Day 6: 9/13/17 - B Day: Figurative Language & Freak the Mighty Ch 4

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'B' Day. Please use the bathroom & sharpen your pencils. Make sure you have everything you need for your morning classes, and hand in any important forms that you have. 
                                Thank you
                                Mr. Trumble

ELA:
Do Now:

• Take out your Reading guide from Ch 2 & 3 and put it on your desk.
• Pick up & Cut out your shield(scissors are on the back table)
• select a piece of card stock
• Glue your shield to the card stock

Activity #1

Interactive Notebook Notes
Topic: Figurative Language

• Figurative Language is when words go beyond their literal meaning

• Simile
• uses the words 'like' or 'as' to compare one thing with another. 
• Ex: She was as busy as a bee. He played like a beast during the basketball game.
• Metaphor
• makes a direct comparison between one thing and another. 
• Ex: He was a beast during the basketball game.
• Personification
• when human characteristics are given to an animal or nonliving object.
• Ex: my teddy bear gave me a hug. The lightening danced across the sky. The wind howled.
• Hyperbole
• An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Often used to make a point. 
• Ex: He's got a million video games. 
• Redbull - It gives you wings!
• Alliteration
• The repetition of the initial sound in closely connected words
• Ex: Go and gather the green garbage in the gutter
• She sells sea shells down by the sea shore
• Onomatopoeia
• Sound Words
• Ex: The car went boom!
• Ex: Splash, buzz, zip, zoom, etc.
• Idiom
• an expression that cannot be understood by the words alone
• Ex: It's raining cats and dogs
• Ex: Hold your horses
• Ex: I have a frog in my throat
• Allusion:
• A reference made to something that is not directly mentioned
• Kevin calls his mom the "Fair Gwen" - a reference to the Fair Guinevere from the Legend of King Arthur

Activity #2

Freak the Mighty: Chapters 4
Before we read...review Ch 2 & 3 Reading guide

Standards

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

RL6.2 - Determine how a theme is conveyed through details, and provide a summary of a text

Reading Strategy - Annotating a Text

While you read it is important to annotate what you are reading. This will allow you to comprehend what you are reading and make more accurate inferences about the reading.

• Use sticky notes to record important information or questions you have while reading. Notes could be about:

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

Key Questions:

• Why does Kevin refer to his mom as "the Fair Gwen of Air"?
• Describe the similarities between King Arthur's men and robots.
• Explain what Kevin means when he says, "Books are like truth serum-if you don't read you can't figure out what is real."
• List all the ways Kevin and Max are opposites.
• What other inferences can you make?
• How do you know? (What is your evidence?)

Homework: 

• Finish reading and annotating Ch 4
• Complete the Figurative language Activity

RTI - 9/13/17 - B day

Creating Anchor Charts to establish Classroom Rules
Standard SL6.1 - Engage Effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, building on each others' ideas and expressing your own ideas clearly.
Be Respectful


Be Responsible


Show Integrity


Key questions to consider:
1. What is (respect, responsibility, integrity)
2. What does (respect, responsibility, integrity) look like at school, with your homework, with your teachers, with your self with each other?
3. What does (respect, responsibility, integrity) sound like at school, with your homework, with your teachers, with your self, and with others?
4. How can you show (respect, responsibility, integrity) with your work, teachers, yourself and others?


Directions:


• Work with your group members to discuss the assigned rule/character trait.
• Then create a poster or display of what your group discussed regarding how this rule applies to our classroom.
• You could include a list of details, images, charts, etc. 
• Your poster should have large print and detailed pictures.
• Choose a spokesperson to share the information.