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Learning Standards

7. Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to ordeparts from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digitaltext, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style areappropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are

defined in standards 13 above.)

6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal Englishwhen indicated or appropriate. (See grade 8 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 52 for specific

expectations.)

Monday

Rm 292 and Rm 295 will review for their exams on Tuesday by playing Jeopardy andparticipating in a large class discussion.

Rm 296 will begin reading Hugo.o 20 minute discussion explaining the format of Hugo and the history of the film industryo 60 minutes read Hugo together as a class stopping to discuss theme and

characterization.

Tuesday

Rm 292 and Rm 295 will take their unit exams on The Book Thief and The Boy in the StripedPajamas.

Rm. 296o Continue reading Hugo 40 minuteso Students will turn one of the picture sections of the book into text. -40 minutes

Wednesday

Rm 292 and Rm 295 will watch The Boy in the Striped Pajamas to wrap up the Holocaust unitand they will write an essay about the movies portrayal of both the book and the Holocaust as a

whole.

Rm 296:o Powerpoint about Characterization. -20 minuteso Students will continue to read Hugo in class stopping every 10 minutes or so for class

discussion. -60 minutes

Thursday

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Rm 292: Students will create their own allegories to represent their lives. This activity assessestheir knowledge of allegory. -80 minutes

295: Creative writing activity. Students will choose a photograph and write a story inspired bythe photo. This activity will be used in the 8

thgrade newspaper. -80 minutes

Rm. 296o Students will finish reading Hugo -20 minuteso Student will watch the movie version of Hugo and write an essay on the novel message

about movies and how the novel is able to capture this.

Friday

Rm 292 and Rm 295: Finish creative writing project and present them to the class for a speakingand listening grade -80 minutes

Rm 296: Finish watching Hugo and work on essay.