Digital Agenda: Thursday, April 10th and Friday, April 11th!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1.  Complete 9 of the following articles (+Summarize R.C.) at 75% or more.

Kangaroo Hero

School for All

Music To Grow By?

Finding the Good

Make Your Own Video Games

Food Fight

A Hero? Yes

A New Baseball Hero

The Comic Book Kid

A Dinosaur Dance Floor

 

Do Now
Click here for the Google Form

Objectives:

Students will...

determine which events from Freak the Mighty fit into each of the stages of the Hero’s Journey by citing and justifying text evidence with 75% accuracy on a graphic organizer and EduCanon video quiz.

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.

Whole Class: 

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.

Do Now: Think-Pair-Share
Reviewing Standards and Objective
TeenBiz Mini Lesson:

Direct Group, Differentiated Instruction

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.

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 605-1225
Differentiated Google Form (Pink), click here
Hero's Journey-Evidence
Collaborative work using group roles-Facilitator, Spokesperson, Quality Control, and Process Analyst

Rotation 2, Lexile Levels 255-600
Differentiated Google Form (Blue), click here

Hero's Journey-Events

Collaborative work using group roles-Facilitator, Spokesperson, Quality Control, and Process Analyst

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. Click EduCannon to watch a video on the Hero's Journey
2. Login using your username and password (same as Mr. Luna's class)
3. Click "Add Another Class" and copy d7b9e in the "Search" box.
4. Once you've added the class, you should see the "Hero's Journey" video lesson.
5. You will have to answer 4 questions while you watch, your score will be graded.
6. Next, follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
7. Type your username and password
8. Your job is to finish 4 steps of the "Moko the Hero" lesson!
9. Open your mailbox and find the article "Moko the Hero".
10. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
11. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SUMMARIZE box.    
12. After you finish the activity, log your 1st and 2nd Try score (in %) on the back of your tracker.
13. You do not need to do the Thought Question.
14. If you finish early, Search for another article OR choose one from your Mailbox!  Complete the Article and Activity.

Exit Ticket:  
Open to your Standards Tracker on p. 12R.  Fill in your EduCannon score and Group Work score for Literature 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3.

80-100% = 4, Advanced
60-79% = 3, Proficient
40-59% = 2, Basic
39% and below = 1, Below/Far Below Basic