8th Grade ELA Lesson Plan

Unit Title/Theme: Unit 1 Quarter 3- The Plight of the People During the Civil War
Monday,
2/29/2016
Essential
Question(
s)

ELT

Language
Objective
DOK Level
1
DOK Level
2
DOK Level
3
DOK Level
4
Common
Core
AKS

How can I
deconstruct a test
question and
selected response
answer choices in
order to better
understand test
questions?

Tuesday,
03/01/2016

What strategies
do I use to
effectively cite
text evidence
and draw
conclusions in a
text?

Wednesday 03/02/2016

What strategies do I use

to effectively cite text
evidence and draw
conclusions in a text?

Thursday, 03/03/2016

How does following the writing

process help a writer craft an
effective piece of writing?

I can deconstruct a
test question so
that I may
understand what I
am being asked to
do..
I can identify
outliers by
deconstructing
selected response
options.

Friday,

How does following the writing

process help a writer craft an
effective piece of writing?

Advisement

Choose an item.

SWBAT:

Time Frame: Week of

SWBAT:
I can effectively
read a text and
answer questions
using text
evidence.
I can effectively
analyze a text
and make logical
inferences.

SWBAT:
I can effectively read a text
and answer questions using
text evidence.
I can effectively analyze a
text and make logical
inferences.

SWBAT:
I can use the prewriting
process to develop a
narrative rough draft that
includes a plot and dialogue
that helps to advance the
plot.

SWBAT:
I can revise my narrative so
that it effectively FITS the
expectations of the writing
prompt.

ELACC8RI1-Cite the textual

ELACC8RI1-Cite
evidence thatthe
most
textual
strongly
evidence
supports
ELACC8W3-Write
thatan
most
analysis
strongly
narratives
of what
supports
the
totext
an
develop
analysis
says real
explicitly
ELACC8W3-Write
oforwhat
imagined
asthe
well
text
experiences
as says
inferences
narratives
explicitly
ordrawn
toevents,
develop
as well
from
using
as
real
the
infere
effe
or
texi

ELACC8RI10-Read and comprehend literary non-fiction at the high end of the grades 68 text complexity band independently and proficiently, by the end of grade 8.
ELACC8L2-Demonstrate
command
of the
conventions
ELACC8L3-Use
of
standard
knowledge
English
ofdrawn
language
capitalization,
and
its
pc
ELACC8RI1-Cite the textual
ELACC8RI1-Cite
evidence thatthe
most
textual
strongly
evidence
supports
thatan
most
analysis
strongly
of what
supports
the text
an analysis
says
explicitly
of whatasthe
well
text
as
says
inferences
explicitly
as
well
fromas
the
infere
tex
ELACC8RL1-Cite the textual evidence

Adapted by David Landrum, Lilburn Middle School

Choose an item.

Choose an item.

ELACC8RI5-Analyze in detail the structure

Choose of
anaitem.
specific paragraph in a text, including
Choose the
an item.
role of particular sentences in devel

Choose an item.

Vocabular
y

Activating
Strategy
(5
minutes)

ELACC8RI2-Determine a central idea

ELACC8L2-Demonstrate
of a text and analyze its
command
development
of theover
conventions
ELACC8L2-Demonstrate
the course
of standard
of the text,
English
command
including
capitalization,
of
itsthe
relations
conve
p

-From text(s):
(add as
necessary)
-ELA/Grammar:

-From text(s):
(add as
necessary)

Quickwrite:

Review
Define
assumptions &
stereotype

-From text(s):
(add as necessary)

Adapted by David Landrum, Lilburn Middle School

-From text(s):
(add as necessary)

Questioning: How does the

narrative writing process differ
from
informational/explanatory?

-From text(s):
(add as necessary)

I Do, We
Do, You
Do

I Do:
T will explain to
students the
importance of
understanding test
questions and
method of deconstructing text.
T will model for S
by using RATA
strategy so S can
see how to
understand test
questions and how
to eliminate
incorrect answer
choices

I Do:
T will model how
to annotate text
in order to pull
out important
information
using the
reading The
Nation Mobilizes
War.

We Do:
T and S will
complete go
through test
deconstruction
strategy together.

We Do: S will
navigate through
each station
citing text
evidence and
making
inferences.
Station 1: Citing
Text Evidence

You Do:
S will answer
multiple choice
questions using
weak standards
from 22.5 week
demonstrating
understanding of
test-taking
strategies

You Do: S will

silently read and
annotate the
entire article
independently.

Station 2:
Evaluating Text
Evidence

I Do:
T will model how to
annotate text in order to
pull out important
information using the
reading The Nation
Mobilizes War.

I Do:
T will preview the narrative
writing prompt. Using the
question, T will practice
deconstructing meaning and
what it is that students are
supposed to write about.

You Do: S will silently

read and annotate the
entire article
independently.

You Do:
Begin pre-writing your
narrative writing prompt for
Write Day Friday

We Do: S will navigate

through each station
citing text evidence and
making inferences.
Station 1: Citing Text
Evidence

We Do:
Peer Editing with a neighbor

Station 2: Evaluating Text

Evidence
Station 3: Making
Inferences using a poster
Station 4: Making
Inferences and Citing
Evidence graphic
organizer

Station 3:
Making
Inferences using
a poster
Station 4:
Making
Inferences and

Adapted by David Landrum, Lilburn Middle School

You Do:
Write to Learn- Write Day Friday
Narrative Prompt

Gifted/Accelerate
d: S will read an
excerpt of
Night by Elie
Wiesel and
answer text
dependent
questions

Extension
Activities

Homewor
k

Study for LCA

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