Day 52: 11/28/16 - B Day: Identifying the Main Idea & Details, & Analyzing the Importance of Setting

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Welcome back from your Thanksgiving Break. Today we will be Continue unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts. Please make sure you have:

• ELA Folder & Notebook
• Red Folder & Agenda
• Colored Highlighters
• Bud, Not Buddy Book

Now please work on the Point to Ponder.

                        Thank you,
                          Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Pick up a word catcher from the brown table and glue it into your ELA Notebook. Then take out your homework analyzing setting and review your answers.

Activity #1

Analyzing Setting in chapter 2 of Bud, Not Buddy
(10 min)

• RL6.1 Cite textual evidence to support what the text says, as well as inferences made from the text
• RL6.3 Describe how a story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond to changes

Essential Questions: 

• Where does this part of the story take place?
• Why is the setting important to this part of the story?
• How does the setting affect the mood?

Directions for part 1: You do - (5 min)

Turn & Talk with your elbow partners. Discuss your responses on the Setting graphic organizer. You may add to your response or change your response.

• If you did not finish your homework you will need to write down a response for each section on your graphic organizer before you can turn and talk.

Part 2: 5 Min - (We do)

We will share a few responses as a whole group.

Activity #2

The Great Depression & the Main Idea

• 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

Your task: Read to Identify the Main Idea
30 - 35 min (You do)

Step 1: With your team, Read the article titled, "The Great Depression"

Step 2: Use the highlighting strategy for informational articles we learned yesterday.

Topic = Yellow

Topic Sentence = Pink

Supporting Details = Orange
Main Idea = Blue (Remember - write the main idea after you have highlighted in a thought bubble at the top of your article next to the picture.)

• 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" on the top of your article. Remember...the MAIN IDEA might be explicitly stated in the article, or it might not be, and you will have to make an inference based on all the evidence you gathered.

Step 3: Complete multiple choice questions # 1 & 2

Step 4: Pick just 1 of the extended response questions. Answer the extended response question using the I, D, E, C format.
I = _____________________
D = ____________________
E = ____________________
C = ____________________

****Each group will receive 2 lifelines, in the form of a chip. If you get stuck your group may use one of your life lines. Simply raise your hand and redeem one of your chips to get a clue, or a hint from the teacher. 

***You will be handing this in so I can assess you on standard RI6.1 & RI6.2.

What do you expect from your group members while working?

 

 

Activity #3

Read - Aloud Chapter 3

Analyze Problem and Solution

• RL6.2 Determine a theme or central idea and how it os conveyed trough particular details.
• RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text.

First... Glue in your word catcher. 

• As we read record new, unfamiliar, or interesting words in your word catcher. Be sure to write down the page number!!!! We will be creating Frayer models for the words on our Word Catchers! 

Complete the Graphic Organizer mapping out the problems Bud encounters in chapter 3 and his solutions.

Homework:

• Finish Reading Chapter 3.
• Complete the Problem and Solution Chain. 
• Record at least 3 words from chapter 3 on your word catcher.

RTI - B Day 11/28/16

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?