Digital Agenda: Thursday, 5/1 and Friday, 5/2!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, write you homework in your Agenda.

1.  Complete article and activity (+Summarize R.C.) at 75% or more for "The Moon and Beyond"

Do Now in Google Forms click here
What do you know about informational writing?  What is it used for?  What is an example?

Objectives:

Students will...

integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

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.6.3 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.W.6.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Spoken Language. 6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions

Whole Class: 


Do Now: Think-Pair-Share
Freak the Mighty, ch. 25
TeenBiz Mini Lesson

Direct Group, Differentiated Instruction

Rotation 1, Lexile Levels 255-600
Differentiated Group Activity, Group Roles (Facilitator, Quality Control, Spokesperson, Process Analyst)
Pearson Unit 1, Lesson 15, Step 4 - More to Explore Jigsaw groups

Rotation 2, Lexile Levels 605-1225
Differentiated Group Activity, Group Roles (Facilitator, Quality Control, Spokesperson, Process Analyst)
Pearson Unit 1, Lesson 15, Step 4 - More to Explore table groups

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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. Follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. First, finish filling out your article tracker using My Lessons and Activities.  You will have 20 articles total. 

1. No Water? Grow Safflower!
2. "Problem on the Mississippi"
3. Fire or No, We Won't Go! 
4. The Plastic Bottle Boat
5. School for All
6. Music To Grow By?
7. Make Your Own Video Games
8. Food Fight
9. A Hero? Yes
10. A New Baseball Hero
11. The Comic Book Kid
12. A Dinosaur Dance Floor
13.  Moko the Hero
14.  A Sickness Spreads in Syria
15. Hawaii's Settlers
16. A Surprise in New Zealand  
17. The Storm Chasers 
18. Finding the Good 
19. Surprise!  It's a New Penguin!
20. What's Hiding in the Coral Reefs 

1. Next, your job is to finish 4 steps of the "What's Hiding in the Coral Reefs?" lesson!
2. Open your mailbox and find the article "What's Hiding in the Coral Reefs?".
3. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
4. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SUMMARIZE box.    
5. After you finish the activity, log your 1st and 2nd Try score (in %) on the back of your tracker.
6. You do not need to do the Thought Question.
7. If you finish early, Search for another article OR choose one from your Mailbox!  Complete the Article and Activity.

Exit Ticket:  
How would you describe how Max's voice has changed from the beginning of the story to the end?