| Teacher | Janna Rodgers |
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| Subject Area | ELA |
| Grade Level | 8 |
| Week # | 4 |
| Unit of Instruction | A Christmas Carol |
| Standard(s) Taught |
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LAFS.8.RL.1.1 Cite textual evidence that most strongly supports analysis LAFS.8.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text LAFS.8.RL.1.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story reveal character LAFS.8.RL.1.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text LAFS.8.L.3.6 Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases |
| Learning Targets and Learning Criteria |
Students will build background knowledge on Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol Students will develop vocabulary Students will reflect on service and make thematic connections to A Christmas Carol Students will learn to summarize literary texts Students will find relevant textual evidence to show character development |
| Classroom Activities |
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| Assignments Due |
Semantic Word Map (Reading formative) Character Cluster (Lang. Arts formative) Stave 1 Vocabulary Crossword (Reading formative) iReady Lesson (Homework): Summarizing a Literary Text (Reading formative ) |
| Additional Resources |
PowerPoint “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens ReadyFlorida Workbook iReady (can be found on VPortal in the Digital Resources tab) |