Day 65: 12/16/16 - E Day: Reviewing Ch 12 & Frayer Model Friday

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

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Activity #1

Review Character Comparisons from Ch 11

• RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the tex

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

Activity #2

Developing Vocabulary

• RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text.

Your task: Create a Frayer Model for one of the words on your word catcher. (You do)

Use the Frayer Model to create a visual display of the vocabulary word on a piece of plain white paper.

Corner 1: Definition - Including the part of speech
Corner 2: Characteristics = The sentence from the text
Corner 3: Examples = Synonyms & examples
Corner 4: Non Examples = Antonyms & Opposites
***Include an illustration at the bottom of your Frayer Model

When you finish please place your Frayer Model into the Red bin for your block. 

Homework:

• Finish Your Frayer Model

RTI - E Day 12/16/16

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

***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.