Day 47: 11/15/16 - B Day: Movie Production Team Storyboard Presentations

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Today we will be presenting our Storyboards for Freak the Mighty. Please make sure you have:

• ELA Folder & Notebook
• Red Folder & Agenda
• Freak the Mighty Novel
• Colored Pencils

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble

Project

Become a Hollywood Movie Production Team

• RL6.3 - Describe how a story's plot unfolds as it moves toward resolution
• W6.3 - Write narrative to describe imagined experiences using effective technique relevant descriptive details, and a well structured sequence of events.

Your task: 

Adapt the Falling Action and Resolution of Freak the Mighty for the movie version by creating your own Timeline (Storyboard) for the Falling Action  & Resolution.

Your Storyboards and group work will be assessed based on a 4-point scale.

4 - Excedes Grade Level Standards

• All StoryBoard descriptions are written in complete sentences, and include specific details.
• Illustrations are neat, colored, labelled, and reflect the description of the event.
• All events are in chronological order.
• All of the conflicts and characters are included in your storyboard.
• All students cooperate and contribute to the final product.

3 - Meets Grade Level Standards

• All StoryBoard descriptions are written in complete sentences.
• Illustrations are neat and labelled.
• Events are in chronological order.
• Most of the conflicts and characters are included in your storyboard.
• All students participate evenly and contribute to the final product. 

2 - Progressing towards Grade Level Standards

• Some StoryBoard descriptions are written in complete sentences, some may have run-ons or missed punctuation.
• Illustrations are included, but they may be missing labels or are not reflective of the event description.
• Events are not in a chronological order.
• Only some of the conflicts and characters are included in your storyboard.
• Few students participate and contribute to the final product. Some students may be off task or do little work.

1 - Does Not Meet Grade Level Standards

• StoryBoard descriptions are not written in complete sentences. Storyboards have multiple run-on sentences or missed punctuation.
• Few illustrations are included, they may be missing labels or are not reflective of the event description. 
• Events are not in a chronological order.
• Only a few of the conflicts and characters are included in your storyboard.
• Only 1 or 2 students participate and contribute to the final product. Multiple students may be off task or do little work.

*******Movie Production Teams*******

Part 1 - StoryBoard Presentations

• Each member of the group will be expected to present their portion of the storyboard. Remember, it is your job to be a storyteller and present the falling action and resolution to your audience so that they can visualize your ending, and see what the movie could have been like.
• Be prepared to answer questions from the audience.

Part 2 - Group Evaluations

• Fill out a piece of lined paper with a proper heading. (Assignment = Group Evaluation)

• Write the names of each of your group members. 
• Give each group member a score of 1 - 4

4 = exceded your expectations
3 = met your expectations
2 = partly met your expectations
1 = did not meet your expectations

• Provide a brief reason why you scored each person the way you did.

****Collect FTM Novels***

Building Background Knowledge about the Great Depression

While you watch Complete a set of Cornell Notes.
Essential Question - What was life like during the Great Depression?

Homework: Practice Reading your Personal Narrative like it is GOLD!!!

RTI - B Day 11/15/16

Step 1 - Pick up your article. 

Step 2 - Reread through your article to get a basic understanding of what the article is about.

Step 3 - Reread the article a 2nd time and write your inferences in the margin after each paragraph or two.

Step 4 - Underling the evidence from the text that supports your inference.

Step 5 - Write a Global Inference pertaining to your article. 

Step 6 - Complete the Quiz

***When you are done you will bring your work to me and we will conference about your article. I will be asking:

1. What is your article about?

2. What is an inferences you made?

3. What evidence led you to make that inference?

4. What is your Global Inference?