New Format April 11-15, 2016

Hi everyone,

We are working on a new format for lessons for the rest of the year. It will be a little different for everyone's eyes, but please try it out and give me feedback after two weeks so we can improve it for kids and parents!

April 11-15, 2016

	Tuesday		Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	Objective Students will be able to understand Historical texts which explain: Mesopotamia (6) The Inca and Aztec Empire (7) Southern Life (8)		Objective Students will be able to understand how to compare and contrast non-fiction texts to create an analysis.	Objective Students will be able to understand grade level text and contrast it with another short story.	Objective Students will be able to understand literary comparison and create a written comparison.
Common Core Standard:  I Can:    6.9 I CAN connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationship to other sources and related topics using different and/or similar media formats (e.g., audio vs. live, book vs. film, etc.). 7.11 K I CAN analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic, shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. 8.8 I CAN analyze the unity, coherence, logic, consistency, and structural patterns and identify where primary and secondary sources (print and/or digital) disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Power Tools Used This Week: SQRRR    Raft    Note Taking
Activity:  How were students able to express voice?  Choice? How did I integrate the Arts? (movement, drama, music, visual, multi-arts, literature, STEAM, projects):  Each IReady lesson is tailor made to instruct students at their level.		Activity:  How were students able to express voice?  Choice?  How did I integrate the Arts? (movement, drama, music, visual, multi-arts, literature, STEAM, projects):  Students will read the historical essays provided. Where applicable (6 and 7 grade), students answer included questions. Eighth graders will write a four paragraph comparison (intro, compare, contrast, conclusion) between selection provided and wikipedia research done about southern US pre-civil war. Students will create vocabulary lists from reading selection, if time allows.	Activity:  How were students able to express voice?  Choice?  How did I integrate the Arts? (movement, drama, music, visual, multi-arts, literature, STEAM, projects):  Students will read a complementary selection about the same historical time period. 6/7 students will write a four paragraph comparison (intro, compare, contrast, conclusion) between selection provided and the selection from the previous day. Eighth graders will write a text message conversation between a southern and northern citizen, either Caucasian or African American, debating the reasons why the southern states should be a part of the US or become their own country.	Activity:  How were students able to express voice?  Choice?  How did I integrate the Arts? (movement, drama, music, visual, multi-arts, literature, STEAM, projects):  Students will read literature selection provided. Students will then write a reader’s theater play (3-5 pages) between the two main characters, discussing a fictional meeting and comparing/contrasting their lives.	Activity:  How were students able to express voice?  Choice?  How did I integrate the Arts? (movement, drama, music, visual, multi-arts, literature, STEAM, projects):  Students will present reader’s theater with a friend to the class. Presentations are optional. Each student will then use the stories created to write a four paragraph comparison essay for the two stories. This is due Friday by the end of the day. This is extra credit due by Tuesday.

All associated reading passages will be uploaded into moodle.