A and 3B
Applying Grammar & Mechanics

Task: Work in table groups to determine central ideas and write an objective summary of the article, "The Day of the Dead: A Latin American Celebration"

November 29-30 Analyzing Point of View

11/28/2018

Learning Goal: Analyze how different points of view create effects such as humor or suspense.
Success Criteria:
1. Contrast character view points
2. Explain how the differences in P.O.V. create suspense OR humor
3 Reference specific examples in your explanation

Notes to Record on Your Worksheet

1. What information or insights do we get form Agent Scully's perspective?
2. What questions do we have? What information is missing?
3. What information or insights do we get form Agent Mulder's perspective?
Group discussion questions:

Where do the characters contradict one another?
Which version seemed more realistic?
Which narrator seems to be more honest regarding what happened?
Which version was more entrtaining?

Individual Response (choose 1):
How do the differences in point of view create suspense?
How do the differences in point of view create humor?

Nov. 28 - How it Went: Analyzing Story Elements

11/28/2018

Learning Target: Analyze how events provoke a character to make a decision.
Success Criteria:
1. Summarize the key event
2. "Cite" text evidence with line #
3. Explain how the event provoked a character to make a decision
What decision did they make?
Why did they make that decision?

Prompt: Read the short story, "How it Went." Analyze how the event in lines 10-12 provoke a character to make a decision.

Climbing K2

November 27 - Analyzing Themes - Seedfolks

11/19/2018

Learning Goal: Analyze the relationship between the theme and the characters, setting and plot in a story.

Task: Seedfolks One Pager
Success Criteria:

Determine a theme in a complete sentence
"Cite" text evidence w/ page # to support the theme
Explain how your evidence supports / develops the theme

One Pager Directions

Border: create a word cloud consisting of key words or phrases that describe or represent the character. (age, cultural background, character traits, planted items, quotes, occupation, vocabulary words)
Top Left: character’s name and symbolic illustration (that represents the theme)
Top Right: Central Theme of the chapter/character stated as a complete sentence
Middle: “Cite” a strong piece of evidence and an explanation of how it supports the theme
Bottom Left: Illustration & description – how did that character impact that garden? What contribution did they make to the garden or community.
Bottom Right: Illustration & description – how did the garden/community impact the character? What did they gain from the garden /community?

November 19 - Assessment: Analyzing Theme

11/14/2018

Determining Theme: Practice

Assessment: Analyzing Theme

Learning Goal: Analyze the relationship between the theme and the characters, setting and plot of a story.

Task: Theme Assessment - "The Wise Old Woman" pages 466-472 in the Literature book.

Success Criteria:

Determine a theme in a complete sentence
"Cite" or paraphrase supporting evidence
Explain how the evidence supports or develops the theme

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Proofreading Warm UP: "The Black Death"

Analyzing Central Idea: "A Teen and A Trolley Reveal Society's Dark Side"

Directions:

Website: CommonLit.org

Paired Text: "The Trolley Problem: How Children View Life and Death Decisions"

3,2,1 Welcome Back Activity:

Folder Clean Out!!!

Proofreading Warm Up: "The Black Death"

Proofreading Warm UP: Common Superstitions

Analyzing Central Ideas 2B: Provide an objective summary

Parts of Speech Anchor Chart

Using Chorme - go to:​misslewisreading.weebly.com & double click "Daily Work"

After You've Completed Your MAP test...

How does the following video support the article you just read?

Notes to Record on Your Worksheet

Climbing K2

One Pager Directions

Determining Theme: Practice

Assessment: Analyzing Theme

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