Students may use any relevant notes they compiled while reading and answering the text-dependent questions as they craft their essays. As a culminating task, students independently complete an evidence chart in order to write an argumentative essay about how the author creates suspense and a sense of foreboding as he drives the reader to discover the moral of the story. The lesson gives students opportunities to read a complex text closely and discuss the short story, answering text-dependent questions as a guide. This Grade 8 lesson titled вЂњ The Landlady by Roald Dahl, a Close ReadingвЂќ by Washoe District and cited on is intended to be completed in five 45-minute sessions of English Language Arts/Literacy instruction.

L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. L.8.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. L.8.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. L.8.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. SL.8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. W.8.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W.8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. RL.8.6 Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor. RL.8.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. RL.8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. RL.8.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot provide an objective summary of the text. RL.8.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Grade 8: The Landlady by Roald Dahl, a Close Reading

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