Homeroom:
Good Morning, I hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Do Now:
- Get all your materials for Reading and Block 1
- Eat your breakfast
- Sharpen pencils
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Reading Block:
Agenda:
- Review Reading Guide from chapter 4
- Set up new Reading Guide
- Read - Aloud Chapters 5 & Complete the New Reading Guide
1. Review Chapter 4
- Who are the 2 main characters?
- What do you know about them?
- How do you know? (What is your evidence?)
- What do you think about them so far?
- What is the setting? When & Where. Include Descriptive details.
- What are the important plot events? What happened in these chapters?
2. The Reading Guide:
I expect you to come to ELA with your reading guide complete. Your reading guide has 3 sections.
- Setting - Where & when do the events takes place?
- Characters - What do you know about the main characters?
- Plot - What are the important events from the chapter?
3. Read-Aloud Ch 5 Directions:
Read chapter 5 of Freak the Mighty & complete the Reading Guide.
- While you read it is important to annotate. (Take Notes) This will help you understand the story
- In the beginning of stories good readers should pay attention to the characters, setting and basic situations within the plot.
- Think: Who are the characters, and what do I know about them?
- Think: Where and when does the story take place?
- Think: What is the basic situation? What is happening in the plot?
- Include as many details in your response as you can.
- Write neatly
- Complete the Reading guide during class and bring it to ELA
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ELA:
Today we will complete a quiz for chapter 5, and learn new strategies for asking good questions.
Do Now:
- Write tonight's homework in your agenda
- Take out your Reading guide from chapter 5
- Open your computer & go to my Google classroom
Homework:
- Finish any past due Quizzes or assignments
Activity #1
Chapter 5 Quiz: 10 minutes
1. Log in to your chromebook.
2. Go to my google classroom
3. Click on the classwork tab
4. Complete the Chapter 5 quiz independently. You may use your notes & book, but keep your answers private, and the room should remain silent.
When everyone is done we will go over the chapter 5 reading guide.
Activity #2
Review Freak the Mighty: Chapter 5
Review
- Who are the 2 main characters?
- What do you know about them?
- How do you know? (What is your evidence?)
- What do you think about them so far?
- What is the setting? When & Where. Include Descriptive details.
- What are the important plot events? What happened in these chapters?
Activity #3
Asking Questions?
- Good readers are always thinking about what they are reading.
- One way to think about your reading is to ask good questions
- Questions have 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. It 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?
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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?
Practice:
- With your group you will practice writing one good level 2 or 3 questions about the first 5 chapters.
- Pick a representative to read your question out loud to the class
