Day 125: 4/3/18 - A Day: Practice Extended Response Questions & Preview of Environmental Issues

Good day 6th Graders,      

       Believe it or not the Common Core State tests are right around the corner. Today we will practice answering Extended response state test questions. 

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Pick up a copy of Home Afloat

2. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework

Homework:

• Finish Home Afloat #31 & 32

Activity #1
Preview Videos to Better Understand some of the Environmental Issues that Humankind is dealing with.

Activity #2
Preparing for the NY State Common Core Test

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 or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings

RL6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text & contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Day 1 - Multiple Choice

Day 2 - Multiple Choice & Short Written Response

Day 3 - Short Written Response & Essay

Writing Rubrics

Key Question: How will my writing be evaluated on the New York State Common Core Test?

The 2 Point Rubric: 

Used on all short answer written responses

The 4 Point Rubric: 

Used on all essay written responses

Practice Test - Day 2: Extended Response

• Home Afloat
• Living at the Bottom of the World

Directions: Read the passage and answer the extended response questions that follow. 

Tips to do your best

• Read closely
• Reread
• Work Carefully
• Take your time
• Go back into the text
• Highlight evidence
• Preview questions
• Write in complete sentences
• Include your evidence when necesary
• always use capitals and punctuation

RTI - A Day 4/3/18

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, & Summarizing
• Literary Elements: 
• Characterization, Plot, & Conflict

Key Questions:

• What types of Conflicts can you identify?
• What important plot events help to push the story forward?
• What inferences can you make?
• What question(s) do you have about today's reading?

Exit Ticket:

• Write an inference about today's reading.
• Write 1 - 2 questions that you can use as part of your small group discussion.