8.5.3LA


 * Week: **3 **Content:** ELA**Dates:** 3/25-3/28/2013


 * Theme Essential Question: **How is reading a script for a play or speech or poem different than actually performing dramatically?


 * Essential Questions: **
 * How does the purpose of a text influence the way it is presented or used?
 * What are the differences between a film production and the written text of a story?
 * What is the difference between relevant and irrelevant evidence in an argument?


 * Standards ****(Focus) **
 * **RL.8.6 Craft and Structure **: Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader(e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
 * **RL.8.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas **: Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
 * **W.8.1 Text Types and Purposes **: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
 * **W.8.1a Text Types and Purposes **: Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
 * **W.8.1b Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.1c Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.1d Text types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.1e Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">SL.8.3 Comprehension and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">(Ongoing) **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">SL.8.1a Comprehension and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">SL.8.1b Comprehension and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Follow rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">SL.8.1c Comprehension and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">SL.8.1d Comprehension and Collaboration **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.1 Key Ideas and Details **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.2 Key Ideas and Details **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.4 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.5 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2a Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2b Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2c Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2d Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2e Text Types and Purposes: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.2f Text Types and Purposes **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.4 Production and Distribution of Writing **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3.)
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.5 Production and Distribution of Writing **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addresses. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 8 on page 53.)
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.6 Production and Distribution of Writing **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use technology, including the internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">W.8.7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI.8.1 Key Ideas and Details **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI.8.2 Key Ideas and Details **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI.8.3 Key Ideas and Details **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R.I.8.5 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role or particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RI.8.6 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.1a Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.1b Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.1c Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, subjunctive mood.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.1d Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.2a Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.2b Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.2c Conventions of Standard English **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Spell correctly.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.3 Knowledge of Language **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">RL.8.5 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5c Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Objectives: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW read and discuss a variety of dramatic fiction and nonfiction about plays, playwrights, public speakers, and poets.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW analyze how particular lines of dialogue propel the action and reveal aspects of a character.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW participate in group discussions, and critically evaluate classmates’ arguments.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW compare and contrast characters, plots, themes, settings, and literary techniques used in plays and videos.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW write a variety of responses to literature and informational texts, including speeches.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW discuss how creating a sound argument is essential to engaging listeners.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW discover the power of the human spirit to rise above adversity
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW compare and contrast the written word from the film production.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW determine relevant and irrelevant information in a film production and written text.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">TLW understand that digital storytelling is an effective way to have their voices and make meaningful connections with others.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Assessment **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Product **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Select one character from The Diary of Anne Frank to research. Find a biography, pictures, and any other materials. Compile the information and materials into a multimedia project and publish as a presentation. (Create a Digital Story)


 * <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Key Questions **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How do discrimination and prejudice affect your life?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What key qualities of drama, speeches, and poetry emphasize performance qualities?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How do historical writings-diaries, autobiographies, and memoirs make history come alive?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What can we learn from Anne Frank and her story?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What is digital storytelling?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What are the elements of a good story?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Why do people tell stories/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How may my story be the same or different from others?


 * <span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Observable Student Behaviors **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will work together/collaborate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will write written responses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Completion of a T-chart or Venn diagram
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher observation and listening as students work in groups

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Dialogue <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Drama <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Film noir <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Flashback <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Monologue <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Screenplay <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Script <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Staging <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Analogies <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Denotation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Connotation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Vocabulary **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">ELA **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Bell Ringer/Warm-up Activities **3 minutes** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Whole Class Presentation/Lesson **15 minutes** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Small Group Learning-Reading and/or Writing Activities (Author Study/Lit Circles) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Independent Learning-Reading and/or Writing Activities (SSR/Computer Time/Centers) **12 minutes** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Exit Slips/Closing (What have I learned today/What do I need to know/Any problems?) **3 minutes**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Sample 6-12 Workshop Model **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">12 minutes **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Suggested Activities **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">[see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Compare and contrast the plots, settings, themes, characters, and literary techniques used. Can you begin to make any generalizations about how videos and plays have a different impact than literature? What are they? Evaluate the claims made by your classmates and evaluate the soundness of reasoning they use in discussion. [HYS – S/D, GTH, CQO]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Select a character from The Diary of Anne Frank to research. Find a biography, pictures, and any other materials. Compile the information into a multimedia project and publish as a presentation. (Create a digital story) [HYS – NL]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Why have Shakespeare’s plays stood the test of time? Why do we study these plays today? Talk through your ideas with a partner. Then, write an argument in support of studying Shakespeare in eighth grade, including citations from selections read and connections to references in modern-day websites, plays, and movies. [HYS – CL, GTH]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How are playwrights or public speakers similar to and different from authors? Choose a playwright or public speaker to research. As you read about his/her life, determine the author’s point of view or purpose in writing the text, and analyze how it impacts your understanding of the person’s life. Work with classmates to strengthen your writing through planning, revising, and editing your brief report. Publish your report. [HYS – GTH, CL]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Read Diary of Anne Frank HMU4 pg. 544
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Write a name poem for a character in hiding,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Groups discuss what it takes to act courageously in a time of adversity. Is this characteristic that of a hero or a morally responsible citizen? [HYS – CL]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Locate a virtual tour of Auschwitz to see the conditions. Find information on and location of other concentration camps. Create a map of the locations. Is there something you note about them?
 * Select a topic and perspective (Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Food rationing, D-Day Invasion, Women in the War, Hanukah, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Concentration Camps, Pearl Harbor), then write a speech to be presented to the class and evaluated according to a class developed rubric.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Read for 30 minutes each evening from a self-selected book and complete a reading log.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Homework **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Terminology for Teachers **



