Day 17: 9/28/17 - A Day: Depth of Knowledge Stems & Freak the Mighty Ch 16

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is an 'A' Day. Make sure you use the bathroom & sharpen your pencils. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. We will be going to a play presented by Syracuse Stage around 10:15.
                                Thank you
                                Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write tonight's homework down in your agenda
• Pick up the DOK Stems and glue them into your notebook - Be sure to leave room for the rest of you Rising Action Events (See my example)

Homework: 

• Finish reading and annotating Ch 16
• Complete the Cornell Notes - Due Monday 10/2

Schedule:

8:40 - 8:47            Homeroom

8:51 - 9:24             Block 1

9:26 - 10:00          Block 2

10:00 - 11:20ish  Assembly

11:25 - 11:40         Post assembly discussions

11:45 - 12:15          Lunch

12:25 - 12:53         Block 3

12:55 - 1:21            Block 4

1:23                         Resume Regular schedule

Activity #1

DOK = Depth of Knowledge

Reading Strategy: Questioning
Helps you think about what you've read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvTols_px_E

Standards:
RL 6.2 - Determine a theme of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details, provide a summary of the text distinct from your personal opinion
RL6.3 - Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution

• DOK Questions are broken up into 4 levels.
• Each level helps you think more deeply about the text. 
• You want to use all levels to help you gain a full understanding of the text.

Activity #2

Continue to Work on Elements of Plot

Standards:
RL6.3 - Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution

Directions:
Work with your small group to fill in the plot line with the appropriate information from Freak the Mighty. Use pencil so we can make corrections.

Fill in:

• Exposition
• Inciting Incident
• Rising action (about 1 event per chapter) 
• 12 events total

Activity #3
Read Aloud
Freak the Mighty: Chapters 16

Standards

RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking

RL6.3 - Describe how a story, or plot, unfolds in a series of events, including how the characters respond or change

Reading Strategy - Questioning

Directions:
As I read  aloud your goal is to think about what I am reading and generate questions to help you understand what has been read.

Record your questions on your Cornell notes
Write 4 - 5 questions (At least 1 from each level)

Ch16

1. Pg 101 - What is your opinion of Max's father's words?"I know what they told ya. It's all a big lie, you understand. I never killed anybody, and that's the truth, so help me god."Do you believe Max's father? 
2. Pg 103 - How does the narrators word choice and description of Christmas Eve on page 103 affect the mood and tone?
3. Pgs 104 - 106 How does the point of view influence the readers experiences as Max describes his Christmas Eve with his father? What kind of picture does the narrator create? Can you describe the people in this scene? How does the narrator describe them? How does this affect you as the reader?
4.  Pg 107 - How would you react to the events of the evening?

Essential Question: What inferences can I make about the Characters & the important Plot events of Freak the Mighty?

Focus: What questions do you have while reading?

Fill in your plot line.

Add 1 event to the rising action list

RTI - A day

Read Aloud
Freak the Mighty: Chapters 16

Standards

RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking

RL6.3 - Describe how a story, or plot, unfolds in a series of events, including how the characters respond or change

Reading Strategies- Annotating, Summarizing, & Questioning

1. Figurative Language
2. Characterization
3. Setting
4. Plot
5. Themes
6. Conflicts