Day 59: 12/7/16 - D day: How to Write a Summary for an Informational Article with Multiple categories of Ideas

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Today we will be Continue unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts. Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder & Agenda
• ELA Notebook
• Bud, Not Buddy
• Colored Highlighters

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Activity #1

Writing a Summary for an Informational Article with Multiple categories of Ideas

• RI6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says as well as inferences made from the text
• RI6.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions.

Your task: Complete the graphic organizer about the Hurricane Katrina Article. Then Write a summary about the main Idea, and the most important information.
30 - 35 min (You do)

Now that you have the graphic organizer filled out, you are ready to select the most important information to include in a summary of the article.

Activity #2

Read Aloud Chapter 8

Complete the Chronology of Events

• RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions

Directions:

• Read Chapter 8 
• Record 3 new words on your word catcher.
• Make a Timeline of Events in chapter 8.
• Select the 10 most important events and record them on your timeline. 
• Use specific details
• Put the events in your own words.
• Write in complete sentences.

Homework: (Due Thursday 12/8)

• Finish Reading Chapter 8.
• Complete the Chronology of Events Graphic Organizer 
• Record at least 3 words from chapter 8 on your word catcher.

RTI - D Day 12/7/16

Step 1 - Pick up an article. 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Complete the Quiz

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.