Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet of paper. Open your computer and begin logging on. Log on to iLit. (Remember, use the address bar at the top of the screen and type: learnilit.com Then, look at the picture and write three things you observe in the picture.

Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Media and Technology Essential Question: Is privacy possible in a digital world? 10 Interactive Reader (We will skip this today and introduce the unit and CHAMPS for iLit.) 5 Vocabulary (defiance) 15 Read Aloud Think Aloud Among the Hidden (previewing, asking questions, using context clues) Classroom Conversation Whole Group (questioning) 35 Work Time (The Grade, Interactive Reader, Study Plan) Wrap-Up

Standards: LAFS.8.RL.1.2 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the test says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. LAFS.8.W.4.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. LAFS.8.SL.1.1 Engage effectively 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. LAFS.8.L.3.4 Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Work Time: Students will be working independently on the following: Finishing “The Grade” assessment (in Assignments). Work on iPractice 1.1: Ask Questions (in Assignments). 3) Work on Grammar Study Plan. 4) Work on Extra Practice: Word Match. (in Assignments). 5) Work on the Interactive Reader assignment sent to them (in Assignments). 6) Go to the Library. Click My Level. Choose a book to begin reading.

Work Time: Students will be working in small groups with Mr. Kern: Beginning/ Logging on to iLit’s The Grade test. Reading in syllables.

Wrap-Up: What did you like most about the lesson or the story we read today? Next time, we will look for the answers to the questions you wrote today. Continue working on your assignments as homework and, think of at least three more questions you might have about what we read today concerning the characters, the setting, or the plot.