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)