8.2.3LA

Grade 8 Unit 2
 *  Grade: 8 Unit:2 Week: 3 Content: ELA Dates: 10/15-12/18/2012 **


 *  Theme Essential Question: **
 *  How does the rural setting contribute to the overall meaning of the texts? **


 *  Essential Questions: **
 * 1) ** How do I separate fact from fiction in order to form my own views? **
 * 2) ** How do I determine relevant evidence? **
 * 3) ** How do we collaborate in order to communicate effectively? **
 * 4) ** How can you tell if something is fair? **


 *  Focus Standards **
 * ** R.L.8.2 Key Ideas and Details: ** 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.
 * ** S.L.8.1 Comprehension and Collaboration: ** Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * ** S.L.8.1.c Comprehension and Collaboration: ** Pose questions that connect the ideas of several speakers and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations, and ideas.
 * ** S.L.8.1.d Comprehension and Collaboration: ** Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented.


 *  Ongoing Standards **
 * ** R.L.8.1 **** Key Ideas and Details: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.L.8.4 Cr **** aft and Structure: ** 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.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R. **** L.8.5 Craft and Structure: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.I.8.1 **** Key Ideas and Details: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.I.8.3 **** Key Ideas and Details: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.I.8.4 Cr **** aft and Structure: ** Determine the meaning of words, and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.I.8.5 Cr **** aft and Structure: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** R.I.8.6 Cr **** aft 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.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** W.8.5 Production and Distribution of Writing: ** With some guidance and strong 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 addressed. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 8).
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** W.8.7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** S.L.8.1a Comprehension and Collaboration: ** Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** S.L.8.1b Comprehension and Collaboration: ** 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,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** L.8.1b Conventions of Standard English: ** Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** L.8.4a Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: ** Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of the word or phrase.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">** L.8.4b Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: ** 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; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Objectives **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> TLW participate in classroom discussions.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> TLW compare and contrast information learned about rural life with the previous study of urban life.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> TLW find the relationship between rural and urban life (suburban)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> TLW compare and contrast story characters, plots, themes and settings from stories about rural North America.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> TLW explore decisions and political and social issues through literature.

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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Cross curricular Standards **

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Objectives >
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Product 1.Implement the Socratic Seminar to communicate the overall meaning of the text. 2.Interview another classmate. Create questions and anticipate responses.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Assessment **

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Key Questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> How do you distinguish between fact and fiction?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> What makes evidence relevant?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> How do text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world help you formulate your opinions and beliefs?

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Observable Behaviors
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Quick write: Based upon the learning, have your views changed? How?


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Vocabulary **
 * ** ELA ** ||
 * Evidence ||
 * Relevant ||


 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Suggested Activities **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> As the student reads //Summer of My German Soldier//, identify the details used to describe the setting, what you know, and what you infer.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Use a chart to distinguish each element.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Compare and contrast two literary works applying text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world analysis. (Good readers frequently remember another text as they read. This is called a TTT connection—Text to Text—and a graphic representation such as as an arrow from a book to book.) [HYS – S/D]
 * 4) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Strategy Guide —Read-Write-Think
 * 5) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> How is rural life in America portrayed in Grant Wood’s painting, American Gothic? Notice the symmetry of the elements in the painting and frontality of the figures. How does the structure of art impact meaning in a way similar to/different from literature and informational text? Write responses to these questions in your journal and share with a partner prior to class discussion. [HYS –S/D, NL, CQO]
 * 6) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Continue reading //Summer of My German Soldier.//Can you identify any form(s) of discrimination? If so, what form(s) are evident? Take notes and be ready to discuss with a partner. [HYS – S/N, GTH, CL] (MCO – R/D)
 * 7) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> What was life like in the 1930’s? Use internet resources to answer this question. Be prepared to present your answers during class discussion. HYS – GTH]

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Read for 30 minutes each evening from a self-selected book and complete a reading log.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Homework **

** E ** thnicity/**C**ulture | **I**mmigration/**M**igration | **I**ntercultural **C**ompetence | **S**ocialization | **R**acism/**D**iscrimination ** High Yield Strategies ** ** S ** imilarities/**D**ifferences | **S**ummarizing/**N**otetaking | **R**einforcing/**R**ecognition | **H**omework/**P**ractice | ** N ** on-**L**inguistic representation | **C**ooperative **L**earning | **O**bjectives/**F**eedback | ** G ** enerating-**T**esting **H**ypothesis | **C**ues, **Q**uestions, **O**rganizers ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Terminology for Teachers **
 * || ** Multicultural Concepts **

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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Professional Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">// Read, Write,Think //

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“City Trees” by Edna St. Vincent Millay “The Great Figure” by Walt Whitman
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Literary Texts **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">// Summer of My German Soldier // by Bette Green
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> HMU 3, pages 328-337
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Manipulatives **
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Games **
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Videos **
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Sight Words **
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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> Smartboard Lessons, Promethean Lessons  **
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