Day 44: 11/8/22 - *UNIT 2 BEGINS* Key Terms for Reading Informational Articles

Homeroom:

          Good Morning, I hope you are all having a totally terrific Tuesday. Please use this time to get ready for your day.

Do Now:

1. Check that your homework is done
2. Check to see if you have all your materials
3. Sharpen pencils

ELA:

Good Day 6th Graders,

          Today we will start unit 2 by reading a short article about youtube.
                                Thank you
                                Mr. Trumble
Do Now:

• Write tonight's homework in your agenda
• Get a yellow, pink, orange & blue highlighter
• Grab a copy of the youtube article, and a copy of the vocabulary sheet
• Open your Notebook to Unit 2

Homework:

• Read for 20 minutes
• Be prepared to answer these questions tomorrow: What are you reading? What's it about? What do you like about it?

Quiet Room List

**Aria Jacobs

**Carter Scott

**Joshua Flinn

**Dominic Francis

Literary Elements Test

1. Liam Ward
2. Taylor Hadcock
3. Ryker O'Hara

Books

• William Davis
• Trent Kranz
• Damian Micale
• Ryker O'Hara
• Gaelyn Pollock

Before we begin...Does anyone need a tab for Unit 2

What is the title of Unit 2?

Critical Analysis & Evaluation of Informational Texts

Unit 2 Agenda 

• Read Youtube Article
• Learn Key Terms
• Topic
• Topic Sentence
• Main Idea - Quiz on Main Idea
• Supporting Details
• Read Hurricane Katrina Article
• Learn Transitional Sentences
• Outlining an Informational an Article (to understand how it is put together)
• How to Write a summary
• Summarizing Demo/Practice
• Read Halloween Article
• Practice Annotating an Informational Article
• Practice Analyzing Main Idea & Details - Classwork Grade
• Summarizing - Quiz Grade
• Author's Purpose (5)
• Quiz Grade
• Text Structure (5)
• Quiz Grade
• Primary vs. Secondary Sources
• Classwork Grade
• Read Bud, Not Buddy
• Analyze Story Using the Literary Elements
• Mid-book Test (Test Grade)
• End of Book Test (Test Grade)
• Vocabulary Models (Classwork Grade)
• Enrichment Project

Activity #1

Informational Text Vocabulary

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Analyzing Details to Determine 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

Step 1: Color Code

Topic = Yellow

Topic Sentence = Pink

Main Idea = Blue

Supporting Details = Orange

Step 2: Read the article: 

• 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

Have a great day!