Plan for Thursday, November 2

Help Sessions Sheet
8th Grade Syllabus

Mini Lesson/Daily Language Review
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	***Homework- Check From this webquest  you needed to select from the first four links which article you would like to print, read, annotate, organize, and write an objective summary for. You needed to have a printed copy of your selection today. If you didn't you may copy the text in a Google Doc and read, highlight, and annotate the Google Doc. This makes the assignment a bit more difficult to organize and write-- but if you did not print-- this may be a way to complete the organization. Mini Lesson: What I have found in your objective summaries. Mini Lesson: Transition Practice Tasks for Today: Read the article Annotate and highlight for key points (Do this today in class and for homework if you do not get done.) Write out an organizer (have Ponzio check off)