Day 19: 9/30/16 - Learning Stations, Conflict & Picture Day

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is a 'd' Day. Don't forget to order your lunch and unstack ALL the chairs

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your independent reading book. Today we will continue Learning Stations. Please pick up an Ipad and use Safari to go to our classroom website. 

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Learning Station Groups

Station #1

Independent Reading

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text 

Today you will continue to build your reading stamina. While you read make inferences about the main characters in your story.

• use sticky notes to annotate your book. 
•  Notes should be about Figurative Language, characterization, important plot events, or Conflict

Station #2

Technology

• SL6.1 Engage Effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text
• Standard W6.6 - Use technology to publish writing & collaborate with others & demonstrate a command of keyboarding skills

1. Finish your OpenEd Activity and Assessment on Leading a group discussion

2. Log on to kidblog and create a post about your independent reading book. Write about the main characters, including inferences you have made about them. Include information about the types of figurative language you have noticed in your book. Give you post the title: "Independent Reading Book - (Insert Book Title)" When you are done read other people's post and collaborate about the books you are reading.

Station #3

Word Work

• Standard RL6.4 - Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases

Use the Frayer Model to create a visual display of a vocabulary word from Freak the Mighty on a piece of plain white paper

When you finish please place your Frayer Model into the Red bin for your block 

***If you finish you may work on your College Pennant***

Parts of a Frayer Model:

1. Vocabulary Word - Should be written LARGELY and in the center of your diagram
2. Definition - Kid Friendly and in your own words.  Include the part of speech it is (Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)
3. Characteristics - Include the sentence from the text that contained your chosen vocabulary word.
4. Example - Write down all examples of the word including Synonyms(Words that mean the same)
5. Non-example - Write down all antonyms (Words that mean the opposite)
6. ****Include an illustration. at the bottom of your model****

***Illustration Goes Here***

Station #4

Writing

• Standard W6.3 Write Narratives using effective technique, relative descriptive details, and a well structured sequence

Today's writing Theme = Friendship

Directions:

I want you to engage in narrative writing about the theme of friendship. You might write a short story about two or more friends. You might write a narrative about yourself and something you did with one of you best friends, or about how you met. It is up to you.  Once everyone has been to the writing station we will look at each others writing and examine it for how it shows the theme of friendship. 

***If you finish you may work on your College Pennant***

Homework: Finish reading chapter 11 & 12 and complete 6-7 annotations on conflicts or important events that you could put on the plot line

Day 18: 9/29/16 - Ch 11 & 12 Freak the Mighty and the 4 Types of Conflict

Good Morning,

Homeroom:       

         Today is an 'C' Day. Please don't forget to order your lunch and sharpen your pencils.

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your Agenda and your Freak the Mighty Book. Then share your annotations from chapter 10 with people at your table.  

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble 

Activity #1
Quiz for chapters 6 - 10.

Add Events to Plot Line

• RL6.1 Making Inferences and supporting your analysis with evidence
• SL6.1 Engaging Effectively in Collaborative Discussions

Activity #2

• RL6.2 Determine a Central Idea of a text and how it is conveyed through details

9/29 Conflict
**Finish Gluing in Internal vs. ExternalConflicts 1st**

There are 4 Types of Conflict

1. Man vs. Man (External)

• A struggle, mental or physical, between two characters
• usually between the Protagonist and an antogonist

2. Man vs. Nature (External)

• A struggle between a character and mother nature
• Mother nature = weather, animals, sickness, etc

3. Man vs. Society (External)

• A struggle between a character & the laws or beliefs of a group
• could involve poverty, politics, social norms, expectations, etc

4. Man vs. Self (Internal)

• A struggle between a character and his feelings, conscience, or fear

Activity #3

• RL6.1 Making Inferences and supporting your analysis with evidence
• RL6.3 Describe how the plot unfolds in a series of events

Read Aloud Chapter 11 & 12

Ch 11

pg 63 What kind of place are the tenements? Describe them using evidence from the text?

pg 64 Freak doesn't wear his leg braces and he leaves his crutches at home when he goes on 'quests with Max. How does this show show trust?

pg 65 How does the author paint a picture of Iggy and Loretta Lee?

pg 66-67 What kind of people are Iggy and Loretta? What evidence can you use from the text to support your inference?

pg 68 - 70 Kevin finds out who Max's father is. How do you think this will affect his view/opinion of Max?

