Monday, 9/9/19
Daily Learning Objective: Students can decipher between theme and main idea.
Unit: Icarus
Standards:
Practice: Students will learn and take detailed notes about the Elements of Myth and Theme and how they are used to tell stories about human nature.
Apply: Students will complete the following journal entry: Think about your favorite fairy tale/story from your childhood. What was the theme of the story? Why is it your favorite? How do the events of the story help you determine the story's theme?
Wrap-up: If time left, students will sign up for tomorrow's Reader's Theater reading of "The Flight of Icarus."
Homework:
Unit: Icarus
Standards:
- LAFS.7.RL.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- LAFS.7.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
- LAFS.7.RL.1.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Practice: Students will learn and take detailed notes about the Elements of Myth and Theme and how they are used to tell stories about human nature.
Apply: Students will complete the following journal entry: Think about your favorite fairy tale/story from your childhood. What was the theme of the story? Why is it your favorite? How do the events of the story help you determine the story's theme?
Wrap-up: If time left, students will sign up for tomorrow's Reader's Theater reading of "The Flight of Icarus."
Homework:
- Read GBC Book for at least 30 minutes.
- Icarus vocab due Wed. 9/11. Assignment found on Google Classroom/Jupiter Ed.
- New Flipgrid due Friday!
Tuesday, 9/10/19
Daily Learning Objective: Students can decipher between theme and main idea.
Unit: Icarus
Standards:
Practice: Review Test Taking Strategies for FSQ.
Apply: Students will apply strategies on practice FSQ packet.
Wrap-up: If time, students will continue Mars Patel podcast.
Homework:
Unit: Icarus
Standards:
- LAFS.7.RL.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- LAFS.7.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
- LAFS.7.RL.1.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Practice: Review Test Taking Strategies for FSQ.
Apply: Students will apply strategies on practice FSQ packet.
Wrap-up: If time, students will continue Mars Patel podcast.
Homework:
- Read GBC Book for at least 30 minutes.
- New Flipgrid due Friday!
