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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Day 13: 9/22/16 - Freak the Mighty Ch 8 & 9 and following a plot line

Good Morning 6th Graders,
Homeroom:       
         Today is an 'C' Day, so you will go to Gym. Please order your lunch & unstack ALL of the chairs.
ELA,
          Today is a "Whole Group" day. Take out your Homework and share your annotations from chapter 6 & 7 within your small group. Discuss the events that are important to the development of the plot.
                        Thank you
                       Mr. Trumble

Announcements: 

Activity #1
Review Plotline Vocabulary
**Glue in Plot line**
Fill in:
Title
Author
Main characters

Activity #2
Read aloud
  • Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
  • Standard RL6.3 - Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of events, as well as how the character changes as the plot moves forward
Academic Questions for Chapter 8:
  • On page 41 is Max a hero? Explain your thinking.
  • How is the way Gram and Grim treat Max different from what he is used to?
  • On page 43 Gram tells Max to "run away" from Tony D. but Grim says he's not running away, he's taking "evasive action." How do the different word choices affect the feeling of how do handle Tony.
  • How does Kevin change Max's daily routine? 
  • What is an archetype?
  • Does anyone else feel like Max on page 46 when he is looking up a word in the dictionary?
Chapter 9 Life is Dangerous
Make a Prediction about Chapter 9
Page 48
***Visualize the opening scene***
How does the second paragraph contribute to the theme of trust and friendship?

Pg 49
How does Kevin use his imagination to create worlds for the himself and Max?
What does this say about Kevin?

Pg 50
How does Kevin help Max?
How does Max help Kevin?

Pg 52
What does the last paragraph reveal?

Pg 53
How does Max show he cares about Kevin?
How does Kevin taking Max to the bionics lab demonstrate trust? 

Fill in:
Title - Freak the Mighty
Author - Rodman Philbrick
Setting
Main Characters
Inciting Incident

Homework:
Finish Reading Ch 8/9 and annotate 3-5 events that you think could go on the plot line.


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