Day 72: 1/3/17 - A Day: Text Structure - Description

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, and happy new year to you all. I hope you had a wonderful vacation. I look forward to hearing all about it. This week we will be continue unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts by exploring some of the various text structures . Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder & Agenda
• ELA Notebook
• Bud, Not Buddy
• Colored Pencils
• Glue Sticks

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble
P2P: Trivia Tuesday

Activity #1

• W6.3 - Write narratives to describe real experiences using effective technique and relevant descriptive details.

Writing

Prompt: 

How was your Christmas vacation? 

Directions:

Create a one page journal entry and tell me about one special gift, one special moment, or one special event from your vacation. Include specific details and figurative language to help yourself paint a picture for the reader. You will have 12 minutes to write. When you are done you will share what you wrote within a small group. 

Activity #2

Text Structure: Description

• RI6.5 - Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, or chapter fit into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of ideas. 

Step 1: Review the 5 different forms of text structure.

Step 2: Review the Definition for Description text structure - The author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture

Step 3: Read the Descriptive article about Labrador Retrievers.

Step 4: Reread the article and underline the details 

Step 5: Write the topic and details in the graphic organizer

Step 6: Color Code, Cut, & Glue in the graphic organizer into your ELA Interactive Notebook

Activity #3

Read-Aloud Chapter 17

• 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.

Homework Packet:

Homework:

• Read Chapter 17
• Add 3 new words to your Word Catcher
• Answer Questions # 161 - 168 in the packet (Due tomorrow
• Complete the Graphic Organizer analyzing setting, and complete the constructive response questions ( Due Friday 1/6)

RTI - A Day 1/3/17

Step 1 - Pick up an article. We will be choosing an article to do together as a whole group.

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.