Day #40 - 11/4/15 - Unit 2: Stations - Summarizing & Aligning Harry Potter to The Hero's Journey

Good Morning Sixth Graders,

          Today is an E day. We will go to Music.

Please...

• Sharpen your pencils
• Order your lunch
• Check your mailbox
• Eat your breakfast

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder: How did the reading strategy of Questioning help you? Share your Homework Reading Logs with the people at your table group. 

Learning Stations

#1 Guided Reading (We do)

Reading Strategies: 

Summarizing & Following Plot Structure

What events did you add to your chronology of events from your last reading?

#2 Independent Reading (You do)

• Read: Finish reading the assigned pages 
• Build Vocabulary: Add words from your Guided Reading book to your list of vocabulary words
• Summarize: Add 2 - 3 events to your Chronology of events

#3 Word Work (You do)

• Use the dictionary and the Word Central Link to create Frayer Models of words on your Word List

#4 Work on Writing (You do)

Writing Prompt: Read the 1st Stage of Act 1 of the Hero's Journey. Describe how you know Harry Potter is on the Hero's Journey. How does he feel out of place in the ordinary world. Use 3 - 4 specific details, or pieces of evidence, from the text to support your thinking.

Write a full paragraph including:
1 - Intro
2 - Claim
3 - Details & Evidence
4 - Conclusion

#5 Computer - Paleolithic Slideshow & T-Chart (You do)

• http://www.slideshare.net/ashleyrollins/the-paleolithic-era-and-the-neolithic-era?related=2

Go to the link above to view the slide show about the Paleolithic Age. Complete the Paleolithic age side of your T-chart in your Social Studies Journal. Include as much information as you can.

Homework: Reading Log: Entry #3 - Reading Strategy: Clarifying/Summarizing