Teacher: Jacobs Week of: April 30 - May 4 Subject: English 8 Period: 2OBJECTIVES/STANDARDS

Alabama CCRS for 3rd Quarter:: (highlighted ones are targeted this week)Reading Literature Texts: Reading Informational Texts:

RL.7.1 1. cite textual evidence; inferences RI.7.1 10. citing evidence; inferences

RL.7.2 2. central theme; development; objective summary RI.7.2 11. central ideas; development; objective summary

RL.7.3 3. interaction of elements in story or drama RI.7.3 12. interaction between elements of text (individuals, ideas, events)

RL.7.4 4. figurative lang./connotative; rhymes/meaning &tone/analogies &allusions RI.7.4 13. figurative, connotative; specific word choice and meaning

RL.7.5 5. compare/contrast structure for meaning and style RI.7.5 14. analyze structure and organization; major sections – defining/developing concept

RL.7.6 6. POV – suspense/horror RI.7.6 15. POV – acknowledges/responds to conflicting evidence/viewpoints

RL.7.7 7. multi-media – evaluate choices director/actor RI.7.7 16. evaluate multimedia versions

RL.7.8 8. analyze theme, patterns of events/character types from myths/Biblical how is it new? RI.7.8 17. evaluate arguments, evidence, claims; relevant/sufficient

RL.7.9 9. end of year – read/comprehend stories, dramas poems RI.7.9 18. identify two texts disagreement on fact or interpretation

RI.7.10 19. end of year – read/comprehend literary non-fiction

Writing Standards: Production/Distribution: Research/Presentation:W.7.1 (a-e) Argument

Essay20. claims; organization of evidence; credible sources; use transitions; formal style; concluding statements

W.7.4 23. Produce clear writing W.7.7 26. short research projects, sources, focused questions

W.7.2 (a-f) Expository Essay

21. Intro topics; organizational; definition, classification, comparison/contrast; cause/effect; formatting; graphics; multi-media; examples; transitions; precise language; formal style; conclusion

W.7.5 24. Use the writing process,

including peer revision

W.7.8 27. gather types of sources, credibility of source; quote/paraphrase/summarize, citation, plagiarism

W.7.3 (a-e) Narrative Essay

22. Context/POV/intro; dialogue, pacing, description; transitional words; sensory language; conclusion

W.7.6 25. Internet, publish, cite,

collaborate

W7.9

W.7.10

28. draw evidence from literary, textual sources

29. Writing process for different time lengths and genres

Listening/Speaking Standards:SL.7.1 (a-d) 30. collaborative discussions SL.7.4 33. present claims finds coherently, examples, eye contact, volume, pronunciation

SL.7.2 31. analyze main ideas/details in diverse media SL.7.5 34. Include multimedia components/displays

SL.7.3 32. outline speaker’s argument, claims, credibility, relevance SL.7.6 35. adapt speech to context/tasks

Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition:L.7.1 (a-d) 36. SV agreement; inverted word order; indefinite pronouns; correlative and

coordinating conjunctions; collective nounsL.7.4 (a-d) 39. context clues; Greek/Latin affixes, roots; consult reference materials; verify

preliminary meaning by checking inferred/dictionary

L.7.2 (a-b) 37. comma, ellipsis, dash; spelling L.7.lli5 (a-c) 40. figures of speech; syn/ant/anology; connotation vs. denotations

L.7.3 (a) 38. active/passive voice with conditional/subjunctive mood for effect L.7.6 41. use grade-appropriate academic/domain-specific diction

DAY LITERATURE/WRITING ACTIVITIES

RESOURCES PREPARATION ASSESSMENT

Monday “Flowers for Algernon”

character study

argument for ethics/morality of testing on humans

Glencoe Lit book none verbalnotes

Tuesday “Flowers” Test

Watch film version

Compare/contrast

Media vx. Text

movie (Amazon streaming) none verbal“Flowers” TestNotes

Wednesday “Flowers” Test

Watch film version

Compare/contrast

Media vx. Text

movie (Amazon streaming) none verbalnotes

Thursday Voc Tes #4

“Flowers” Test

Watch film version

Compare/contrast

Media vx. Text

movie (Amazon streaming) none verbalnotesvoc #4 test

Friday “Flowers” Test

Watch film version

Compare/contrast

movie (Amazon streaming) none verbalnotesvoc #3 test

Media vx. Text