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.