CANCER

Quick write 3 minutes:

Everything that comes to your mind when you think of it Personal experiences

what it means what it does

questions about it

Standards

RL8.3 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.

SL.8.1 Engage in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups,

and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

RL8.1 Cite textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what

the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its

development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the character, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

I DO (3 min)

Teacher Read Pages 3-4 Teacher Annotate (?, , , yes,

OMG, comments) Look Fors…

Propel the Action (PA) Provoke a Decision (PD) Reveal Aspects of a Character (RC)

WE DO (3 min)

Students & Teacher Read Pages 5-6 Annotate (?, , , yes, OMG,

comments) Look Fors…

Propel the Action (PA) Provoke a Decision (PD) Reveal Aspects of a Character (RC)

YOU DO ( 8 min)

In pairs students Read Pages 7-10 @ level 1

In pairs students Annotate (?, , , yes, OMG, comments)

Look Fors… Propel the Action (PA) Provoke a Decision (PD) Reveal Aspects of a Character (RC)

Shout it Out!! (5 min)

?, OMGs, Smiley Faces, YES, Sad Faces, Comments

Look Fors… Propel the Action (PA) Provoke a Decision (PD) Reveal Aspects of a Character (RC)

Possible Themes from the text

Suffering Fear of oblivion Fairness of Life

“Life Is not Fair and then You Die” Family Isolation Love Religion Death is Inevitable

Give students possible themes and allow them

to discover them in the text. Allow them to

decide which are prevalent and

which are not. Why?

Vocabulary: Make it REAL!!(especially if it appears heavily throughout the text)

Cannula

page 8

Grammar in Isolation? Of Course Not

Using chapter one place a C above all common nouns on

pages 4-5 ▪ be able to explain why?

Underline (using a pencil) all action verbs ▪ be able to explain why?

The colon is used on pages 4-7 – where and how is it used?

Why are certain words, titles, phrases italicized in chapter one? What does that mean?

I DO: My Eulogy

Using poetry and/or prose write YOUR Eulogy

Use commas, dashes, ellipsis correctly

Demonstrate command of the conventions of SE

Use at least 3 literary devices Audience??

Melanie was a person of much character! She was known to most by her infrequent sarcasm and frequent attempts of perfection. It was always so much she wanted to do in life, yet time always found a way to hide himself among the darkness. I remember 20 years ago when we first met. It was at Greater Harvest COGIC and Central High School…I mean THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. I thought she was stuck up and later I found out that she thought I was stuck up as well…..funny right? It got really interesting when we ended up dating the same guy anonymously. We then REALLY didn’t care for each other. She thought I was robbing the cradle (he was a year younger) and I thought she just had a crush on him and wanted him to like her. Well in the end he was playing us both. We later became the closest friends through the beautifully easy yet complicated artistic expression and ministry called…DANCE!!! Dance was our poetry and prose. Dance was our outlet and hidden gem. Dance was how I learned to know, love, and appreciate my best friend Melanie.

Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Flashback

YOU DO: Your Eulogy (5 min)

Begin writing Your Eulogy Using poetry and/or prose write

YOUR Eulogy Use commas, dashes, ellipsis

correctly Demonstrate command of the

conventions of SE Use at least 3 literary devices Audience??

Field Experience (Virtual or Actual)St. Jude

Math Connections

Statistics about Cancer in Memphis, US, World

Ratios, how much money does it take for St. Jude to operate, the coordinates of the St. Jude building

??

Science Connections

What does the body do when cancer gets it ? What does that look like from the inside?

Chemical imbalanceWhat ions make up cancer cells? What

does a cancer cell look like? Why?What are the treatments?

Social Studies

Which cities have the most cancer survivors, patients?

Why does cancer reek havoc around chemical plants? Research on this…

Exploratory

Music Can Music Heal?

P.E.▪ Can being physically fit really fight cancer?

▪ ??

Types of Text

Visual Informational (non-fiction) Literary (fiction)

REMS will use:

LITERARY

Novels Adolescent Lit Classics (old

canon)

Poems

Short Stories

INFORMATIONAL

Educational Magazines

Periodicals/ Newspapers

Articles

Speeches

VISUAL

Maps

Images

Pictures

Designs

Genres of Writing

Creative Letters, Emails, Eulogies, Poetry, Prose

Expository Informational

Letters, Emails, Memos, Speeches Persuasive

Essays, Speeches Narrative Compare/Contrast

Genres of Speaking

Informal Your audience

Formal Your audience

REMS Literacy Plan 2014-2015

READ IT SEE IT

WRITE IT

SPEAK IT

REMS SCHOOL-WIDE LITERACY PLAN

CONTENT TEXT WRITING SPEAKING

RLA Literary, Informational, Visual

Creative, Expository, Informational, Persuasive, Compare/Contrast, Narrative

Informal/Formal

MATH Informational, Visual

Creative, Expository, Informational, Persuasive, Compare/Contrast, Narrative

Informal/Formal

SCIENCE Literary, Informational, Visual

Creative, Expository, Informational, Persuasive, Compare/Contrast, Narrative

Informal/Formal

SOCIAL STUDIES

Literary, Informational, Visual

Creative, Expository, Informational, Persuasive, Compare/Contrast, Narrative

Informal/Formal

EXPLORATORY Informational, Visual

Creative, Expository, Informational, Persuasive, Compare/Contrast, Narrative

Informal/Formal

READ TEXT

VIEW TEXT

WRITE A RESPONSE (TEXT depen/indepen)

SPEAK A RESPONSE (TEXT depen/indepen)

QUESTIONS ????COMMENTS???CONCERNS??