2014

WEEKLY LESSON PLANS

MP Everist Language Arts
Reading Focus: LAFS.8.RL.2.6; 3.7 Analyze Text: Fiction The Thrill of Horror ollection: !edi"ility# Language# $oint o% &ie'
(!iting Focus: LAFS.8.(.)*3 +x,osito!y-.a!!ati/e +ssay; Acade0ic &oca"ula!y; Annotating and iting Text +/idence
1onday )2*26 Tuesday )2*27 (ednesday )2*28 T3u!sday )2*24 F!iday )2*)2
Content Goal (!ite an ex,osito!y o!
,e!sonal na!!ati/e
essay 5$e!%o!0ance
Tas6 A o! 78.
!eate a connection
"et'een 'o!ds and
i0age to 0a6e
,!edictions.
Analyze ,oint o% /ie':
%i!st ,e!son na!!ato! and
assess 3is c!edi"ility as
t3e na!!ato!.
9denti%y lines o% text
t3at use !e,etition to
e0,3asize ideas.
Re*exa0ine t3e
c!edi"ility o% t3e
na!!ato! in Tell-Tale
Heart.
Language Goal
Language is %o!0al#
st!ong# and ,!ecise
5s,eci%ic8.
Re/ie' and use
acade0ic /oca"ula!y
in discussions.
Re!ead lines o% text
5L8*)68 and '!ite do'n
-ex,lain t3e $:&.
ite text e/idence
t3at 0ost st!ongly
su,,o!ts you! ideas.
+/aluate e/idence o%
aut3o!;s "elie/a"ility
and !elia"ility.
Accountable
Team Task
<igsa' sto!y titles
-to,ics in ollection )
%o! S= !e/ie'.
(-ta"le ,a!tne!#
discuss !easons ,eo,le
li6e t3e 3o!!o! gen!e.
$ai!*s3a!e: =iscuss
e/idence o% $:& 'it3
ta"le ,a!tne!s.
(-,a!tne!# !e!ead
L82*43 and discuss
!e,etitions %ound.
(-ta"le tea0# c!eate
a se>uence o% e/ents
,!o/ing 0adness.
Hook
Modeling

?Re/ie' !u"!ics
ollections# , 82 @ 86
?1odel int!oducto!y
,a!ag!a,3; citing T+.
?Aoo6* $oe cli,
? 1odel 0a6ing
in%e!ences-,!edictions
%!o0 ,ictu!es# a!t.
?Aoo6: White Lies
$:&
? 1odel* lose !ead
sc!eencast L)*7 int!o.
?Aoo6* aut3o!;s
study: B9n/. StyleC
?1odel !e%e!ence to
Powwow ,oe0;s
!e,etitions.
? Aoo6 $oe cli,
?1odel 'it3
%li,c3a!t on
!elia"ility and
c!edi"ility.
Activities
?Reading !es,onses
?Re/9tD, Lesson 3.7
o0,lete sto!y*'!iting
?FL ollections: '!ite
Performance Task
essay
?Re/9tD,# 3.8
E!a,3ic :!ganize!
?FL ollections: BT3e
T3!ill o% Ao!!o!C#
int!oducto!y o/e!/ie'
?Re/9tD,: 3.4 (!iting
using /oca"ula!y 'o!ds
? FL ollections: The
Tell-Tale Heart ,,.
84*4)
?Re/9tD,: $ictu!e
Re/ie'-sel%*
assess0ent
? FL ollections Tell-
Tale Heart ,,. 77*
8.
?Re/9tD, ,ee!
study and o!al >uiz
? FL ollections:
+le0ents o%
sus,ense.
Assessments
Modifications
:"se!/ation o% student ,a!tici,ation; class 'o!6; !esea!c3# !eading @ '!iting ,!actice# >uizzes and tests.
Fo! +S:L and +S+: cla!i%y and !educe class 'o!6 and 3o0e'o!6 assign0ents# gi/e added ti0e.