March 7 - 11

Monday

Math -- Composite Functions

Students will:

• Analyze and use existing functions.
• Modify existing functions.
• Create new functions.
• Create similar shapes by changing size parameters on functions.

Common Core Math Standards

• 8.F.1: Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.1

English 7 -- The hero's journey

• Answer the question in brief written summary:
• What trials unite not only Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins but many of literature's most interesting heroes? And what do ordinary people have in common with these literary heroes?
•  Matthew Winkler takes us step-by-step through the crucial events that make or break a hero.
• Link to video lesson

Link to Odyssey reading

English 8 -- Outsiders movie

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• How is this different from the experience of reading the story
• Is the story different as a movie? How?

Comparison contrast paper link to rubric

Tuesday

Math -- 

Students will:

• Use the Design Recipe to identify dependent variables, independent variables, and constants.

Common Core Math Standards

• F.BF.1: Write a function that describes a relationship between two quantities.

Link to slide deck explaining lesson

English 7 -- The Odyssey

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• create time line while watching -- read books in pace with movie -- link
• rubric for timeline -- link

Link to Odyssey reading

English 8 -- Outsiders movie

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• How is this different from the experience of reading the story
• Is the story different as a movie? How?

Comparison contrast paper link to rubric

Wednesday

Math -- Rocket height

Students will:

• Design functions to solve word problems.
• Use the Design Recipe to write contracts, test cases, and function definitions.

Common Core Math Standards

• F.LE.1: Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear functions and with exponential functions.

English 7 -- The Odyssey

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• create time line while watching -- read books in pace with movie 
• Link to Odyssey reading
• Link to Odyssey for listening
• rubric for timeline -- link

English 8 -- finish movie, pre-writing

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• How is this different from the experience of reading the story
• Is the story different as a movie? How?

Comparison contrast paper link to rubric

Thursday

Math -- Solve word problems with the design recipe

English 7 -- The Odyssey Movie 

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• create time line while watching -- read books in pace with movie 
• Link to Odyssey reading
• Link to Odyssey for listening
• rubric for timeline -- link

English 8 -- Pre-writing

Create a time line of major events according to the movie

What visual and auditory techniques that the director uses to tell the story

• How is this different from the experience of reading the story
• Is the story different as a movie? How?

Comparison contrast paper link to rubric

Friday

Math

English 7 -- Reading Friday

English 8 -- Reading Friday