Day 9: 9/16/16 - Unit 1: Ch 5 Freak the Mighty & Comprehension Check on Figurative Language & Vocabulary

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is a 'D' Day, so we will go to Music. Please order your lunch & unstack ALL of the chairs.

ELA,

          Please hand in the "Who Are You" homework, then take out your figurative language graphic organizer you completed for homework and share your responses with a friend who sits near you. 

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble
Announcements:

1. News team - Permission slips and meeting time
2. Scrabble Club

Activity #1
Standard SL6.1 Engage effectively in collaborative discussions

Go over graphic organizer for Chapter 3 & 4
**If you did not complete your graphic organizer for homework, you will need to do so before joining a group discussion.

Step 1 Share your example of figurative language within your small group.
Step 2 What type of figurative language was shared?
Step 3 Identify how you know.

Activity #2

Read - Aloud Chapter 5 of Freak the mighty

Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking

Directions:

As I read aloud annotate places where you see simile, metaphor, personification or hyperbole.

Key Questions:

• What types of figurative language does the author use?
• How does it help build our understanding of the characters and the plot?
• Who is the narrator? (Who's telling the story?)
• How does the author develop the point of view of the narrator?

Activity #3

(You Do)

Writing or Independent Reading

***If you did not complete the Who Are You activity for homework you will need to do so before beginning your independent Reading!

Create I-Chart

Writers

Standard W6.3 Write Narratives using effective technique, relative descriptive details, and a well structured sequence

Today's writing Theme = Friendship

Directions:

I want you to engage in narrative writing for 15 minutes about the theme of friendship. You might write a short story about two or more friends. You might write a narrative about yourself and something you did with one of you best friends, or about how you met. It is up to you. You will be asked to write for a total of 15 sustained minutes. When you are done we will spend a few minutes looking at each others writing and examining it for how it shows the theme of friendship. 

Independent Readers
Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking

Today we will start to build our reading stamina by reading for a total of 10 minutes. While you read I want you to make inferences about the main characters in your story.

• use sticky notes to annotate your book. 
•  Notes should be about characterization or the four types of figurative language we took notes on today

Homework:
Directions: 
1. Review vocabulary and figurative language notes for quiz on chapters 1- 5.
2. Read the Biography about Rodman Philbrick and complete the comprehension check