Day 96: 2/9/17 - E Day: Barrack Obama's 2009 Back to School Speech

Good day 6th Graders,      

       As we continue unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts we will be reading closely a speech given by former president Barrack Obama. Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder
• Agenda
• ELA Notebook
• Independent Reading book

                        Thank you ,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Sharpen Your Pencils

2. Fill out your Agenda with tonights Homework

Homework:

• Finish text dependent questions #1 - 3 that go with Obama's 2009 Back to School Speech
• Bring in your independent reading book

Barrack Obama's 2009 Back to School Speech

Part 1 - Listening & Reading (20 Minutes)

Directions for small group:  (You Do - 10 Minutes: groups of 3)

• With your groups read the excerpt from the speech you just listened to.
• Annotate in the margins. You can write questions you have & Inferences you make.
• Underline important information, and record any connections that you make.

 

Part 2 - Group Discussion (We do - 10 minutes)

Essential Questions:

• What inferences did you make?
• What connections did you make?
• What questions do you have?
• Why do you think he includes the example in paragraph 1 about not being a varsity athlete the first time you play a sport, or that you don't hit every note the first time you sing a song?
• In paragraph 4, President Obama repeats the phrase "Students who sat where you sit..." Why does he include this phrase? How does it add to the excerpt from the text?
• What do you notice about the structure of paragraph 5? How does it add to the meaning of this excerpt?

Part 3 - Independent Assessment

Standard
RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Directions for Independent Work: 
(You Do - 10 Minutes)

• Think about the information from our group discussion and use your annotations to anser the 3 text dependent questions.
• Be sure to answer in complete sentences.
• Be sure to include evidence from the text!!!
• VERY IMPORTANT - BE SURE TO INCLUDE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT!!!!

If you finish your classwork early you may read from your independent reading book

Homework:

• Finish text dependent questions #1 - 3 that go with Obama's 2009 Back to School Speech
• Bring in your independent reading book

RTI - E Day 2/9/17

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 and annotating Strategy.

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?

Step 5 - Write a summary