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Monday, December 12, 2016

Day 62: 12/12/16 - B Day: Author's Purpose, Cause & Effect in Ch 9 & Summarizing Ch 10

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
Review Cause & Effect Relationships in Ch 9
  • RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Essential Question:
What words did you add to your word catcher?
Essential Question:
What Cause & Effect relationships did you note in chapter 9?

Directions for part 1: You do - (8 min)
Mix & Mingle (Also Know as Give One to Get One)
  • Get up out of your seat and find a partner to share your homework responses with.
    • Give your partner 1 of the answers on your graphic organizer.
    • Get one answer from your partner. 
    • You may fill in empty boxes, change answers, or add to the answers you already have.
    • When the whistle blows find a new partner
    • Repeat the process of Giving one response, and getting one response. 
    • Bring your book with you to support your thinking. You must be able to support your your thinking with evidence from the text!!!
Activity #2
Author's Purpose
Author's have a variety of reasons, or purposes, for writing a text. As a reader it is your job to determine what that purpose is! It will help you to analyze their writing, and will allow you to make more informed inferences and conclusions about what you have read.


Activity #3
Read-Aloud Chapter 10
  • RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Directions:
Add at least 3 new words to your word catcher.
Essential Question:
What important events would you include in a summary of chapter 10?
Homework:
  • Read Chapter 10
  • Add 3 new words to your Word Catcher
  • Complete Summarizing Graphic organizer


RTI - B Day 12/12/16

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.

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