Do Now
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Essential
Learning
(Objective)
TLW- / *Journal Writing
*8th Grade Giggles Story w/ Quiz
*RL 8.1 Textual Evidence / *Journal Writing
*Class Voc Story
*W 8.1 Writing Excellent Argumentative Essays / Library Day / *Journal Writing
*W 8.1 Writing Excellent Argumentative Essays / *Journal Writing
*W 8.1 Writing Excellent Argumentative Essays
Engage/Excite
(Strategies for Involvement) / *Channel 1 News – Current Events mixed with Voc & Sentence Writing Work
*Whole-Class Discussion (The Outsiders) / *Channel 1 News – Current Events mixed with Voc & Sentence Writing Work
*Writing Together – We write the 1st 2 paragraphs together as a class / *The Outsiders movie
*Finish Argumentative Essays / *The Outsiders movie
*Finish Argumentative Essays
Practice to
Product
(Student Work) / *We discuss The Outsiders as a class, pulling evidence from the novel and connecting it to our lives / *We write the first 2 paragraphs of the argumentative essay together
*Students then write the last 3 paragraphs alone (turned in for a grade) / *Students watch The Outsiders movie while finishing up their argumentative essays / *Students watch The Outsiders movie while finishing up their argumentative essays
Evaluate
(Mastery/
Reteach/
Enrichment)
(Assessment) / *Class Discussion Check – Each student must respond to at least 1 question / *Essays Graded / *Essays Graded / *Essays Graded
Reflections / *How well was each student able to connect personally to the novel?
*How well did each student use textual evidence in their response? / *How well was each student able to grasp the skills needed to write an excellent argumentative essay? / *How well was each student able to grasp the skills needed to write an excellent argumentative essay? / *How well was each student able to grasp the skills needed to write an excellent argumentative essay?
HOMEWORK
/ Study Giggles Voc for Quiz next Fri / Study Giggles Voc for Quiz next Fri / Study Giggles Voc for Quiz next Fri / Study Giggles Voc for Quiz next Fri / Have a wonderful weekend! :)
Teacher/Subject: Wood/Exceptional ELA Week: August 29 – September 2
Guiding Question: What does it take to write an excellent argumentative essay?
Materials: paper, pencil, Promethean, The Outsiders and movie adaptation