Day 139: 4/30/18 - C Day: Outlining Your Research Essay

Good day 6th Graders,      

        Today we will be outlining our research essays.

                        Thank you,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Pick up any work you have in your research folders
2. Write down your homework

Homework:

• Work on the first half of your outline for your research essay
• Make sure your lit circle job is done for tomorrow

Activity #1

Outlining Your Research Essay

Goal:

You will have met today's goal when you have completed the first half of your outline for your research essay

Standards:

RI6.8 - Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Directions:

First...Glue in the "Writing a Research Essay" organizer into your notebooks.

Use your graphic organizers along with the outline template to begin outlining your research essay. 

Task - You Do 

Complete the outline in preparation of drafting.

At the end of class I want you to put all of your research graphic organizers and articles that you are not taking home into your research folder in the bin.

RTI - C Day 4/30/18

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.