Pg 71 Both Kevin and Max are living without their fathers. How do you think this has affected their lives?

Ch 12

• p. 73 How does Max feel about his father? What's your evidence?
• p. 76 Analyze the events on page 76 when Max's classmates are calling him Names. Is this an example of Bullying? How do the students' actions and words demonstrate intolerance?
• p. 77 What does Kevin mean by his response to his teacher's question, "You must be Kevin, is that right?"
• p. 78 What does Max's posture tell you about his thoughts?

Freak the Mighty chapter 12

Day 17: 9/28/16 - Learning Stations & Conflict

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is a 'B' Day. Don't forget to order your lunch and unstack ALL the chairs

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your independent reading book. Today we will continue Learning Stations. Please pick up an Ipad and use Safari to go to our classroom website. Lastly, glue in the Internal & External conflict worksheets in to your ELA Notebook.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Learning Station Groups

Station #1

Independent Reading

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text 

Today you will continue to build your reading stamina. While you read make inferences & annotate your book. 

•  Notes should be about Figurative Language, characterization, important plot events, or Conflict

Station #2

Technology

• SL6.1 Engage Effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text
• Standard W6.6 - Use technology to publish writing & collaborate with others & demonstrate a command of keyboarding skills

1. Finish your OpenEd Assessment on Leading a group discussion & on Plot

2. Log on to kidblog and create a post about your independent reading book. Write about the:
Conflict
Plot
Figurative Language
Characterization

Give your post the title: "Independent Reading Book - (Insert Book Title)" When you are done read other people's post and collaborate about the books you are reading.

Station #3

Word Work

• Standard RL6.4 - Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases

***Please work on your College Pennant***

Then...

Use the Frayer Model to create a visual display of a vocabulary word from Freak the Mighty on a piece of plain white paper

When you finish please place your Frayer Model into the Red bin for your block 

Parts of a Frayer Model:

1. Vocabulary Word - Should be written LARGELY and in the center of your diagram
2. Definition - Kid Friendly and in your own words.  Include the part of speech it is (Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)
3. Characteristics - Include the sentence from the text that contained your chosen vocabulary word.
4. Example - Write down all examples of the word including Synonyms(Words that mean the same)
5. Non-example - Write down all antonyms (Words that mean the opposite)
6. ****Include an illustration. at the bottom of your model****

***Illustration Goes Here***

Station #4

Writing

• Standard W6.3 Write Narratives using effective technique, relative descriptive details, and a well structured sequence

Today's writing Theme = Friendship

Directions:

I want you to engage in narrative writing about the theme of friendship. You might write a short story about two or more friends. You might write a narrative about yourself and something you did with one of you best friends, or about how you met. It is up to you.  Once everyone has been to the writing station we will look at each others writing and examine it for how it shows the theme of friendship. 

*Hand in your finished narratives in to the red bin.

***If you finish you may work on your College Pennant***

Homework: Finish reading chapter 10 and complete 3-5 annotations about conflicts or important events for the Plot line

Day 16: 9/27/16 - Ch 10 Freak the Mighty, Conflict & College Pennant Day

Good Morning,

Homeroom:       

         Today is an 'A' Day. Please don't forget to order your lunch and sharpen your pencils.

