Day 125: 4/3/17 - D Day: STAR Assessment & Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Today we will go to the computer lab to take the STAR reading assessment. We will also complete a classwork assignment about primary & secondary sources. Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder & Agenda
• ELA Notebook

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Sharpen Your Pencils

2. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework

Homework:

• Finish Reading Ch. 1 of HP & the COS. Complete your Lit Circle Job
• Pick a 2 - 3 topics for your Research Project on Environmental Issues

Activity #1

STAR Assessment

Activity #2
Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Standards

RI6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claim in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by evidence from claims that are not.
W6.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, & assess the credibility of each source.

Essential Question: 

Can you determine the difference between a primary source & a secondary source?

Primary Source - Actual records that provide firsthand accounts of events

Examples: Letters, Diary Entrees, Journals, Photographs, Interviews, Autobiographies, & Artifacts

Secondary Sources - Secondhand accounts of primary sources. They comment on, summarize, explain, report, or draw conclusions from primary sources, or other secondary sources

Examples: textbooks, encyclopedias, articles, essays, biographies, & summaries

Directions:
Read the description of each source and determine if it is a primary or secondary source. Complete 1 - 15.

If you finish early you may work on your lit circle job. Remember it is due tomorrow.

RTI - D Day 4/3/17

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