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Friday, March 9, 2018

Day 109: 3/9/18 - A Day: Analyzing Types of Characters & Harry Potter Ch. 16

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 15

Homework:
  • Read Chapter 16
  • Complete Ch. 16 Written Response Questions
Agenda
  1. Chapter 15 Inter-House Discussion about the types of Characters 
  2. Whole group Review of Characters & Chapter 15
  3. Analyzing Plot
  4. Read aloud Chapter 16 - Complete written Response questions
Activity # 1
Chapter 15 Inter-House Discussion

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.

House Pairings 
Gryffindor & Slytherin
Ravenclaw & Hufflepuff

Directions:
Use the 4 C's of 21st century learning to have a discussion with the members of your houses to gain a deeper understanding of the characters. Use your notes from unit one to aid you in your discussion. If you disagree with others in your group you should be able to defend your reasoning with evidence from the text.




Key Questions for Whole Group Discussion about chapter 15:
  • What do Harry & Ron decide to do when they see the spiders?
  • Who do they take with them?
  • Where do the spiders lead them?
  • What did Harry & Ron find in the forest?
  • Who do Harry & Ron find in the forest?
  • What do they learn from him?
  • How do Harry & Ron escape from the forest?
  • At the end of the chapter Harry realizes something about the girl who was killed 50 years ago. What is it that he realizes?
  • What would you recommend Harry do next?
  • What stages of the hero's journey do the events of chapter 15 align with?
  • What level are the questions that I asked you today? 
  • What questions do you have about the events in this chapter?


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 16
The Climax/The Supreme Ordeal

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 16 as I read aloud. You will then answer the Chapter 16 written response questions. Each question should be answered using two complete sentences. One sentence should answer the question specifically using proper nouns (NO PRONOUNS) and wording from the question. The second sentence should be your evidence from the text. 

Use words like:
  • According to the text...
  • Within the text...
  • In the chapter...
  • __________ says...

DO NOT USE: 
  • I know this because...
  • My evidence is...


Key Questions
  • What is the monster in the chamber of secrets? What is special about it?
  • How did Harry figure out the Chamber of Secrets?
  • What student was taken into the Chamber of Secrets?
  • Where is the entrance to the Chamber?
  • Who did Harry & Ron take with them? Why?


RTI - A Day 3/9/18
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?

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