8.5.1LA

**Grade: **8 **Unit:** 5 **Week:**1 **Content:** ELA **Dates:** 3/4-3/8/2013 **Theme Essential Question: **How is reading a script for a play or speech or poem different than actually performing dramatically? **Essential Questions: **   **Standards ****(Focus) **   **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">(Ongoing) ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Objectives **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Assessment ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Key Questions ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Observable Student Behaviors ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Vocabulary ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Dialogue Drama Film noir Flashback Monologue Screenplay Script Staging Analogies Denotation Connotation
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How does the purpose of a text influence the way it is presented or used?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What is figurative language?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How do I determine if an author is using figurative in a text?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How do word relationships determine word meanings?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.6 Craft and Structure **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: 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.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<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,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.5b Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.1Key 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 from the text.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">R.L.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,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.3 **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Key Ideas and Details: 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.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">R.L.8.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: 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.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.4a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.4b Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.4c Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">L.8.4d Vocabulary Acquisition and Use **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<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;">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;">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;">TLW participate in group discussions, and critically evaluate classmates’ arguments.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TLW learn the language of and unique characteristics of reading drama as a literary form5. TLW learn key events that led to WWII and the Holocaust.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TLW understand the literal meaning of figurative language.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TLW use word relationships to determine word meanings.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TLW interpret figures of speech based on context.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Product **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Use the summary of pre-WWII Europe to develop a timeline of the events prior to the Frank’s going into hiding.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What characteristics distinguish a play/drama from other literary genres?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How might a modern day play/drama be different from an early play/drama?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is word choice, tone, and inflection so important in a play/drama?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Will learning about Anne Frank’s life change the way you live yours?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What events and attitudes led up to and caused WWII and the Holocaust?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What rights do humans have?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will work together/collaborate
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will write written responses - summary and timeline
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ELA **

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<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;">Bell Ringer/Warm-up Activities **3 minutes** Whole Class Presentation/Lesson **15 minutes** Small Group Learning-Reading and/or Writing Activities (Author Study/Lit Circles)**12 minutes** Independent Learning-Reading and/or Writing Activities (SSR/Computer Time/Centers) **12 minutes** Exit Slips/Closing (What have I learned today/What do I need to know/Any problems?) **3 minutes** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<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;">a. What is the setting? b. Who are the major and minor characters? c. What is the theme of the play? d. What problems are faced by the character(s)? How does he/she overcome this challenge? e. Which lines of dialogue or events were pivotal to the play? Why? f. Describe the use of literary techniques, such as flashback, in the play. How do these reveal the point of view of the character and possibly create suspense? Students may work with a partner or in groups for discussion. [HYS – S/N, CQO] <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Homework ** <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,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Terminology for Teachers **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">As students read the play(s) (and view videos), they will take notes about particular lines of dialogue or incidents that propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. Students need to be sure to note page numbers with relevant information so they can go back and cite the text during class discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Add words found, learned, and used throughout this unit to a word journal. This unit will focus on vocabulary unique to plays. The dictionary can be used to explore meanings of words and their origins.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Begin to read Diary of Anne Frank HMU4 pg. 544 (MCO – E/C, I/M, R/D)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Summarize what they have learned about pre-WWII Europe this week. (Use notes given by teacher) [HYS – S/N]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Select appropriate genre pieces and activities to support the unit theme.



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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Resources ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Literary Texts ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Informational Texts ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Art, Music, and Media ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Manipulatives ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Games ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Videos ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Sight Words ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This lesson uses popular music lyrics and a short United Streaming video to help students understand the literary devices metaphors, similes, and hyperboles. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">This lesson review metaphors and similes, has student identify examples, and culminates with students writing a simile and metaphor on their own. <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;">Use Senteo interactive response system to test knowledge of synonyms.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Professional Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Warriner’s Handbook
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Mechanically Inclined (Jeff Anderson)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Differentiated Classroom (Tomlinson)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How to Differentiate in a Mixed-Ability Classroom (Tomlinson)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Out of the Question (Godinho and Wilson)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Summarization in Any Subject (Wormeli)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">8th grade Literature textbook
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Diary of Anne frank HMU4 pg. 544
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Rules of the Game HUM2 pg. 230
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Hitchhiker HMU1 pg. 90
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">8th grade Literature textbook
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">from The Diary of Anne Frank HMU4. Pg.544
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">from A Diary from Another World HMU4 pg. 568
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">from The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank HMU4 pg. 571
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">from Anne Frank Remembered HMU4 pg. 578
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Newspaper and Magazine articles pertaining to the WWII era
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Political cartoons pertaining to the WWII era
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Text Analysis Workshop: Character and Point of View HMU2 pg. 170
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Article of the Week: Kelly Gallagher
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">National Public Radio (NPR)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/annefrank __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://annefrank.com __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.youtube.com/annefrank __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrank.ch __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrankguide.net __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefrank.org __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.annefranktree.com __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/ __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.miepgies.dk __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.annefrank.com/fileadmin/user_upload/material_readersguide.doc __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.annefrank.com/education/resources __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://remember.org/educate/index.html __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.coreknowledge.org __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://webenglishteacher.com/frank.htm __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://novellinks.org/uploads/novels/thebookthief/conc&20analysis&20strategy.pdf __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/to/us-army-liberties-buchenwald-concentration-camp __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.npr.org/player __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.tengrrl/com/tesis/043.shtml __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.coreknowledge.org __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">[] __
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">my.hrw.com/ -Interactive Whiteboard Lessons and History videos
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">-video link at think central.com
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">L.8.5/L.8.5.a Metaphors, Similes, and Hyperbole in lyric
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><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;"> Metaphor and Simile
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><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,helvetica,sans-serif;"><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;">L.8.5.b Thesaurus 1 (Question Set)

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Other Activities, etc. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-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;">-Odyssey activities
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">__<span style="background-color: initial; 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
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-Grade Eight: **__A Model Unit for Teaching Drama in Context__** (Saskatchewan Education)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-**__Looking at Plays__** (Saskatchewan Education)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-**__Entering History: Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King, Jr.__** (ReadWriteThink) (MCO – E/C, S, R/D)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-**__Story Arts Online__** (Northeastern University)

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