Plan for Thursday, December 15

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Snow House Won the Hygene Challenge! You will get tickets for ice cream! If you lose your slip of paper for free ice cream you don't get any! So make sure you are careful with it!
Objectives	To learn how to 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.
Unit Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	1. Student Practice in Google Classroom-"Taking Selfies at Auschwitz"- Turn in to Schoology! 2. Workshop Kahoot!

Plan for Wednesday, December 14

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Building Background Knowledge
Objectives	To learn how to 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.
Unit Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolio. Kahoot! 1. Building Background Knowledge: Where is Auschwitz? Why is it an significant historical landmark? 2. Reading of "Taking Selfies at Auschwitz" by Leonard Pitts 3. Student Practice in Google Classroom-"Taking Selfies at Auschwitz" 4. Workshop

Plan for Tuesday, December 13

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Review/Reteach: Refute, Concede, Qualify Opps-- changed my mind on one of yesterday's answers.... Connotation v. Denotation
Objectives	To learn how to 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.
Unit Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolios. 1. Mini Lessons-  Refute, Concede, Qualify Connotation v. Denotation Google Scavenger Hunt YouTube Video 2. Work on Model/Practice: "You Can't Put a Price on Talent" 3. Start: "Taking Selfies in the Wrong Place" 4. We will do a Model/Practice on "Taking Selfies in the Wrong Place" if we have time...

Plan for Monday, December 12

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Introduction/Mini Lesson for RI8.6
Objectives	To learn how to 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.
Unit Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolio and find the paper copy of: "Are Athletes Overpaid?" **If you were not here on Friday, come see me! 1. Fill Out Google Form for Winter School Wide SLO 2. Debrief of the RI8.8 Assessment 3. Get into Google Classroom and make a copy of Introduction/Mini Lesson for RI8.6  4. Complete and Introduction/Mini Lesson for RI8.6 upload it into Schoology.

Plan for Friday, December 9

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	None
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	RI8.8 Assessment Today 1. Read copy of "Bullying is Bad, But..." and annotate; finding main/central claim and evidence. 2. Get into Google Classroom and make a copy of RI8.8 Assessment: Bullying is Bad, But..." Google Doc. 3. Complete the table/organizer and upload it into Schoology.

Plan for Thursday, December 8

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Review:  Relevant/Irrelevant Sufficient Sound, Strong, Specific
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get portfolios- Put your "President Pushes" article in it. Note: When writing long constructed responses.... READ THE PROMPT and...(a) make sure that you reference the correct text, (b) don't just copy and paste quotes and, (c) sometimes "less is more" 1. Mini Lesson: Review-Relevant/Irrelevant Sufficient Sound, Strong, Specific 2. Read as a Class- "Are Athletes Overpaid?" 3.  With a Partner (since this is a practice) RI8.8- Using different organizer to communicate what you have read. 4. Upload in Schoology for a Workshop. 5. Assessment Tomorrow: Friday!

Plan for Wednesday, December 7

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Workshop: Constructed Responses
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Spelling Bee Test 1. Mini Lesson: Reviewing Constructed Responses Brain Break 2. RI8.8- Using different organizer to communicate what you have read. (We may have to do this tomorrow or Friday.)

Plan for Tuesday, December 6

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Review: Types of Evidence Review: Constructed Responses
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	1. Review: Types of Evidence 2. Brain Break 3. RI8.8 Practice: "Should Students Be Required to Stay in School Until They Are 18? 4. Filling Out RI8.8 Organizer 5. Workshop Constructed Responses

Plan for Monday, December 5

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Debrief of Pre-Assessment: Main/Central Claim is not = to Topic/Argumentative Side  Use the Four C's of Technical Writing and Formulas to Write Constructed Responses! Types of Evidence
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get Writer's Notebook! Find the notes for the Four C's of Technical Writing ** Handing Back of Pre-Assessments 1. Mini Lesson: Types of Evidence 2. Brain Break 3. RI8.8 Practice: "Should Students Be Required to Stay in School Until They Are 18?

Plan for Friday, December 2

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	More CRAAP! :)
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	1. CRAAP Videos 2. Brain Break 3. School Wide Winter SLO- Upload into Schoology

Plan for Thursday, December 1

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolios! Kahoot! 1. Finish Questions: The Homework Debate 2. Brain Break 3. School Wide SLO Constructed Response on Down With Homework!

Plan for Wednesday, November 30

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Mini Lesson and Mini Practice: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. Define:  sound, sufficient, relevant, and convincing
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolios! 1. PowerPoint Presentation/Mini Practice on delineating, evaluating, and assessing arguments in text. 2. RI8.8 Model- The Homework Debate: How Homework Benefits Students (Make a copy from Classroom.)

Plan for Tuesday, November 29

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Mini Lesson and Mini Practice: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
Objectives	To learn how to delineate, evaluate, and assess text
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolios! 1. Finish up on any last touches on pre-assessment. 2. PowerPoint Presentation/Mini Practice on delineating, evaluating, and assessing arguments in text.

Plan for Monday, November 28

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Pre-Assessment
Objectives	To assess what students know about finding claims and evidence in text.
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Pre-Assessment

Plan for Friday, November 18

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Transition Between Unit 2 and Unit 3
Objectives	Review Basic Grammar Skills
Standards Addressed	Unit 3 Standards: RI8.6, 8.8, 8.9
Activities	Get your portfolio. 1. Finish Your Turkey Essay!  2. Get into Google Classroom and put a copy of your essay in the Shared Folder.