Teacher: S.

Braggs

Subject: ELA TAG

Date: August 17-21, 2015

Room: P4

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8 Grade Lesson Plans

STANDARDS:
ELACC8SL1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics
and texts, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly.
ELACC8RI3: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or
categories
.
Essential Questions:
WALT: Analyze the role that our Identities have on forming first impressions. Read, comprehend, and analyze an
1.Does 1st impressions play a
informational selection
vital role in peoples perception WILF: Analysis and understanding of the role that our Identities have on forming first impressions.
of who you are?
Ability to read, comprehend, and analyze an informational selection
2.What is the value of a name?

Lessons/Assignments

Monday
Warm Up: NONE
Work Session:
Have students complete
the Where I am From
template and exchange for
peer edit. During editing,
look for the following:
1. Quotation Marks
for anythingTOLD
2. Capitalize all
Proper Nouns
3. Place commas and
periods where
needed
4. Title your work
5. Use detail to aid
the flow of the
writing
Homework:

Type Where I am
From Poem and email
to Dr. Braggs

Tuesday
Warm Up: Have students to use
Litbk p. 669 to list various
causes of pollution and possible
solutions.

Wednesday
Warm Up:
With their immediate
group of two or three,
have students write
down their first
Work Session:
impressions of each
Have students to begin planning person in the group.
to write an essay on the
Share and discuss the
following topic: Why is
first impressions with
Stormwater pollution a problem
each other.
and what can you do to prevent
Work Session:
it?
Reading Concepts**Must include problem/solution Students read the
essay organizational structure.
selection At First
** 5-7 Paragraphs with cited
Glance, pgs. 29-31, and
resources from research.
complete the Wrap it
Up, pg. 31
** Use Litbk pages 708-713 to
aid in the writing process.
Homework:
Define and understand
the following terms:
bias, unbiased,
stereotype, objective,
Homework:
Complete pre-writing for Essay
and prejudice in relation
Litbk p. 708- Hook and graphic
to forming first
organizer
impressions.

Thursday
Warm Up:
Write the following on the
board: The Shakespeare Quote
from Romeo & Juliet: What's
in a name? that which we call a
rose by any other name would
smell as sweet. Ask students to
try to explain what this means.
Does your name fit you? Reflect
on the role that a name has on
shaping a persons identity and
first impressions. Discuss
whether or not you think your
name is fitting as well as what
you would change your name to
if you could.
Work Session: Discuss

impressions as a class, and

the impact that having a name
can have on your identity.
Homework: Write a response
on how accurate your classmates
were in identifying truths about
you from their list of first
impressions of you.

Friday
Warm Up: NONE
Work Session:

Make up work session

and
FUN FRIDAY
Make up work session
and
FUN FRIDAY

Homework:
NONE