Day 86: 1/25/17 - E Day: Drafting Poetry - Bio poems

Good day 6th Graders,      

         Welcome ladies and gentlemen. As we continue unit 2 about Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts we will be working on writing some of our own poetry. Please make sure you have:

• Red Folder
• Agenda
• ELA Notebook

                        Thank you ,
                        Mr. Trumble

Do Now: 

1. Make sure you have all your materials

2. Sharpen pencils

3. Review your "Rules" Poem. Practice reciting it in your head. 

Activity #1

Sharing your "Rules" poem

I can share my poetry with a group of my peers So I can receive feedback to improve my writing. 

Essential Questions:
What did you like about the poetry?
What poetic devices were used?

Activity #2

Drafting a Bio Poem
I can draft my own Bio-Poem.

What is a Bio-poem?

Roy

Strong, short, persistent, believer

Sibling of Kathleen, the principal

Lover of volleyball and nature

Who fears failing 

Who needs his students to listen

Who gives all his heart to his family

Who would like to see a sunrise over the beach

Resident of the third rock from the sun

Trumble

Part 3:

• Standard W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Standard W.6.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Your task:

Draft your own Bio - Poem.

You may refer to other student samples to see how they did it, or look at your poem by Kipling. 

We will be drafting several poems throughout the week and you will be selecting at least 2 of them you want to edit/revise for our poetry reading. The Poetry Reading will be next Wednesday or Thursday. Each of you will need to get up and recite at least 2 poems to the class!! Happy Writing!

Homework:

• Finish writing your Bio-poem
• Read for 20 - 30 minutes from your independent reading book

RTI - E Day 1/24/17

Step 1 - Pick up an article. We will be choosing an article to do together as a whole group.

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 use the Highlighting and annotating Strategy.

Step 4 - Complete the Main Idea Graphic Organizer

***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 the topic of your article?

2. What is the topic sentence?

3. What is the Main Idea?

4. What supporting details led you to think that?

Step 5 - Write a summary