Digital Agenda: Wednesday, November 6th!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, copy your homework in your Agenda:

1. Answer the activities and Thought Question for "To Text or To Talk" from your Mailbox.

Write the question and answer on p. 35L of your Interactive Notebook.  Explain how you figured out each answer.  Fill in each sentence with where/wear/ware

1. In some cities, vendors are prohibited from selling their _________s on the side of the road.  I used the homophone _________ in the sentence because___________________.
2. ____________ are you going with my Halloween candy?  I used the homophone ___________ in the sentence because ________________________________________.
3. Since we _________ uniforms, I always know what clothes to put on in the morning.    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...

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.

Whole Group:

"To Text or To Talk" article and graphic organizer

Penguin Narrative exemplar

Independent:

1. Follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. Start the 5 step lesson for "To Text or To Talk"
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:  What was the main idea of the article and how do you know?
The main idea of the article is __________________ because it was mostly about ____________________.