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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Resources **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Professional Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Warriner’s Handbook
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Mechanically Inclined (Jeff Anderson)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The Differentiated Classroom (Tomlinson)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How to Differentiate in a Mixed-Ability Classroom (Tomlinson)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Out of the Question (Godinho and Wilson)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Summarization in Any Subject (Wormeli)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Literary Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">8th grade Literature textbook
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Rules of the Game HUM2 pg. 230
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The Hitchhiker HMU1 pg. 90
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The Diary of Anne Frank


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Informational Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">8th grade Literature textbook
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Text Analysis Workshop: Character and Point of View HMU2 pg. 170
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Writing Workshop: Critical Review HMU2 pg. 300
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The Play’s the Thing: A Story About William Shakespeare (Creative Minds Biographies) (Ruth Turk)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Memoirs (Pablo Neruda)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Art, Music, and Media **
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://annefrank.com __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.youtube.com/annefrank __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrank.ch __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrankguide.net __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrank.org __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefranktree.com __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/ __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">http://www.miepgies.dk __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.annefrank.com/fileadmin/user_upload/material_readersguide.doc __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.annefrank.com/education/resources __
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://remember.org/educate/index.html __


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Manipulatives **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Games **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Videos **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">my.hrw.com/ -Interactive Whiteboard Lessons, History videos, and digital storytelling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.cyberbee.com/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">inst.pcssd.org – Instructional Technology, Training pages, Digital storytelling
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Sight Words **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use a variety of dramatic techniques to explore ideas, issues, texts, and meanings. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Identify the perspectives offered on individuals, community, and society <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Plays, novels, short stories and poetry from the English literary heritage, including: two plays by Shakespeare, one of which should be studied in key stage 3; drama by major playwrights; works of fiction by two major writers published before 1914 selected from the list in the right hand frame; two works of fiction by major writers published after 1914; poetry by four major poets published before 1914 selected from the list in the right hand frame; and poetry by four major poets published after 1914. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">To consider how meanings are changed when texts are adapted to different media. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">50 minute lesson on idioms. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use a variety of images to craft sentences using figurative language. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Recognize when a speaker is being ambiguous or deliberately vague, glosses over points, uses and abuses. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">This interactive lesson walks students through the process of writing effective introductory and concluding paragraphs. Two-column notes, group practice, and individual practice (I do, we do, you do) are included.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Smartboard Lessons **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">, Promethean Lessons
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.6 Dramatic techniques to explore ideas, issues, texts, and meanings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.6 Identify the perspectives offered on individuals, community and society
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.6 Satire and wit in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">R.L. 8.7 Impact of media on the meaning of text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5/L.8.5.a <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Idioms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5/L.8.5.a <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> Figuratively Speaking
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">S.L.8.3 Deliberate ambiguity in speech
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">W.8.1 Introductory and Concluding paragraphs


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Other Activities, etc. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">-my.hrw.com/-Novel Study Guide, Power Notes Presentations, Graphic Organizers, Core Analysis Frame-Drama, Marzano’s Power Thinking Activities, Audio Summaries, Common Core Resources
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">-Odyssey activities
 * __<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.readwritethink.org/ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;"> - Anne Frank received her famous diary in 1942.

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