Learning Intentions: I will be able to identify and understand symbols in The Great Gatsby as they relate to “the American Dream.”

Success Criteria: I can identify symbols in The Great Gatsby if I can include their description and explain their relationship to “the American Dream.”

I am learning how to conduct research on a historical outsider who demonstrated courage so that I can make connections between real events and the themes presented in The Outsiders.

Success Criteria:

I can research using reliable sources, work effectively with my partner, and clearly explain how my historical outsider’s experiences connect to the themes of courage and belonging in The Outsiders.

ELD Success Criteria: I can use clear, complete sentences and academic vocabulary to speak, write, and present my outsider’s story.

Success Criteria: I can...

- list the pros and cons of the Articles of Confederation.

- write a CER paragraph explaining why the Articles of Confederation failed as the first U.S. government using evidence and reasoning to support my claim.

Success Criteria:

*I can recognize a variable as a letter that represents a number

*I can find key math terms and match the operation (+, - x, /)

*I can read and write math expressions and equations, and verbal phrases.

Students will perform contrasting pieces of music using the elements of music and expressive qualities (such as articulation/style and phrasing) to  convey intent.

Generate simple rhythmic and melodic phrases within AB and ABA forms that convey expressive intent.

Success Criteria:

I will be able to play the correct style by playing the long and short articulations as directed in the music so that the group will all have the same style of note lengths.

I will be able to perform with the proper ensemble balance so that I am not playing louder than the low instruments to give our ensemble a full sound.

I will be able to count and perform rhythms and rests in 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time.

summarize and reflect on The Great Gatsby so that I can plan an informative essay that connects the novel to real-world ideas.

I will know I’m successful when I can: 

☐ identify key events and themes in Chapter 9

☐ Create a clear research question about my topic

☐ compose a thesis statement that clearly states my claim

☐ write introduction paragraphs that include background information which introduces my topic

Success Criteria: i can describe the environmental challenges faced by Sumerian farmers (flooding, droughts)

I can explain how Sumerians use technology (like levees, canals, and dams) to manage water for farming:

Learning Intentions

I am learning…

• How to use data to determine if earthquakes, volcanoes and other features occur randomly across the Earth or if there is a pattern

• How to plot a point on a map using coordinates of latitude and longitude

Success Criteria

I can…

• Plot the locations of earthquakes, volcanoes and other features using coordinates of latitude and longitude

• Analyze my completed map to answer the essential question

• Explain my answer to the EQ (verbally and in writing) using the data

SC: I can rewrite subtract integers problems as addition problems and find the sum with 90% accuracy.

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

1.     Identify key cultural, scientific, and technological achievements of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

2.     Explain how these achievements reflect the innovation and influence of medieval Chinese civilization.

3.     Collaborate with peers to organize information visually and symbolically in a creative scroll format.

4.     Demonstrate understanding through matching images, creating symbols, and summarizing accomplishments in their own words.

Success Criteria

By the end of this lesson, I can:

1.     ✅ Identify at least 10–15 cultural, scientific, or technological achievements of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

2.     ✅ Explain in my own words (in one clear sentence) why each achievement was important.

3.     ✅ Design a creative and meaningful symbol to represent each accomplishment.

4.     ✅ Work collaboratively and share tasks fairly within my group.

SC: I can Describe how the lightwave of my choice is used in 3 real life examples.

I can Explain how adding fractions and decimals is similar to adding integers.

between individuals in an informational text, so that I can deepen my understanding of the

author’s purpose.

Success Criteria: I can explain how individuals and ideas are connected if I can show how their actions, experiences, or viewpoints affect one another.

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.B.6: Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane.

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.4: Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities; interpret the rate of change and the initial value.

-      Learning Intention

            We are learning to understand what slope is and how to find it from graphs, tables, and coordinate points.

-      Student Success Criteria

            By the end of the lesson, I can:

1. ✅ Define slope as the rate of change or steepness of a line.

2. ✅ Identify whether a slope is positive, negative, zero, or undefined.

3. ✅ Calculate slope using the formula m=y2 - y1/x2 - x1

4. ✅ Find slope from a graph, table, or two points.

5. ✅ Explain what slope means in a real-world situation (like a ramp or road).

     - Teacher Success Criteria

1. ✅ > 85% of all students will surpass grade level expectations of this grade-level             standard.

Success criteria: Scholars will compare and contrast Vinny’s character traits in a graphic organizer to Joeboy’s as a prewriting assignment for a compare/ contrast writing assignment.

Success Criteria:

I can...

1. Translate 36 sustantivos.

2. Pair the sustantivos with the correct artículos using the gender agreement rules.

SC: I can name the 5 main agents of erosion and give examples.

We will analyze how S.E. Hinton’s background may have influenced themes in The Outsiders.

We will interpret slang in context and explain how language shapes character and tone.

Success Criteria:

I can cite two details from the author bio that connect to the novel’s setting/conflicts.

I can define unfamiliar slang (in The Outsiders) using context clues and explain how it affects meaning/tone.

Success Criteria: I can rewrite sentences to include a requested verb tense with at least 80% accuracy.

Success Criteria: I know how to verify, without graphing, if a point is on the graph of a linear function.

Learning intention:

I will be able to identify samples of figurative language in the Great Gatsby and discuss how they help create the central idea of the chapter.

Success Criteria:

I can analyze the author’s use of figurative language in chapter 5-6 of the Great Gatsby.

-I can use my notes as a guide to help determine samples of symbolism in the book.

Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

2. Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

3. Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

Success 80%

Success Criteria: I will write a couplet poem which will include vivid and precise words that create clear images, sensory details that help the reader experience my topic, expressing a meaningful idea or feeling

Students will use standard 1.6 in softball skills. The standard is to throw an object accurately and with applied force, using the underhand, overhand, and sidearm movement. For example, students will apply this when we do hitting skills as the pitcher throws the ball underhand to the batter.

Success Criteria:

• My binder includes all required sections

• All papers are hole-punched, labeled, and placed in the correct sections.

• My Agenda is up to date with homework, deadlines and it is written clearly.

• I can locate what I need quickly

I will be able to play a game of speedminton using the 4 stokes.