Day 43: 11/9/21 - **Unit 2 Begins** You tube Article & Key Terms

 Good Day 6th Graders,

          Please make sure you have everything you need and sharpen your pencils. Today we will start unit 2 by reading a short article about youtube.
                                Thank you
                                Mr. Trumble
Do Now:

• Take out your grade report
• Write your homework in your agenda
• Get a yellow, pink, orange & blue highlighter
• Open your Notebook to Unit 2

Homework:

• Get an Independent Reading Book
• Independent Read for 20 minutes
• Be prepared to answer these questions tomorrow: What are you reading? What's it about? What do you like about it?

Before we begin...Does anyone need a tab for Unit 2

What is the title of Unit 2?

Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts

What are some of the things we will learn in unit 2. 

• Read Youtube Article
• Learn Key Terms
• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Main Idea - Quiz on Main Idea
• Supporting Details
• Read Hurricane Katrina Article
• Learn Transitional Sentences
• Outlining an Informational an Article (to understand how it is put together)
• How to Write a summary
• Summarizing Demo/Practice
• Read Halloween Article
• Practice Annotating an Informational Article
• Practice Analyzing Main Idea & Details - Classwork Grade
• Summarizing - Counts as Quiz Grade
• Author's Purpose 
• Quiz Grade
• Text Structure
• Quiz Grade
• Primary vs. Secondary Sources
• Classwork Grade

Activity #1

Informational Text Vocabulary

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Analyzing Details to Determine the Main Idea

• RI6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says as well as inferences made from the text
• RI6.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

Step 1: Color Code

Topic = Yellow

Topic Sentence = Pink

Main Idea = Blue

Supporting Details = Orange

Step 2: Read the article: 

• Highlight the Topic, Yellow. Think "What important word was repeated?" Every Time you see the 'topic' word, highlight it yellow.
• Draw a box around the introduction. 
• Highlight the topic Sentence Pink 
• Highlight the details orange. Number them.
• Write the main idea in a "Thought Bubble

Have a great day!