Homeroom:
Good Morning. Please use this time to get ready for your day.
Do Now:
- Check that your homework is done
- Make sure you have all your materials
- Sharpen pencils
ELA:
Good day 6th Graders,
Please sit at your house table. Today we will participate in Lit Circle discussions about chapter 14, and compete in the 45 Second Summary Challenge.
Thank you ,
Mr. Trumble
Mr. Trumble
Do Now:
- Write Down your homework
- Open your notebook to your job from chapter 14
- Finish reading chapter 14 (if not done)
Activity #1
Lit. Circle Discussion Chapter 14
The Rules for Lit. Circle Discussions:
- While we read each chapter you will be expected to complete your job for that chapter. Each member of the group will have a different job, and the jobs will rotate each chapter so you will never have the same job twice in a row.
- If we do not finish reading a chapter in class it will be your responsibility to finish the reading, and complete your job for homework.
- At the start of each class the following day you will engage in a literature circle discussion about the reading.
- The Discussion Director is in charge. They lead the conversation.
- You will take turns sharing, and engaging the rest of your group in a discussion about your topic/job.
The Order for Sharing:
1. The Summarizer
2. The Character Captain
3. The Vocabulary Enricher *
4. The Conflict Evaluator *
5. The Mood & Tone Analyzer *
6. The Discussion Director
1. The Summarizer
2. The Character Captain
3. The Vocabulary Enricher *
4. The Conflict Evaluator *
5. The Mood & Tone Analyzer *
6. The Discussion Director
- USE QUESTIONS TO ENGAGE THE REST OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS!
- Summarizer - What would you include in a summary? Why? What next? etc. Put the events in order. What is the most important part of this chapter? What's the main idea? (USE YOUR BOOK)
- Character Captain - What character do you want to talk about? What did they do, say, think, feel, etc? What did we learn about this character? Who were the most important characters? How did they impact the story?
- Vocab Enricher - Pick a word. Take your group to the page. Have someone read the sentence. Ask, "What do you guys think this word means?" Share the definition at the end. REPEAT!
- Conflict Evaluator - What conflicts did you identify in this chapter? Why was this a conflict? How does this conflict impact the story?
- Mood & Tone Analyzer - What is the mood (Tone) of this chapter? Why?
- Discussion Director - Read the questions that you have already prepared
- A Lightbulb Moment!!! - Did anything stand out to you?
- A Question Mark - Is there anything you didn't understand? Perhaps something that you would want JK Rowling to explain?
- A Connection - What did you learn (about yourself) from this chapter?
Discussion Questions:
- If you were Harry, Ron, or Hermione what would you think about the news that Hagrid was the person who opened the Chamber of Secrets?
- What happened to the diary?
- Where does Hermione go when she thinks she has "it" all figured out?
- What happened to Hermione?
- Why do Harry and Ron use the invisibility cloak?
- If you had an invisibility cloak what would you do with it?
- Who is Cornelius Fudge?
- Why does he come to Hogwarts?
- What happens to Hagrid?
- When Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge are in Hagrid's hut, who shows up?
- Why is he there?
- What happens to Dumbledore?
- What advice does Hagrid give to Harry and Ron?
- What do you think is going to happen at Hogwarts now that Hagrid and Dumbledore are both gone?
- Harry has now lost his smartest ally, Hermione, and both of his mentors, Hagrid and Dumbledore? The only person Harry has left is Ron. What would you do next if you were Harry?
- Harry loses three very important people in his life in this chapter. Have you ever lost an important person in your life? Who was it? What happened, and how did it affect you?
The 45 Second Summary Challenge
Directions:
Your summaries should include:
- the main idea (think mood/big idea)
- the most important details from the chapter
- reflection (Your own thoughts about the events of the chapter)
As you are working I will come around to provide you with support. I might ask you questions like:
- What does your summary need to start with?
- Have you written the main idea?
- What did you write for your main idea?
- What details are you including?
- Why are those details important?
- Have you used any transitional words to connect your thoughts and sentences?
- Are there any places where you should use transitional words or phrases.
- What are your thoughts on the events of the chapter? (reflection)
- What do you think about what you read?
- How do these events show that Harry is a literary hero?
- Capitals, Periods, Grammar, & Sentence Structure
YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO FOLOW THE RULES OF WRITING.
- Indent the first sentence
- All other lines are lined up on the margin line
- Words go on the line
- Put spaces between your words
- Proper capitalization
- Punctuation
- Spelling matters (You should not be spelling words from the book incorrectly, especially character's names)
- Neatness
