Day 128: 4/6/18 - D Day: Text Features & Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Good day 6th Graders,      

       Believe it or not the Common Core State tests are right around the corner. Today we will begin learning about non-fiction text features, and Primary & Secondary Sources. 

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework

Homework:

• Complete the Primary vs Secondary Sources activity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoHOvYXJ0Q

Activity #1

• Make Unit 4 tab in your ELA Notebook
• Label Unit 4: Critical Analysis of Informational Texts & Research

Activity #2
Text Features

What are the different text features you might encounter as you conduct your research?

 

Activity #3
Primary vs Secondary Sources

Standards

RI6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claim in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by evidence from claims that are not.
W6.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, & assess the credibility of each source.

• For your research essay you will be needing 4 - 6 sources. You should get both Primary & Secondary Sources. 
• 1 to 2 sources should be from a primary source. 2 - 4 sources can be secondary sources.

Essential Question: 

So...
What is a primary source & what is a secondary source?

Primary Source - Actual records that provide firsthand accounts of events

Examples: Letters, Diary Entrees, Journals, Photographs, Interviews, Autobiographies, & Artifacts

Secondary Sources - Secondhand accounts of primary sources. They comment on, summarize, explain, report, or draw conclusions from primary sources, or other secondary sources

Examples: textbooks, encyclopedias, articles, essays, biographies, & summaries

So now......

Can you determine the difference between a primary source & a secondary source?

Directions:
Read the description of each source and determine if it is a primary or secondary source. Complete 1 - 15.

RTI - D Day 4/6/18

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.