Day #43 - 11/3/14 - Unit 2: Lesson 4 Part I

Good Morning 6th Graders,

         I hope you all enjoyed your weekend, and had a very Happy Halloween. Today is a ‘C’ day so we will go to Library and Technology. Make sure that you have all your materials you will need for Block 1, including your Library books. Last pick up an Ipad for your Triad group and work on the P2P.

                             Thank you,

                          Mrs. Sargent & Mr. T.

P2P: Write about your favorite parts of Halloween. When you are done, review your Timeline Vocabulary with your Triad group. There will be a quiz on Wednesday.

For Unit 2: Lesson 4 Part I

• I can make comparisons between ideas in the myth of "Cronus" and "Shrouded in Myth."
• I can record questions I have about chapter 13 of The Lightning Thief.

Activity #1 - Review of Chapter 12

What was the gist of chapter 12?
Write down a pivotal moment in chapter 12.
Reading Strategies section of your Notebook

Pivotal means - to have significance to the development of something else, a turning point. If something is pivotal it makes other things happen.

Examples of pivotal moments:

• Birth of a sibling
• Marriage
• Death of a pet or loved one
• Graduation

Use Name sticks to select a student to read their moment.

Is the moment described a pivotal moment? Why or Why not?

How is it a turning point in the story?

What changed?

Activity #2 - Carousel of Quotes

What does the word Compare mean?

What does the word Contrast mean?

1. In Triads, travel from chart to chart.
2. Read each of the passages.
3. Discuss: What is similar and what is different between the two passages.
4. Write your thinking onto sticky notes, and stick them on the chart paper.

**Take your time with the passages. 

**Look closely at the passages.

**Talk with each other and explore ideas.

• As a whole group share observations, and record similarities and differences on the Venn Diagram. (Lesson 4 Page 10)

Activity # 3

Read the first part of chapter 13.
Write down questions you have about the chapter. 

Reading Strategies Section of your Notebook

Learning Stations

Block 1                             Block 2

Rotation 1

10:40 - 11:00                     1:20 - 1:40

Rotation 2

11:00 - 11:25                     1:40 - 2:00

Station 1  Read Aloud/Guided Reading

• Pages 212 - 225
• Describe Paul's work in the groves.

Station 2  Computers NewsELA.com (Non-Fiction/Expository)

• Select an article and choose the level that is just the Right Level for you!
• Complete the 5 W’s Graphic Organizer
• Be Prepared to share what you read “IN THE NEWS"

Station 3  Independent Reading (Fiction/Narrative)

• Remember to fill in your “Book Notes” at the end of each reading session. (Notebook checks)
• See the Criteria for your letter below
• Letter due this week for BLOCK #2

Criteria for Independent Reading Letter # 3

Block 2 - Due Friday November 7

Paragraph 1

1. Tell me the title and author 

2. Write the Gist

3. Write a brief summary

Paragraph 2

4. Describe the main character (What type of person is the main character?)

5. Make an Inference about the main character. Use evidence from the text to support your inference. 

Paragraph 3

6. Write a prediction about what you think might happen in the book.

7. Finish with a question or something that you wonder.