Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Learning Focus:
I can…

• identify a personal change brought about by a specific incident
• connect to the concept of change
• identify and use a variety of descriptive words and phrases
• transform a text
• make a personal connection to literature

Opening:

1. In your journal, transfer all the changes you listed for #1 and #2 on page 6.

2. In your small group, share a few changes that you thought of.

• Add to your list if something else occurs to you today that didn't earlier

3. Share a few examples from each list…1-4 on page 6.

4. Add to your Working Folder any images, words, phrases or CHANGES that you thought of for Activity 1.2

Work Period:

5. Help me create a POSTER for the Embedded Assessment - 

• What is our TOPIC?
• What are our SUBTOPICS?
• What are the DETAILS for each SUBTOPIC?

6. Summarize the EA to your partner.  Any questions?

7. Anyone willing to share their Word Map from page 7?

8.  Add all 6th graders names to a list in your Journal.

• make a list of words after your name that others use to describe you (good and bad)
• choose words that describe your personality

9. "Who's Who" by Judith Viorst - page 10

• 1st Reading: Mark the Text (Highlight words you like, found interesting or had questions about)
• 2nd Reading: CHORAL READING - chime in when I get to a word or phrase that you previously highlighted
• Read in Pairs: CIRCLE all the words that describe the students named in the poem.

10. Copy down the definition of "Alliteration" into your journal in the upper right hand corner (in a box)

11. What descriptive words are alliterative with kids names in 6th grade?  Add descriptive words to your list of 6th graders (you need to have at least 11 kids with descriptive words - try to have at least 6 alliterative)

• Example of alliteration #1: Paula is the Prettiest - the whole sixth grade agrees
• Example #2: Lisa is the best Listener - she always lends an ear

12. What is the rhyming pattern, or rhyme scheme, in the poem "Who's Who"?

• Mark the text on page 10 (see the instructions on page 11 if you are confused)

Closing:

13. Can you write a poem like this???  Discuss tomorrow's class period with Mr. Salazar.

• View the Model you should start with tomorrow
• You can stray from the model!