Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Wednesday 5-3-17

Week #34
Unit 6: Analyzing & Comparing Form & Structure

Bell
Ringer:
Reading MAPs Testing

Warm-Up
Lesson:
Ode to an Artichoke
* Re-read the poem
* Answer the TBQ
RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL.7.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama..
Focus Lesson:
* Determining author’s purpose
* Definition: Teleplay
RL7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Class Work:
Read the drama: Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (page 414)
Homework:
30 Minutes of independent reading
OMG Fact:
When you laugh while being tickled, what you are experiencing is actually a form a panic.