Day 134: 4/24/17 - C Day: Tracing Arguments & Planning Your Research Essay

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break. Today we will  read through our articles and begin tracing arguments for our research paper.  Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder & Agenda
• ELA Notebook
• RESEARCH MATERIALS

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework

2. Pick up your articles & graphic organizers from your research folder

Homework:

1. Finish Reading Ch. 5 of HP & the COS. Complete your Lit Circle Job (Due Tuesday 4/24/17)
2. Work on reading & annotating your research articles. complete the Tracing Arguments Graphic Organizers 
3. Collect Materials for your research project
• Trifold Poster Board
• Shoe Boxes
• Decorative Duck Tape
• Craft Sticks
• Etc.

Activity #1

Research - Tracing Arguments

RI6.7 - Integrate information presented in different media or formats to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

RI6.8 - Trace & Evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by evidence from claims that are not.

Task #1 - You Do

* Read through the 4 - 6 resources you found for your research essay.
Complete the "Tracing Arguments" graphic organizer to record important information for your research essay and project. 

*Read each article & use one graphic organizer per article. Be sure to record all the important information from your article onto the graphic organizer, including:

-Title of the article

-Name of the resource

-Author's Argument

-Author's Claim

-Quality of the resource

At the end of class I want you to put all of your research graphic organizers and articles that you are not taking home into your research folder in the bin.

RTI - C Day 4/24/17

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.

Whole Group: 

• Read aloud Ch 5 of HP & the Chamber of Secrets
• Complete Literature Circle Jobs
• * Model & Discuss Jobs as we read together

OR...

Independent:

• Work on the Tracing Arguments Graphic Organizers for the articles for your Research Essay