Day 53: 11/27/17 - A Day: Author's Purpose & Review of Ch 8 & 9

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is an 'A" day. Check to see that you have everything you need for your morning classes. Please hand in your Report Card Envelopes!!!!
                         Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble
ELA:
Do Now:

• Write down tonight's homework
• Take out your Homework from ch 8 & 9 

Homework: 

• Complete the Identifying Author's Purpose Practice

Activity #1

Review of Chapters 8 & 9

• RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

Directions for part 1: You do - (8 min)

Mix & Mingle (Also Know as Give One to Get One)

• Get up out of your seat and find a partner to share your homework responses with.
• Give your partner 1 of the answers on your graphic organizer.
• Get one answer from your partner. 
• You may fill in empty boxes, change answers, or add to the answers you already have.
• When the whistle blows find a new partner
• Repeat the process of Giving one response, and getting one response. 
• Bring your book with you to support your thinking. You must be able to support your your thinking with evidence from the text!!!

Activity #2

Author's Purpose

Standards:

RI6.6 Determine an author's point of view, or purpose, in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text

Directions:

Author's have a variety of reasons, or purposes, for writing a text. As a reader it is your job to determine what that purpose is! It will help you to analyze their writing, and will allow you to make more informed inferences and conclusions about what you have read.

Your Turn:

Read each passage and answer the questions that follow.

RTI - A Day 11/27/17

Step 1 - Pick up a copy of the article about Healthy Eating 

Step 2 - Read through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and use the Highlighting Strategy to identify the:

• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Main Idea

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

Step 5 - Draft a summary

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Enrichment Group:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.