Digital Agenda: Monday, April 7th and Tuesday, April 8th!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1. Complete article and activity (+Summarize R.C.) for "The Plastic Bottle Boat" on TeenBiz. 

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Objectives:

Students will...

participate  in a Socratic Seminar on the Hero’s Journey by citing text evidence to support opinions and analysis with 75% accuracy.

Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.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. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Whole Class: 
Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet

Direct Group, Differentiated Instruction

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 205-600
Socratic Seminar with sentence starters

Rotation 2, Lexile Levels 605-1225

Socratic Seminar

80-100%=30 points or more

60-79%=3, 20-29 points

40-59%=2, 10-19 points

39 and below=1, 10 points and below, no attempt to speak

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 "Fire or No, We Won't Go!" lesson!
4. Open your mailbox and find the article "Fire or No, We Won't Go!".
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. After you finish the activity, log your 1st and 2nd Try score (in %) on the back of your tracker.
8. You do not need to do the Thought Question.
9. If you finish early, Search for another article OR choose one from your Mailbox!  Complete the Article and Activity.

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