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your Agenda and an Freak the Mighty Book. Then take our annotations from chapter 8 & 9, and share them with the people at your group.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble 

Activity #1
Small group Collaborative Discussion 

• RL6.1 Making Inferences and supporting your analysis with evidence
• SL6.1 Engaging Effectively in Collaborative Discussions

Chapter 8: Dinosaur Brain

Group 1

• On page 41 is Max a hero? Explain your thinking.
• How is the way Gram and Grim treat Max after the incident with Blade different from what he is used to?
• On page 43 Gram tells Max to "run away" from Tony D. but Grim says he's not running away, he's taking "evasive action." How do the different word choices affect the feeling of how do handle Tony.

Group 2

• How does Kevin change Max's daily routine? 
• What is an archetype?
• Describe how Max feels on page 46 when he is looking up a word in the dictionary? What advice would you give Max?

Chapter 9 Life is Dangerous

Group 3

• Pg 49 How does Kevin use his imagination to create worlds for the himself and Max? What does this say about Kevin
• Pg 50How does Kevin help Max? How does Max help Kevin?

Group 4

• Pg 52 What does the last paragraph reveal?
• Pg 53 How does Max show he cares about Kevin?
• How does Kevin taking Max to the bionics lab demonstrate trust? 

Activity #2

• RL6.2 Determine a Central Idea of a text and how it is conveyed through details

9/27 Conflict

Conflict = a struggle between opposing forces or characters

• without conflict the story would be Boring
• A story can have several conflicts
• the main conflict is central to the plot & is usually resolved at the resolution of the plot

What are some examples of internal Conflicts?

What are some examples of external Conflicts?

Activity #3

• RL6.1 Making Inferences and supporting your analysis with evidence
• RL6.3 Describe how the plot unfolds in a series of events

Read Aloud Chapter 10 - Rats or Worse

1. Would you go with kevin on this adventure?
2. What are Max's questions about this quest on page 57?
3. What other questions would you have for Kevin before you Would be willing to go in this adventure?
4. What if they get caught?
5. Who might catch them?
6. What's the mood?
7. Can you find two similes on page 59?
8. How do the events on page 61 add to the theme of trust?

Activity #4
College Pennants
What do you think it takes to be successful in school and college?

Directions: Choose a college and recreate their college pennant to decorate our hallway. Your Pennants will inspire other students to stay focused on their goals as we look forward to the future and going to college.

Homework:

• Finish Reading Ch 10 & annotate 3 - 5 events for plot, or conflicts  (Due Thursday)
• Complete your college Pennant (Due Thursday)

Day 15: 9/26/16 - STAR & OpenEd

Good Morning,

Homeroom:       

         I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Today is an 'E' Day. Please don't forget to order your lunch.

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your Agenda and an Independent Reading Book. Today we will be going to the computer Lab to do a STAR assessment and to learn about OpenEd.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble 

Activity #1

STAR Reading Assessment

Login Ex:

Username: rtrumble (Some of you have the number 2 after your name)

Password: 06101974RT

                               (Month, day, birth year, initials)

Tips

• Read carefully
• Take your time
• Read ALL answers before choosing one
• Use process of elimination

Activity #2

OpenEd

Directions:
1. Log into the computer using your login and password
2. Use Chrome & go to our classroom website
www.roytrumble.blogspot.com
3. Click on the link for OpenEd
4. Follow the directions to create an OpenEd account
5. Watch the two videos about engaging in group discussions
6. Complete the assessment on engaging in classroom discussions.
7. After you are done with the assessment you can review your answers and try again to improve your score.

Homework:

1. Try logging in to OpenEd from home. Review your answers from the assessment and try to improve your score.
2. Finish annotations for chapter 8 & 9 if they are not done yet

Day 14: 9/23/16 - Learning Stations - Characterization & Plot

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is a 'D' Day, so you will go to Music. Don't forget to order your lunch and unstack ALL the chairs

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your independent reading book. Today we will continue Learning Stations. Please pick up an Ipad and use Safari to go to our classroom website. Then answer this weeks poll question. Return your Ipad when you are done, but please keep one at your table for stations.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Learning Station Groups

Station #1

Independent Reading

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text 

Today you will continue to build your reading stamina. While you read make inferences about the main characters in your story.

