Day Eight

Agenda:

1. Guidelines for discussion
2. Reviewing informational texts for Thursday's quiz

Reading Informational Text Unit Objectives (Trayvon Martin informational texts and
The Hate U Give)

Students will be able to:

• determine and analyze development of central idea in text
• identify and discern between ideas and details
• analyze reasoning behind order in which points are delivered and connections among them
• analyze an account of a subject in different media (article and video) to determine emphasis
• establish and articulate thematic connections between informational and literary texts
• identify strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what a text states explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
• analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text 
• determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone 

Assessments:

• multiple choice quiz
• reading informational texts extension assignment

HW: Make sure you have completed the informational texts questions and bring your work to
class for the open-note quiz.

Thinking ahead: Look over the group essay topics (found on the first page of the linked document) and complete the form with your top three choices:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYz2HkWfCjl-XgJ8MtLvHKtIvg494WNFLE7VRP8pm0qiS24Q/viewform?usp=sf_link