English Language Arts Instructional Activities and Standards Overview
Explore a week of English Language Arts activities focusing on literary analysis, vocabulary, and collaborative projects. Dive into standards-based learning with a focus on themes, dialogue, and word choice, all while engaging in discussions and creating mini-projects based on the novel "Lord of the Flies."
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Week at a Glance September 23-27, 2019 Fran Boseman
STANDARDS ELAGSE8RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE8RL3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. ELAGSE8RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. ELAGSE8RL9: Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works ELAGSE8SL1: Engage effectivelyin 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.
WEEKLY VOCABULARY Tone Mood Symbolism Internal Conflict External Conflict Theme Infer Dystopia Convey Constructed Response Textual Evidence RACE/ACE
Instructional Activities Tone versus Mood (Literary Devices) Mini-Lesson Interactive Power Point Independent Practice for Self-Assessment Tone versus Mood Quiz Lord of the Flies class novel Collaborative Group Mini-Project Teach Your Assign Chapter 1. Explain/Infer the connection between the chapter title and chapter events 2. Create a timeline of chapter s major events. Provide descriptive detail! 3. Constructive Response How does your chapter convey the breakdown of civil order? Provide textual evidence for support. 4. Identify character(s)/object(s) that provide symbolism, and explain what they represent. 5. Identify and explain what theme(s) can be drawn from your chapter. I-Ready Reading Weekly Lesson
Lord of the Flies Criteria for Collaborative Group Mini-Project (Two Test Grades) I. Groups will be graded on the following criteria: 100% Participation Detailed References to the novel Appropriate length and requirements Demonstrates understanding and analysis of the chapter Creativity/interesting presentation II. Students will be graded individually on the following criteria: Written account of contributions to the project Participation in the project presentation
