March+9+-+13,+2015

= This Week's Selection: Autobiography of Frederick Douglass pp. 143 - 147 =

"Frederick Douglass had to teach himself to read before standing up to slavery." ~ Juan Williams
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Essential Questions:
What is an unjust law? Why is it important to stand up to an unjust law? Should you fight an unjust law even if it doesn’t personally impact us? =__ SWBAT: __= **LAFS.8.RI.1.3** Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). **LAFS.8.RI.1.1** Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text **LAFS.8.RI.3.8** Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. **LAFS.8.RI.2.5** Analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept. **LAFS.8.RI.2.6** Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoint =__This Week's Schedule of Activities:__=