Good Morning 6th Graders,
Please make sure you have everything you need. Today we will read aloud chapter 7 of Freak the Mighty and I will introduce you to the reading strategy of questioning.
Thank you
Mr. Trumble
Do Now:
- Write tonight's homework in your agenda
- Log in to your Chromebook
Homework:
- Read Chapter 7 & complete the reading guide
- Complete the Chapter 7 Quiz on Google classroom
- Use Kidblog & write your own level 2 or 3 question. Then answer, at least two of your classmates questions. You may write more than 1, & you may answer as many questions as you like.
Activity #1
Reading Strategy - Questioning?
Good readers are actively thinking as they read. Questioning is one strategy we can use to think about a text. Below is one way to categorize questions.
It is called: The Depth of Knowledge, or D. O. K.
The deeper you can go with your thinking the better you will be able to truly understand a text. The depth of knowledge has 4 levels.
Level 1 - Has only 1 correct answer, and the answer can be found in the book.
Ex: What is Freak's mom's name?
Ex: What does Max get out of the tree for Kevin?
Level 2 - Has an infinite number of answers, and it puts you in the book and asks you what you think the characters should do, think, feel, etc. or what you would do, think, feel. etc.
Ex: What do you think Max & Kevin should have done when they had their run-in with Tony D. and his gang?
Ex: How would you react to Tony D.
Ex: If you were Max, how would you feel about being in an "LD class"
Ex: I wonder if we will ever find out why Max's dad is in prison.
In a level two question we are talking about the book, it's characters, setting, plot, etc, and putting ourselves in the book
Level 3 - Has an infinite number of answers, and it pulls something that happens in the book, and asks you to apply it to your own life?
Ex: Have you ever had an encounter with a bully? If so, how did you handle it?
Ex: When was the first time you got to go somewhere alone with just a friend, and no parents to watch you? Where was it, and how did it go?
Ex:
In a level 3 question we are no longer talking about the book or the characters. We leave the book behind and talk about situations from our own lives, that are similar to those in the book?
Level 4 - Require research & additional resources to dig deep into a question.
Ex: Can you identify the name of the disease Kevin has, along with describing the symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment?
Ex: How is Kevin from Freak the Mighty similar to Wahoo from the book Chomp?
Ex: How does bullying affect typical American children?
Activity #2
Freak the Mighty: Chapter 7
Walking High Above the World
Standards
RL6.1 - Making Inferences and using evidence to support your thinking
RL6.3 - Describe how a story, or plot, unfolds in a series of events, including how the characters respond or change
Directions:
- Read chapter 7 with the members of your class (most days we will read out loud)
- Complete the Reading Guide (Can be the paper copy, or it can be the google form in the assignment section of google classroom)
- Take the quiz on google classroom
Key Questions: Ch 7 - (to think about as you read)
1. Why do you think Tony D. and his gang wont let up on Max & Kevin?
2. What might have happened to Max and Kevin in the mill pond if the cops hadn't driven by?
3. What effect does it have when the author gives only hints about Max's mom and dad? Why does he do this instead of giving all the information up front?
4. Where does the name "Freak the Mighty" come from? How does this new name effect Max & Kevin?
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