| African-American Culture for Grade 8 Language Arts |
| Know, Want to know, Learned | |
| African American Poets, Songs, Writers, and Culture | |
| Phillis Wheatly1753-1784 | |
| Langston Hughes1902-1967 | |
| Billie Holiday1915-1959 | |
| Tupac Shakur1971-1996 |
| Important dates, Important places, Influences, Pictures, Sound files, Other works, Biographies, Author Analyses, Work Analyses, Other info | |
| Mini lessons http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html) Works cited | |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_mla.html MLA formatting |
| We will do more research work in the Library. I will do group checks to make sure each group has the appropriate research and methods | |
| Important dates, Important places, Influences, Analysis of Poem, How this relates to me, Other works, Accomplishments, Author Analyses, Work Analyses, and Other information |
| Mini lessons grammar public speaking | ||
| Grammar http:www.education.com/a_lesson/02/lp249-04.shtml | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| address your audience | ||
| practice your note cards | ||
| speak clearly and concisely | ||
| Try to involve your audience | ||
| We will review the class rubric. The first two groups will present. After each group has presented we will discuss information presented, what we learned, strengths, and weaknesses, and record this in our journals. |
| Third and Fourth groups will present. After each group has presented we will discuss information presented, what we learned, strengths, and weaknesses, and record this in our journals. |
| We will look back through our journals and reflect on what we have learned from our biographies and listening to others biographies and write in our KWL. We will read other poems by these authors and students, and we will compare and contrast them. |