Day 134: 4/16/18 - B Day: Intro to Lit. Circles & Ch 1 of Frightful's Mountain

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Today we will begin our last novel, Frightful's Mountain, by Jean Craighead George. We will learn how literature circles work, and about the different roles each of you will have.

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Class          Time Begin         Time End

Homeroom     10:40             10:50

Block 1           10:50             11:13

Lunch             11:15             11:45

Block 1(cont) 11:48             12:13

Block 2           12:15             1:04

Block 3           1:06               1:55

Block 4           1:57               2:48

Special Area   2:50               3:15

Dismissal        3:15               3:25

Do Now: 

1. Pick up a copy of Frightful's Mountain
2. Write down tonight's homework

Homework:

• Finish Reading Chapter 1 & Complete your Literature Circle Job (Due 4/17)

Activity #1

Ch 1. Lit Circle Discussion

Standards

RL6.3 Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes
RL6.4 Determine the meaning of unknown words & phrases

First:
* Glue in Lit Circle Packet Group Members & Reading Assignments Page
* Glue in & Review the Overview of Roles (3 Sheets)

• Sheet 1 - Passage Picker & Character Captain
• Sheet 2 - Discussion Director & Summarizer
• Sheet 3 - Connector & Vocabulary Enricher

Review Expectations

Rules for Lit Circle Discussions:
The Discussion Director is in charge. They facilitate the conversation.
Sharing goes in this order:
1. The summarizer
2. The Character Captain
3. The Passage Picker
4. The Connector
5. The Vocabulary Enricher
6. The Discussion Director
* Be sure to use the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning
* Each member is expected to contribute to the discussion
* When you share, REMEMBER TO USE QUESTIONS TO ENGAGE THE REST OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS! When you share it is your job to get the rest of the group involved. The best way to do this is to ask questions, like: what do you think, how did this make you feel, etc. Use open ended questions.

Job Order:

1. Passage Picker

2. Character Captain

3. Discussion Director

4. Summarizer

5. Connector

6. Vocabulary Enricher

*We will now begin to read Chapter 1 aloud*

Read the May 17, 2012 New York Times tribute to Jean.

ean Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.Her book, Julie of the Wolves won the prestigious Newbery Medal, the American Julie of the Wolves Library Association's award for the most distinguished contribution to literature for children, 1973. My Side of the Mountain, the story of a boy and a falcon surviving on a mountain together, was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book. She received 20 other awards.

She attended Penn State University graduating with a degree in Science and Literature. In the 1940s she was a reporter for The Washington Post and a member of the White House Press Corps. After her children were born she returned to her love of nature and brought owls, robins, mink, sea gulls, tarantulas - 173 wild animals into their home and backyard. These became characters in her books and, although always free to go, they would stay with the family until the sun changed their behavior and they migrated or went off to seek partners of their own kind.

RTI - B Day 4/16/18

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 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.