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Subject: ELA
01/12/2015
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
ELACC8RL1/ELACC8W ELACC8RL1/ELACC8W
ELACC8RL1
10
10
(Essential
How can background
How can background
How can I use compass
Questions)
knowledge improve
knowledge improve
learning to improve my
my reading
my reading
reading experience?
experience?
experience?
Review/Preview: Complete warm-up /discuss homework and previous lesson
ELACC8RL1/ELACC8
W10
How can I use
compass learning to
improve my reading
experience?
ELACC8RL1/ELACC8W10
Warm-up
Define:
Tone
Purpose
Syntax
Literal language
Figurative language
Diction
Define:
Rhetorical strategies
Compass learning
Compass learning
Define:
Tone
Purpose
Syntax
Literal language
Figurative language
Diction
Guided
Practice **
Independent
Practice*
Background info on
Gladwell (Watch
interviews).
Compass learning
Compass learning
STANDARDS
Read: The
House of
Scorpion
Extension questions:
What is healthy skepticism?
Do you think it is our experiences, family history, society, or a combination of the three that
determines who we are as individuals? Describe an experience from your own life to support
your ideas.
Has your age or date of birth ever been a factor in your ability to perform or succeed at a
task or activity? What were the circumstances? Were you able to take advantage of this
opportunity or overcome it as an obstacle? How so? What was the outcome?
Closure Monday-Friday: Respond to essential question.
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