Middle School Literacy-Fofana Week of October 1

Important Updates:

• Middle Discipline Plan Letter
• First Quarter Ends: October 5, 2012
• Fall Break: October 8-12
• Report Card Pick-Up: October 19, 2012
• Compass Learning is up and running. Please sign on to complete all your assignments.

Objectives: SWBAT

6th Grade

• Identify and define theme
• Identify the theme of a short story
• Analyze the theme of a short story
• Analyze cause and effect relationship in a fiction

7th Grade

• Identify character traits and motives
• Analyze character traits and motives
• Identify the setting of a short story
• Identify and analyze the theme a short story

Hand Outs:

6th Grade

• Exit Tickets
• Character Development
• Cause and Effect
• Discussion Questions

7th Grade

• Character Comparison
• Character Traits and Motives
• Exit Tickets

Small Groups:
Reading Strategies and Comprehension

• 6th Grade: Cause and Effect/Author’s Purpose
• 7th Grade: Cause and Effect/Summarizing