Day #30 - 10/21/15 - Unit 1: Learning Stations - Characterization, Setting & Point of View

Good Morning Sixth Graders,
          I hope you have all been having a fabulous morning!!! Today is a Learning Stations Day. We will continue our guided reading books, and practice making inferences. 
         Please make sure you have all your materials for ELA and Social Studies. Sharpen your pencils and order your lunch. Don't forget to check your mailbox each day! You all have mail to pick up. 

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Word Work Wednesday - Choose your favorite vocabulary word from your guided reading book, one that you have already created a frayer model for. Create a Frayer Model Poster to hang in the "Word Hall." Check with your group members so that you do not do the same word. You will finish the posters at the word work stations, and then as a group you will present them to the class.

Activity #1

#1 Guided Reading (We do)

• Character Profiles
• Setting Graphic Organizer
• Point of View

#2 Independent Reading (You do)

• Finish reading the assigned pages for your guided reading group.
• Continue to add words from your Guided Reading book to your list of vocabulary words

#3 Word Work (You do)

• Word Work Wednesday - Create Posters out of your Frayer Models
• Each person in the group should do a different word from your guided reading book. Work together to figure out who will do what word.
• Each week we will be sharing the posters we create with our classmates.
• They will then be added to the "Word Hall"

#4 Work on Writing (You do)

Block 1 - Complete your Graphic Organizers on Characterization & Setting
Finish Frayer Model Posters for the Word Hall

Block 2 - (Written Reposnse - On Loose Leaf)

Make an Inference: At the end of chapter 20 who is the hero? Are both Max and Kevin heroes? What's your evidence?

• Fill out the "Making Inferences" Graphic organizer. 
• Write a 1 paragraph response answering the question.

Include:

• Introduction (A sentence about heroes)
• Claim (Your Inference - The Bold statement answering the question directly)
• Evidence (details and quotes from the text to support your thinking - Can be one or more sentences)
• Reflect (Your own thoughts about Max/Kevin/heroes)

#5 Computer (You do)

1. Go to the Mr. T's Social Studies 
2. Click on the link to watch the Brainpop video
3. Complete the graphic Organizer about the Main Idea.
4. Take the Quiz

Or

Blog about the Hero

• Log on to the our classroom webpage and go to the ELA blog
• Create a new post. 
• Type in the your response about the hero in Freak the Mighty.

When you are done with your post, read other student's posts and leave them a comment or question. 
YOU MUST USE COMPLETE SENTENCES, CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION!!!!!!!!!

Homework:

Reading Log: Due Friday October 23

Day # 29 - 10 20/15 - Unit 1 - Writing (Dialogue) & Read Aloud Ch 19 & 20 Summarizing and Questioning

Good Morning Sixth Graders,
          Today is a D day. Please sharpen your pencils, order your lunch, and check your mailbox. 
        We will be reading the next 2 chapters in Freak the Mighty. We will continue to write questions and practice summarizing.

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Trivia Tuesday - Pick up a trivia card and take turns asking and answering questions with people at your table group. 

Activity #1

Writing

Activity #2

Read Aloud

  

Strategies: Questioning and Summarizing

Ch 18: Never Trust a Cripple

• Pg 117 - How would you improve Max's Christmas morning?
• Pg 120 - What do you think Iggy and Killer Kane are going to do about the cops? 

Written Response

• Summarize the events of Christmas morning (On Loose Leaf)

****Inclue a Heading****

Ch 19: Never Into the Black Down Under

• P. 123 What does Max think about the place his father takes him to on Christmas morning? How do you know?
• P. 124 accommodations
• P. 126 godforsaken
• P. 126 What do Loretta's words and actions tell you?
• P. 127 ignorant
• P. 127 What part of the plot structure begins at the end of chapter 19 and will continue into chapter 20? 

Turn and Talk

• P.127 What would you do? What would you recommend Max do? What would you want the author Rodman Philbrick do next with the plot?

Ch 20: Freak the Mighty Strikes Again

• P. 129 How do Max's words affect his dad?
• P. 129 How do Max's words give him power? 
• P. 130 What are some of the details Max remembers about his mother's murder? Analyze how carrying all this knowledge around inside of him and not saying anything would affect him. 
• P. 132 How do Freak and Max empower each other? How does this add to the theme of friendship, trust, and acceptance?
• P. 133 How do you feel about Loretta? Why?

Written Response n(Make an Inference)

• P. 134 Who is the Hero? Are both Max and Kevin Heroes? What's your evidence?
• Fill out the "Making Inferences" Graphic organizer. 
• Write a 1 paragraph response answering the question.

Include:

• Introduction (A sentence about heroes)
• Claim (Your Inference - The Bold statement answering the question directly)
• Evidence (details and quotes from the text to support your thinking - Can be one or more sentences)
• Reflect (Your own thoughts about Max/Kevin/heroes)

Homework: Reading Log Due Friday 10/23!! Read for 20 minutes and log it on the table.

Day #28 - 10/19/15 - Unit 1: Learning Stations - Guided Reading Begins: Character Profiles, Setting, and Point of View

Good Morning Sixth Graders,
          I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Today we will begin our guided reading books, and we'll be starting a new unit in social studies. Please make sure you have all your materials for ELA and Social Studies. Sharpen your pencils and order your lunch. Don't forget to check your mailbox each day! You all have mail to pick up. 

