Day 54: 11/28/17 - B Day: Author's Purpose Quiz & Ch 10 Summarizing

Good Morning 6th Graders,
          Today is a 'B" 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

Homework: 

• Read Chapter 10 & Complete the Summarizing Graphic Organizer

Activity #1

Author's Purpose Assessment

Standards:

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

Direction:

Step 1 - Review Homework using the Mix and Mingle Protocol that we learned yesterday to share responses to your Author's purpose practice

Step 2 - Independently read each passage and circle author's purpose that corresponds with that passage

Activity #2

Read-a-loud Chapter 10 - Summarizing

Standards:

RL6.2 'Provide a summary of a text distinct from personal opinions'

RL6.3 'Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of events'

Essential Question:

What important events would you include in a summary of chapter 10?

Directions:

List 5 events that happened in chapter 10 in the order that they happened.

Be sure to write them in your own words.

Be sure to write in complete sentences.

RTI - B Day 11/28/17

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.