Day 127: 4/5/17 - A Day: Text Features & Preparing for Research

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Today we will  get new notes on Text Features. We will also choose our research topics and start filling out our research graphic organizer. Lastly we will preview outlines for your research paper. Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder & Agenda
• ELA Notebook

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Hand in your Quick Comprehension Questions from ch 1

2. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework
4. Pick up a copy of each of the text structure notes for today. Color code it similar to my example.

Homework:

• Finish Reading Ch. 2 of HP & the COS. Complete your Lit Circle Job

Activity #1

Text Features
What are the different text features you might encounter as you conduct your research?

 

Activity #2
Preparing for Your Research

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.

Research Project Timeline

Research Graphic Organizer

• What environmental issue are you going to research?
• What is the general questions you are beginning with to conduct your research?
• What are the two sides of the issue?

Key Words for Research:

• What key words will you use to conduct your research?
• What key questions will you use to conduct your research

Research Outline:

• Preview the outline that students will use to write their Research Essays.

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

RTI - A Day 4/5/17

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