Day 54: 11/30/23 - Reading Articles with Multiple Categories of Information

  Homeroom:

          Good Morning, I hope you are all having a terrific day. Please use this time to get ready for your day.

Do Now:

1. Check that your homework is done
2. Check to see if you have all your materials
3. Sharpen pencils

ELA:

Good Day 6th Graders,

          Today we will read an article about Hurricane Katrina and learn about transitional sentences.
                                Thank you
                                Mr. Trumble
Do Now:

• Pick up a copy of the Hurricane Katrina article
• Pick up a yellow, pink, orange and green highlighter
• Write down your independent work

Independent work:

• 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?

Activity #1

Analyzing Main Idea & Details,  & Identifying Transitional Sentences of an Article with Multiple Ideas

• RI6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says as well as inferences made from the text
• RI6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details, provide a summary of the text distinct from your personal opinions

Your task: Read to Identify the Main Idea

First: Glue in the Article & the Transitional Sentence Tab

Transitional Sentences move the reader from one idea to another

Step 1: Read the article titled, "Hurricane Katrina"
Step 2: Use the highlighting strategy for informational articles we learned the other day.

Topic = Yellow

Topic Sentence = Pink

Supporting Details = Orange
Main Idea (We will write the main idea in the next class)
Highlight the transitional sentences Green.

You would normally NEVER HIGHLIGHT LIKE THIS!!! We are only highlighting this way so we can see the purpose of each sentence.

Have a great day!