Day 107: 3/7/18 - C Day: Analyzing Plot & Harry Potter Ch. 14

Good day 6th Graders,      

     Today we will continue unit 3, Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Fictional Texts. This week we will be reading chapters 13 - 16. 

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Write down your Homework
2. Take out your Homework from chapter 13

Homework:

• Read Chapter 14
• Complete Cornell Notes

Agenda

1. Chapter 13 Mix & Mingle
2. Analyzing Plot
3. Read aloud Chapter 14

Activity # 1

Chapter 13 Mix & Mingle

Standards:

SL6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 6 topics

RL6.3 Describe how a particular story, or plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the character responds or changes as the plot moves toward resolution.

Directions:

Use the Mix & Mingle Protocol to gain a deeper understanding of the chapter. 

Key Questions:

• What plot events from chapter 13 did you record in your notes?
• Why?
• How do the plot events that you recorded show that Harry Potter is a literary hero?

Activity # 2

Analyzing Plot

Standards:

RL6.3 Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of events as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
W6.4 Produce clear & coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, & audience.

SL6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 6 topics.

Directions:

Collaborate with the members of your house to analyze the important events in each chapter. Write a summary of the most important events in your notebook.

Key Questions:

• What events from this chapter are most important to include in a summary of the chapter? Why?
• What evidence from the text can you use to prove that Harry is a literary hero?
• What stages of the hero's journey does your information align with?

Activity # 3

Read aloud Chapter 14

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 of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text 
RL6.3 Describe how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes (Sequence of events) as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution

Directions:

Listen to chapter 14 as I read aloud. Record important plot events using the Cornell taking strategy. Focus on events that you think will help you prove that Harry Potter is in fact a literary hero. You must:
record a minimum of 8 - 10 annotations.
Write 3 - 4 Questions
Include a 3 - 5 sentence summary

Essential Question:
How do the events in chapter 14 show that Harry is a literary hero?

Key Questions

• What events from this chapter are most important to include in a summary of the chapter? Why?
• What evidence from the text can you use to prove that Harry is a literary hero?

RTI - C Day 3/7/18

Guided Reading Book Clubs

Goal: To read fictional texts for enjoyment and discuss them with a group of our peers in order to improve our comprehension .

Standards:

RL6.1 - Cite Textual Evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text

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

• Reading Strategies: 
• Inferencing, Questioning, & Predicting
• Literary Elements: 
• Characterization, Plot, & Conflict

Key Questions:

• What do you know about the main character?
• What types of Conflicts is the main character dealing with?
• What important plot events help to push the story forward?