• use sticky notes to annotate your book. 
•  Notes should be about Figurative Language, characterization, or important plot events

Station #2

Technology

• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text
• Standard W6.6 - Use technology to publish writing & collaborate with others & demonstrate a command of keyboarding skills

Log on to kidblog and create a post about your independent reading book. Write about the main characters, including inferences you have made about them. Include information about the types of figurative language you have noticed in your book. Give you post the title: "Independent Reading Book - (Insert Book Title)" When you are done read other people's post and collaborate about the books you are reading.

Station #3

Word Work

• Standard RL6.4 - Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases

Use the Frayer Model to create a visual display of a vocabulary word from Freak the Mighty on a piece of plain white paper

Parts of a Frayer Model:

1. Vocabulary Word - Should be written LARGELY and in the center of your diagram
2. Definition - Kid Friendly and in your own words.  Include the part of speech it is (Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)
3. Characteristics - Include the sentence from the text that contained your chosen vocabulary word.
4. Example - Write down all examples of the word including Synonyms(Words that mean the same)
5. Non-example - Write down all antonyms (Words that mean the opposite)
6. ****Include an illustration. at the bottom of your model****

***Illustration Goes Here***

Station #4

Writing

• Standard W6.3 Write Narratives using effective technique, relative descriptive details, and a well structured sequence

Today's writing Theme = Friendship

Directions:

I want you to engage in narrative writing about the theme of friendship. You might write a short story about two or more friends. You might write a narrative about yourself and something you did with one of you best friends, or about how you met. It is up to you.  Once everyone has been to the writing station we will look at each others writing and examine it for how it shows the theme of friendship. 

Homework: Finish reading chapter 8 & 9 and annotate 6 - 7 important events that you could put on the plot line.

Freak the Mighty chapter 8

Freak the Mighty chapter 9

Day 13: 9/22/16 - Freak the Mighty Ch 8 & 9 and following a plot line

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is an 'C' Day, so you will go to Gym. Please order your lunch & unstack ALL of the chairs.

ELA,

          Today is a "Whole Group" day. Take out your Homework and share your annotations from chapter 6 & 7 within your small group. Discuss the events that are important to the development of the plot.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Announcements: 

Activity #1

Review Plotline Vocabulary

**Glue in Plot line**

Fill in:

Title

Author

Main characters

Activity #2
Read aloud

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.3 - Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of events, as well as how the character changes as the plot moves forward

Academic Questions for Chapter 8:

• On page 41 is Max a hero? Explain your thinking.
• How is the way Gram and Grim treat Max different from what he is used to?
• On page 43 Gram tells Max to "run away" from Tony D. but Grim says he's not running away, he's taking "evasive action." How do the different word choices affect the feeling of how do handle Tony.
• How does Kevin change Max's daily routine? 
• What is an archetype?
• Does anyone else feel like Max on page 46 when he is looking up a word in the dictionary?

Chapter 9 Life is Dangerous

Make a Prediction about Chapter 9

Page 48

***Visualize the opening scene***

How does the second paragraph contribute to the theme of trust and friendship?

Pg 49

How does Kevin use his imagination to create worlds for the himself and Max?

What does this say about Kevin?

Pg 50

How does Kevin help Max?

How does Max help Kevin?

Pg 52

What does the last paragraph reveal?

Pg 53

How does Max show he cares about Kevin?

How does Kevin taking Max to the bionics lab demonstrate trust? 

Fill in:

Title - Freak the Mighty

Author - Rodman Philbrick

Setting

Main Characters

Inciting Incident

Homework:
Finish Reading Ch 8/9 and annotate 3-5 events that you think could go on the plot line.

