Plan for Tuesday, October 17

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8th Grade Syllabus

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
Objectives	Introduction to Objective Summaries
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	Independent Reading (10 Minutes) Get Your Portfolios Read and Annotate; Synthesize "The Declaration of Independence" Write an Objective Summary for "The Declaration of Independence" Kids who need to make up Sons of Liberty Objective Summary: 3rd Period Wrenna Ashton 4th Period Megan 6th Period Ash 7th Period Denzel Sons of Liberty Reading Sons of Liberty Objective Summary Organizer **Write you summary on a notebook piece of paper!