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Original LI:  I can define unfamiliar words in today’s reading

6-8.RH.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text

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Original LI:  To differentiate between facts and opinions

6-8.RH.8

Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.

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Original LI: SWBAT respond to a prompt and include supporting data

6-8.RST.1

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.

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Today, I will be able to define unfamiliar words within the text using a defining strategy of my choice (ie. context clues, prefix/suffix, Google) so that I may understand what I am reading

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading so that I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading so that I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.

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The students will know they are successful when they can
define unfamiliar words in a text by:
-determining the meaning of the words
-determine the meaning of the phrases

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading so that I can understand future articles better. 

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading so that I can understand future articles better. 

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading by using context clues in order to summarize what I've read.

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I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading by using context clues in order to summarize what I've read.

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I can circle/underline words that I don't know

I can write a Gist statement to begin my summary

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In today's reading I can determine the meaning of words and phrases so that I understand the passage.

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In today's reading I can determine the meaning of words and phrases so that I understand the passage.

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I will:
1. highlight all the words/phrases in the reading that I need to define.
2. write definitions of those words
3. use my definitions to create a summary of the reading

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LI: I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading, so that I have a better understanding of the text.

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LI: I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading, so that I have a better understanding of the text.

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SC:

I can explain unfamiliar words in the text.

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today, I can learn about the characteristics of factual information and individual opinions so that I am able to write persuasive and informative essays...?

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Today, I can define unfamiliar words in today's reading using context clue so that I will comprehend what I am reading.

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To differentiate between facts and opinion

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To differentiate between facts and opinion

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Today, I will differentiate fact and opinion so that I can determine which statement is a fact or an opinon in a text.

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Today I will learn how to use context clues in texts in order to understand and find meaning to unknown words or phrases

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Today I will be able to differentiate between facts and opinions so I can distinguish what stance the author means in the text.

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Today, I will be able to write a response to a prompt and cite at least 1 piece of evidence to support it.

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Today, I will be able to write a response to a prompt and cite at least 1 piece of evidence to support it.

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Students can use at least 1 piece of evidence from the text to support their idea.

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Students will demonstrate that they are able to tell the difference between facts, opinions, and reasoned judgments based on texts we're reading in class.

Students will effectively identify factual and opinion pieces from a variety of online news sources.

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LEARNING INTENTION
I can use the Click or Clunk strategy to figure out unfamiliar words and phrases in the text, A Teacher's Defense of Homework, so that I can Get The GIST of this opinion piece.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
•I will close read the text to identify clunks and circle the unknown words and phrases.

•I will work collaboratively with my small group to fix up the clunks in the text.

•I will work collaboratively with my small group to determine the who or what the text is about.

•I will work collaboratively with my small group to determine the most important details about the who or what.

•I will independently write my own GIST Statement, summarizing the text.

•I will work collaboratively with my small group to compare my GIST Statements with the GIST Statements of others in my small group.

•I will self-assess to determine how well I was able to summarize the text.

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I can use primary resources to do research in order to distinguish between opinions and facts.

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I can use primary resources to do research in order to distinguish between opinions and facts.

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Today, I will be reading a really fun scientific article and read it closely to understand it better and even use specific parts of it in quotes to answer questions which will be posed to me so that I could use this knowledge in the future.

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I learned today that data supports facts while opinions are just thoughts and feelings in the text

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Today, students will be able to respond to a prompt by including at least one piece supporting data from the text. 

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Today, students will be able to respond to a prompt by including at least one piece supporting data from the text. 

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I can use context clues to figure our unfamiliar words in todays reading.

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I can use evidence to support a claim to craft a scientific argument.

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I can use evidence to support a claim to craft a scientific argument.

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I am successful when I can identify relevant evidence to support a claim and share why it's important to my claim.

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Students will be able to respond to a prompt with specific evidence and support so they can properly analyze science and technical texts.

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Today, I can determine the difference between facts and opinions so that I can distinguish which texts are author's thoughts.

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Today, I can determine the difference between facts and opinions so that I can distinguish which texts are author's thoughts.

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Today, I can differentiate between facts and opinions in getting the real meaning of the passage.

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Today, I can differentiate between facts and opinions in getting the real meaning of the passage.

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LI: Today I will be able to differentiate between facts and opinions to understand an author's main argument.

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LI: Today I will be able to differentiate between facts and opinions to understand an author's main argument.

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SC:
I can identify statements that are facts
I can identify statements that are the author's opinion