Day 49: 11/17/16 - D Day: Unit 2 - Main Idea of Informational Texts & Ch 1 of Bud, Not Buddy (Characterization)

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Today we will be starting unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evalluation of Informational Texts. Please make sure you have:

• ELA Folder & Notebook
• Red Folder & Agenda
• Bud, Not Buddy

                        Thank you

                       Mr. Trumble
Point to Ponder:  

Take out your homework and review your Cornell Notes with your elbow partners. Work together to discuss everything you learned about the Great Depression and the characters in the novel.

Activity #1
Finish Narrative First

• RI6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says as well as inferences made from the text
• RI6.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

Building Background Knowledge

What was life like during the Great Depression?

Title: Bud, Not Buddy
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Genre: Historical Fiction
Setting: During the Great Depression
Protagonist: Bud Caldwell

Building Background Knowledge:

• Read the Informational text to help build background knowledge about the key details pertaining to life during the Great Depression. 
• Write the gist of each section in the margin.

• How do you think the Great Depression affected children? 
• What would you do if you found yourself living as an orphan during that time period?
• Based on the illustrations and information in the article what inferences can you make about life during the great depression?

Activity #2

• RI6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says as well as inferences made from the text
• RI6.2 Determine the main idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

• Set up your 'Unit 2' Tab in your ELA notebook
• Give unit 2 a title page - Critical Analysis and Evaluation of Informational Texts
• Glue the article into your ELA notebook after the Unit 2 title page

Step 1 Color Code

Topic = Yellow

Topic Sentence = Pink

Main Idea = Blue

Supporting Details = Orange

Read the article: (We do)

(I do)

• Highlight the Topic, Yellow. Think "What important word was repeated?" Every Time you see the 'topic' word, highlight it yellow.
• Draw a box around the introduction. 
• Highlight the topic Sentence Pink 
• Highlight the details orange. Number them.
• Write the main idea in a "Thought Bubble

Activity #3

Chapter 1 of Bud, Not Buddy

Characterization

Essential Question: What do you learn about Bud in chapter 1?

Chapter 1 gives the reader a lot of information about Bud. The chapter is divided between things that are happening in Bud's life at the current moment and details, both stated and inferred, about what has happened to Bud in the past. On the first web, list details about Bud's current(present) life. On the second wed, list details about Bud's past.

Homework:

Finish reading Chapter 1 and complete the characterization graphic organizer

RTI - D Day 11/17/16

Step 1 - Pick up an article. 

Step 2 - Read 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?