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= = = __ This Week’s Agenda __ = = __ Mar 21 – Mar 25, 2011 __ = Welcome Back! I hope you had an enjoyable Spring Break = __Reading Instructional Focus:__ Informational Text/Research skills = = = = = = __Featured Selection:__ Rules of the Game pp. 349 - 358 by Amy Tan = = = =__ Objectives: __= = = = 1) Understand and use text features: graphs, illustrations, captions etc. = = = = 2) Assess, organize and evaluate arguments = = 3) Determine the validity and reliability of sources and information = = __Word of the Week:__ //persecution// (noun): subjecting of a group of people to cruel or unfair treatment, for example, because of their ethnic origin or religious beliefs = = __Essential Question:__ Why are reference and research skills important in everyday life? = = __Quote of the Week:__ “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King = =__ Monday __= = __WARM UP:__ Unit 3 - Lesson 1 – Using Graphs = = 1) Warm Up and Planner = = 2) Preview Vocabulary: adversary, benefactor, benevolently, circumstances, impart, malodorous, ponder, pungent, recessed, retort = = 3) Literary Elements = = a. Internal/External Conflict = = b. Motivation/Reactions of Characters = = 4) KWL – The Game of Chess = =__ Tuesday __= = __WARM UP:__ Unit 3 Lesson 2 – Reading Graphs = = 1) Journal and planner = = 2) Guided Reading: Rules of the Game pp.349 – 354 = = 3) Reading Maps Unit 3 Lesson 2 = =__ Wednesday: __= = __Warm Up:__ Unit 3 Lesson 3 – Using the Dictionary = =__ Agenda: __= = 1) Guided Reading: Rules of the Game pp. 355 – 358 = = 2) Stamina #9 Review = =__ Thursday __= = __WARM Up:__ Unit 3 Lesson 4 Using Indexes = =__ Agenda __= = 1) Warm Up and planner = = 2) Mini BAT __Florida's Three Henrys__ (Informational Text) = = 3) Vocabulary Quiz p 361 = =__ Friday: __= = No Classes - 8th Grade – Junior Achievement Field Trip =