COURSE: 8Th Grade English/Language Artsdates: 1/27-1/29 (Week 2-4)

COURSE: 8th Grade English/Language ArtsDATES: 1/27-1/29 (Week 2-4)

TEACHER:Krissi

Character Integration/Focus of the Week: What is the cost of victory? When is it necessary or important to sacrifice something for the greater good of something else? What sacrifices do you make in your own personal life that can benefit others? Why or why not?
Tuesday 1/27 / TEK#/Learning Objective:Students will be able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how to analyze and write a poem using such poetic devices as figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme scheme, as well as comfortably use traditional and open forms and structures of poems.
2. Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
3. Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; creating sensory images).
4. Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts
5. Understand and utilize the different aspects of the prewriting, drafting, revising and editing stages in the Writing Process. / Date Due / Time Spent
Today’s Lesson Plan / We journaled over our character integration for the week. Then we went over the correct answers to the Selection Test for “lesson of the moth/Identity”. We learned about extended metaphor and read “O Captain, My Captain” and “I Saw Old General At Bay” on p. 752-757. Then we answered questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (on a worksheet chart), 5, and 6 on p. 757.
Assignments/ Instructions / 1. Complete the questions and chart over “O Captain, My Captain” for homework if not finished in class! (SUGGESTED TIME: 15-20 mins) / 1. Thurs, 1/29 / 1. ______
Additional Handouts / Worksheet over “O Captain, My Captain”
Materials Needed for Next Class / Textbook and all necessary school materials!
Suggested Parent Involvement/Role / 1. Please ensure that your child is completing their homework accurately and on time.
Reminders/ Notes
Thursday 1/29 / TEK#/Learning Objective:See above.  / Date Due / Time Spent
Today’s Lesson Plan / We were assigned groups and group roles to study narrative poetry and take notes over ballad and epic. The groups read “Boots of Spanish Leather” and “The Song of Hiawatha,” (p. 656-665) discussed the questions in the margins and filled out a Question Support and Reading Strategy worksheet together (main ideas and details). If all groups displayed self-discipline, self-teaching and analysis skills, on-task behavior, and informal signs of learning, then I agreed to NOT assign homework. See below if your class has homework or not.
Assignments/ Instructions / 1. No homework for 8A or 8B! Great job today! / 1. Tues, 2/3 / 1. ______
Additional Handouts
Materials Needed for Next Class / Textbook and all necessary school materials!
Suggested Parent Involvement/Role / 1. Please ensure that your child is completing their homework accurately and on time.
Reminders/ Notes

Weekly Assignment Sheet