Day 117: 3/22/17 - A Day: Creating Short Written Responses & Developing an Essay Response

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Today we will practice making inferences, and creating written responses to short answer state test questions. Please make sure you have:

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

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Sharpen Your Pencils

2. Hand in your Homework on my desk
3. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework

Homework:

• Read Flathead Lake Monster, and answer Questions 1 - 9

Activity #1

Shackleton's Stowaway
&
Excerpt from In Caverns of Blue Ice

Standards

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

RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

RL6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text & contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
W6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content
W6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Test Structure:
Day 1 - Multiple Choice

Day 2 - Multiple Choice & Short Written Response

Day 3 - Short Written Response & Essay

Writing Rubrics

Key Question: How will my writing be evaluated on the New York State Common Core Test?

The 2 Point Rubric: 

Used on all short answer written responses

The 4 Point Rubric: 

Used on all essay written responses

Your Task: Read the passages and respond in writing to the short answer questions.

Strategies for writing your Essay:
1. Use your planning page
2. Underline key parts of the question so you understand exactly what you are being asked to do.
3. Choose how many paragraphs you will need to answer the question fully
4. Create an outline - plan what will go in each paragraph
**Remember - each paragraph should consist of an:

• Intro sentence
• answer to the specific question
• evidence & details from the text
• an explanation of how your evidence supports your answer

Tips to do your best

• Preview questions
• Read Carefully
• Take your time
• Go back into the text
• Underline your evidence
• Review your responses after you have written them
• Make sure you use proper capitals, grammar, and punctuation

***When you are done please hand in your work and pick up your homework of the black stool.

***If everybody finishes we will work with partners to collaborate about our responses.

Your task: Collaborate with a reading partner to analyze and evaluate your responses from the passage about The Disappearing Ship.

Directions:

• With your partner use the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning to collaborate, analyze, and evaluate your responses
• Compare your answers. If your answers differ, discuss the evidence from the text that supports your reasoning.
• Go back in the text and underline evidence that supports your thinking.
• Number the evidence when you find it.
• You may change and add to your responses

Homework:

• Read Flathead Lake Monster, and answer Questions 1 - 9

RTI - A Day 3/22/17

Standards

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

RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings

RL6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text & contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Step 1: Choose one of the articles to read

Step 2: Read the article carefully

Step 3: Respond to the multiple choice & short written response questions that follow