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Mad Lib Monday. Grab a madlib to work on with a partner from your table group.

Activity #1

#1 Guided Reading (We do)

• Character Profiles
• Setting Graphic Organizer
• Point of View

#2 Independent Reading (You do)
***Block 1 - For the 1st Ind. Reading Group (Group #2 - Taken) I will be working with you to get you going today***
***Block 2 - For the 1st Ind. Reading Group (Group #2 - London Calling) you will be reading in a small group to start your book)***

• Finish reading the assigned pages for your guided reading group.
• Complete the graphic organizer for Characterization & Setting

#3 Word Work (You do)

• Use your Guided Reading book and  develop a list of vocabulary words
• Use a dictionary to complete the Frayer model for 5 of your vocabulary words.

#4 Work on Writing (You do)
(Reading Response Section - Write in complete sentences)

• Finish your Freak the Mighty Mini Essay
• If you were Max, what would you do in his current situation?
• What would you recommend Max do in his current situation?
• If you were the author how would you develop the plot in chapter 19?

#5 Computer (You do)

• Log on to the our classroom webpage and go to the ELA blog
• Create a new post. 
• Type your response to the Work on Writing Questions

When you are done with your post, read other students post and leave them a comment or question. 
Comments may not be, "Nice Job" or "Good Job." See the Blogging sentence starters for proper ways to respond to other people's posts. 

YOU MUST USE COMPLETE SENTENCES, CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION!!!!!!!!!

Homework:

Reading Log: Due Friday October 23

Day #27 - 10/16/15 - Unit 1: Writing (Adding Emotion) Reading Strategies: Questioning & Summarizing

Good Morning Sixth Graders,
          Today we will begin our day with a Character Ed assembly. Please make sure you have all your materials for ELA and Social Studies. Sharpen your pencils and order your lunch. Don't forget to check your mailbox each day. 
        We will be reading chapters 17 & 18 of Freak the Mighty. We will continue writing questions, both thick and thin.  In addition we will practice summarizing sections of text.

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Take out your Geography Review Packet and quiz the other students at your table. You can ask them questions right from the review sheet, or use the information to make up your own questions. Happy Studying!!

Activity #1

Writing

Skill: Adding Emotion

Activity #2

Read Aloud

Strategies: Questioning and Summarizing

Ch 17: By All That's Holy
Before Reading: 
Has Max been kidnapped? Yes or No? What details from chapter 16 would you use to support your answer?

Pg 109 - What do you think Max's dad wants to talk to him about? 

Pg 110 - How would you react to being tied up? What would you recommend Max do in this situation?

Pg 113 - How do you think Max will be affected by his father's words about his mother? Would you be satisfied with what Max's dad said?

Written Response: (On Loose Leaf)
****Inclue a Heading****

#1 
Summarize what Max's dad told him in chapter 17.

Ch 18: Never Trust a Cripple
Pg 117 - How would you improve Max's Christmas morning?

Pg 120 - What do you think Iggy and Killer Kane are going to do about the cops? 

Pg 121 - How would you change the plot if you were the author?

#2
Written Response: Summarize the events of Christmas morning

Homework: Read for 20 minutes each night!!

Day #26 - 10/15/15 - Unit 1: Literary Analysis Essays on Theme or Conflict

Good Morning Sixth Graders,
          I hope you all are having a wonderful morning. Please make sure you have all your materials for ELA and Social Studies. Sharpen your pencils and order your lunch. 
         Don't forget to check your mailbox each day. Remember your mailbox number is the same as it is for Mr. Frost. 
        Today we will also be the first class to go to the new computer lab. We will finish drafting our mini essays on theme and conflict. You will also be posting them on our ELA Blog so that other students can read and comment about them.

                                     Thank you

                                     Mr. Trumble

Point to Ponder:  Continue to work on the Geography Unit Word Search. See how many of the words you can find.

Activity #1

Writing: Mini Essays

Pick a Prompt: 

1. Think about the themes of friendship, acceptance & trust. How does the author develop these themes throughout the story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
2. Think about the types of conflict in Freak the Mighty: Man vs. self, and man vs. man? How does the author develop each of these conflicts throughout the story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

• Log on to the computer
• Open up your Freak the Mighty Mini Essay
• Make sure you have included a proper heading

• Finish drafting your essay
• Use the checklist as your guide
• Make sure you have indented each paragraph.
• Edit: Make sure you have used proper capitals and punctuation. Check for run-on sentences.

*******When you finish*******

• Get your writing checked by a teacher.
• Print 2 copies (1 to be handed in, and 1 for you)
• Highlight your entire essay and use Control-C to 'copy' it.
• Go to Kidblog and create a new post.
• Title it "Freak the Mighty Mini Essay"
• Use Control-V to 'paste' your essay into your post. 
• Publish your essay so that other students can read and respond with questions and comments.

Homework:

Reading Log: Due Friday October 16th

Word Work: Frayer Model Posters

A Day in the life if a 6th grader