Plan for Friday, October 27

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8th Grade Syllabus

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review	Questions to think about before and during reading "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" READERS PURPOSE: WHY did Martin Luther King Jr. write this letter? WHAT was he trying / hoping to accomplish by writing this letter? WHO is the main audience that he is writing to? WHAT grievances is he filing against the Constitution? WHAT is the central idea?
Objectives	To synthesize non-fiction informational reading.
Standards Addressed	RI.8.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. RI.8.3 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). RI.8.5 Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. W.8.2 a-f Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. W.8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. W.8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Activities	You need your portfolios. Women's Suffrage :) Workshop "On a Women's Right to Vote" Video/Vocabulary/Background Questions to Think About... Listen First: YouTube Audio/Photos A Letter from Birmingham Jail