Day 12: 9/21/16 - Intro to Learning Stations - Characterization & Figurative Language

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is a 'B' Day, so you will go to Art. Don't forget to order your lunch and unstack ALL the chairs

ELA,

          Make sure that you have your independent reading book. Today we will begin Learning Stations.

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Announcements:
Newspaper Meeting is today @ 2:40

Station #1

Independent Reading

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text 

Today you will continue to build your reading stamina. While you read make inferences about the main characters in your story.

• use sticky notes to annotate your book. 
•  Notes should be about Figurative Language, characterization, or important plot events

Station #2

Technology

• Standard RL6.2 - Provide a summary of a text
• Standard W6.6 - Use technology to publish writing & collaborate with others & demonstrate a command of keyboarding skills

Log on to kidblog and create a post about your independent reading book. Write about the main characters, including inferences you have made about them. Include information about the types of figurative language you have noticed in your book. Give you post the title: "Independent Reading Book - (Insert Book Title)"

Station #3

Word Work

• Standard RL6.4 - Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases

Use the Frayer Model to create a visual display of a vocabulary word from Freak the Mighty on a piece of plain white paper

Parts of a Frayer Model:

1. Vocabulary Word - Should be written LARGELY and in the center of your diagram
2. Definition - Kid Friendly and in your own words.  Include the part of speech it is (Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)
3. Characteristics - Include the sentence from the text that contained your chosen vocabulary word.
4. Example - Write down all examples of the word including Synonyms(Words that mean the same)
5. Non-example - Write down all antonyms (Words that mean the opposite)
6. ****Include an illustration. at the bottom of your model****

***Illustration Goes Here***

Station #4

Writing

• Standard W6.3 Write Narratives using effective technique, relative descriptive details, and a well structured sequence

Create I-Chart

Today's writing Theme = Friendship

Directions:

I want you to engage in narrative writing about the theme of friendship. You might write a short story about two or more friends. You might write a narrative about yourself and something you did with one of you best friends, or about how you met. It is up to you.  Once everyone has been to the writing station we will look at each others writing and examine it for how it shows the theme of friendship. 

Learning Station Groups

Homework: Read for 20 minutes and annotate your book for important events that you could put on a plot line.

Day 11: 9/20/16 - Freak the Mighty Ch. 6 & 7 and Plot

Good Morning 6th Graders,

Homeroom:       

         Today is an 'A' Day, so you will go to Gym. Please order your lunch & unstack ALL of the chairs.

ELA,

          Today is a "Whole Group" day. First, pick up your "Who Are You" shield from the red bin, cut it out, and glue it to a piece of blue or yellow card stock. See the example. Next, take out your Homework and share your responses with people at your table. If you disagree about an answer, collaborate to discuss what the correct answer is and support your thinking with evidence from the text.  

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Announcements: 
Newspaper Club will meet tomorrow, Wednesday at 2:40

Activity #1

Author Biography - Roddman Philbrick

• Standard RI6.1 - Cite textual evidence to support what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Activity #2

9/20 - Plot 

• The Main events, or story sequence, in a literary work, movie, or play
• Made up of 6 distinct elements:

Activity #3

Read-aloud Chapter 6 & 7

• Standard RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
• Standard RL6.3 - Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of events, as well as how the character changes as the plot moves forward

Academic Discussion Questions:
Ch6

• What is the conflict for our 2 main characters in ch 6?
• What kind of conflict is it? 
• Man vs self, man vs man, or man vs nature? (Further Notes to come on 'Conflict'

Ch 7

• At this point in their friendship who is the brains?
• How do the events on pages 36 & 37 add to the theme of trust?
• What character trait is Freak showing on page 39 when he refuses to let go of Max? 
• What does this action tell you about their friendship?
• Who gave Kevin and Max the name "Freak the Mighty"?

Homework:
Finish Reading Ch 7 and annotate 3-5 events that you think could go on a plot line.