This week we will begin Unit 3 in our
SpringBoard text, "The Challenge to Make a Difference." I hope that
the argumentative topic you chose to write about in Embedded Assessment
(E.A.) 2.2 will be a part of what you use to think about how you can
make a difference in the world.
*Please see the note at the bottom of post regarding EA 2.2.
At the opening of Unit 3, we plan to start with poetry that
represents different cultures. The student will define poetic devices to use these to develop the themes and meanings in literature. Diverse poetry will be used, including (Black,
White, and Native American works, as well as Latino, Asian
texts). Students will focus on a theme of, “Finding light in the
darkness."
The first Unit 3 Summative Assessment is a panel
discussion (E.A. 3.1).
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The following is the tentative plan, subject to change based
on 8th grade ELA planning.
Objectives for the Week:
1. Define, identify, distinguish various
types of poetic devices used in poems as well are narratives
2. Determine how to participate in Literature Circles
(LC) and rehearse roles used in productive LCs.
Learning Strategies: Charts and graphic organizers,
previewing, visualization, predictions, close reading, discussion groups, and
summarization.
Monday: 2/25
Define poetic devices
Read an engaging poem; listen for ideas and devices
Select and identify the poetic devices in the poem
Summarize one poetic device (index
paper) from a poem that added to the meaning of
a poem
Assessment:
1. Interactive notebook vocabulary entry
organizer;
2. describe one poetic device on "exit ticket"
Tuesday: 2/26
Review Unit 3 themes
Unpack and investigate E.A. 3.1
Describe how people may have experienced "light in the
darkness."
Compare paired poems from different cultures.
Assessment:
1. Unpacking EA 3.1 chart
2. Poetic
Device graphic organizer
Wednesday: 2/27
Define procedures of Literature Circles
Investigate and rehearse how to participate in effective
Literature Circles.
Thursday: 2/28
Explore culturally paired poems
Compare poetic devices
Find main ideas
Analyze and draw conclusions about theme
Assessment:
1. Literature Circle participation;
2. Interactive Notebook Entry: Quick Write:
A. Expand on the statement of theme by providing your own analysis.
B. Provide textual evidence to support your analysis from the poems
(the "text").
Friday: 3/1
Read, identify, distinguish, and write
about poetic devices in an individual assignment.
Assessment: SUMMATIVE TEST (60% of grade) to determine students' mastery of the week's
objectives. Reading a new poem in class, analyzing, and writing a response to the poem, based on the Elements of Poetry we have been learning in class this week.
*I realize that some of you have work to do polishing
your E.A. 2.2. You will need to finish all of the work on your
essay following by no later than March 1 (Edit: This time was postponed to give them another week. Final essay due March 8.) There will be a late penalty,
since all of the students had weeks to plan, research, and write your essay. Please
come in for tutoring on Tuesday or Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. for any
assistance.
