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Sunday, April 3, 2016

English 8 MP3 - Week 8

MONDAY   4-4  B-day: Bridging Two Passages  

     Announcements     

  • Get your Chromebook and composition book!
  • ELA Test tomorrow -- NO CLASS for Periods 1 & 2!
  • Periods 1 & 2 - Read Ch. 4-6 by Friday & answer Q's
  • Periods 6 & 9 - Bring TKAM every day this week!
  • Finish Notes for Ch. 1-3!  
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     DO Now - Copy    

Entry Title: Terms to Know
  • Mood - the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader
  • Tone - the author's attitude towards the work 
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     Learning Target(s)     
  • I can read two passages and identify the similarities and differences in main idea, tone, and purpose. 
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     Mini-Lesson     
     
  • Open the Paired Text Practice assignment on Google Classroom. Read the two excerpts there from To Kill a Mockingbird and Inside Out & Back Again
  • What's the BRIDGE between the two passages? 
  • What are the similarities and differences between the tone/theme/purpose in the two passages?  
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     Work Time       
  • Writing our extended response  
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     Assessment / Homework       
    • Periods 1 & 2 - Read TKAM Ch. 4-6 and answer Q's by Friday



     TUESDAY   4-5   C-Day: Ch. 4 TKAM

         Announcements     

    • Make sure you have To Kill a Mockingbird
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         DO Now - Copy     
         Entry Title: Terms to Know 

    • Auspicious (adj.) - showing or suggesting that future success is likely 
      • His acclaimed first novel was an auspicious debut. 
    • Contradict (v.) - to deny or disagree with what is being said
      • Her story about how she ended up in detention contradicted the one told by the teacher. 

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           Learning Target(s)     
      • I can read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make inferences from it.
      • I can determine central themes in a text and analyze their development.
      • I can analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 
      • I can interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text. 
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           Mini-Lesson     
      • Read Ch. 4 of TKAM 
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             Work Time       

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             Assessment / Homework       
        • Reading Quiz  



             WEDNESDAY   4-6  D-Day: Ch. 5 TKAM 

                 Announcements     

            • Make sure you have To Kill a Mockingbird!
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                DO Now - Copy    
             Entry Title: Terms to Know 
            • Benevolence (n) - desire to do good to others; goodwill 
              • Miss Maudie's benevolence extended to Jem and Dill. She made them the best cakes in the neighborhood. 
            • Morbid (adj) - relating to unpleasant subjects (such as death)
              • What a morbid question. But I suppose it's a morbid subject. I know he's alive because I haven't seen him carried out yet. 
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                   Learning Target(s)     
              • I can read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make inferences from it.
              • I can determine central themes in a text and analyze their development.
              • I can analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 
              • I can interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text. 
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                   Mini-Lesson     
              • Read Ch. 5 of TKAM
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                     Work Time       

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                     Assessment / Homework       
                • Reading Quiz


                 THURSDAY  4-7  A-Day: Ch. 6 TKAM

                     Announcements     

                • Make sure you have To Kill a Mockingbird!
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                     DO Now - Copy    
                     Entry Title: Terms to Know 

                • oblige (v) - to force or require someone to do something
                  • Her job obliges her to work overtime and on weekends. 
                • malignant (adj) - very serious and dangerous 
                  • She exerted a powerful and malignant influence over him. 


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                       Learning Target(s)     
                  • I can read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make inferences from it.
                  • I can determine central themes in a text and analyze their development.
                  • I can analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 
                  • I can interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text. 
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                       Mini-Lesson     
                  • Read Ch. 6 of TKAM
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                       Work Time       

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                       Assessment / Homework       
                  • Reading Quiz 

                    FRIDAY   4-8 - Ch. 7 TKAM                    
                       Announcements     

                  • Make sure you have To Kill a Mockingbird!
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                       DO Now - Copy    
                       Entry Title: Terms to Know 

                  • ascertain (v) - to learn or find out something 
                    • Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes. 
                  • tarnished (v) - to have lost luster or become discolored
                    •  The following week the knot-hole yielded a tarnished medal. 
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                         Learning Target(s)     
                    • I can read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make inferences from it.
                    • I can determine central themes in a text and analyze their development.
                    • I can analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. 
                    • I can interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text. 
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                         Mini-Lesson     
                    • Read Ch. 7 of TKAM
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                         Work Time       

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                         Assessment / Homework       

                    • Reading Quiz 

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