Digital Agenda: Thursday, 3/6 and Friday, 3/7!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1. Do article and activity (+Summarize R.C.) for "Life on the Border" and "Race to Get Water" (available 3/7) on TeenBiz.

Create a new Note in your Notes App, titled English Do Now

Paraphrase the following quote from ch. 11 of Freak the Mighty.

"I can tell he really means it.  This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles, or swimming pools into moats...After a while he kicks me with his little feet and says, 'home.'"

What Max is saying is that ________________________.  He means that ___________________.

Objectives:

Students will...

analyze characters in Freak the Mighty using character maps and text evidence in groups (Direct, Rotation 1). identify and analyze figurative language using a graphic organizer in groups (Direct, rotation 2).

Common Core Standards

Reading Literature, 6.1

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Reading Literature, 6.2 Determine a theme or 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.

Reading Literature, 6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

Whole Class:

Freak the Mighty

Ch. 13
Story vs. novel mini lesson

Which is Freak the Mighty?  Why?

Direct Group


Rotation 1
Pearson Unit 1

Lesson 9:

Freak the Mighty Guided/Independent Reading What a Character! Character Gallery- Kevin, Grim, Gram

Rotation 2

Pearson Unit 1

Lesson 8:

Finish and correct group figurative language chart

80-100%=4

60-79%=3

40-59%=2

39 and below=1

Independent:

Common Core Standards

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 judgements.

1. If you finish early, follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. Your job is to finish 4 steps of the "A Race to Water" lesson!
4. Open your mailbox and find the article "A Race to Water".
5. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
6. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SUMMARIZE box.    
7. You do not need to do the Thought Question.
8. If you finish early, Search for another article OR choose one from your Mailbox!  Complete the Article and Activity.

Exit Ticket:  

Take a closer look at the following passage:

"I'm standing there with Freak high above me and it feels right, it makes me feel strong and smart....I can't explain why, but it was pretty cool."  

1. Why do you think Mas thought the whole event was "pretty cool."?

I think Max thought the event was cool because _______________________.  I know this because in the text it says, "__________________________________."