Digital Agenda: Tuesday, November 12th!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, copy your homework in your Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Mini Poster due tomorrow (see description on blog)

Write the question and answer on p. 37L of your Interactive Notebook.  Explain how you figured out which homophone to include in your answer.  Fill in each sentence with there/they're/their

1. Is that __________ group project in the hallway?  I used the homophone _________ in the sentence because__________________________________.
2.  ___________ going to the museum.  I used the homophone _________ in the sentence because_____________________.
3. Put your backpack on the hook over __________.  I used the homophone _________ in the sentence because_____________________.

On the left side of your desk, leave your Agenda open.  I will check this while you are working.

Objectives:

Students will...

identify a claim and the evidence that supports it with 80% accuracy using a text in the compare and contrast organizational pattern.

read at their lexile level on TeenBiz3000 and answer questions with 75% accuracy.

spell commonly misspelled homophones correctly in the Do Now with 66% accuracy.

Standards

Reading: Informational Text.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Reading: Informational Text.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments

Language.6.2b Spell correctly.

Writing.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

Whole Group:

Add to Glossary-

Claim:

Evidence:

Direct/Collaborative Station:

Guided Reading

Identifying and explaining claim and evidence, "Cell Phones in the Classroom"

Compare-and-contrast text pattern

Independent:

1. Follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. Start the 5 step lesson 
4. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
5. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SETTING THE PURPOSE box.  This can be copy and pasted into your Thought Question, and will be graded.
6. When you do the ACTIVITY, refer back to the article for answers by opening it in a side-by-side screen.
7. On the Thought Question, remember to click on "Include in Your Answer" so you can get a 3 or 4 score.
8. If you finish early, do the Stretch Article and Activities!

Exit Ticket:  

      Today's cell phone is cutting-edge technology at your fingertips. 
With this in  mind, should students be permitted to use cell phones in school? I

believe they should not just be permitted to use cell phones, they

should be required to use them. Cell phones don’t just allow students to

stay connected with family and friends, they are also an excellent

learning resource, and they encourage the responsible use of

technology.

What is the claim of this paragraph and how do you know?

The claim of the paragraph is that ________________ because it said ________________________.