6th grade schedule Forney12-14
| Teacher | Melissa Forney |
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| Subject Area | ELA/Reading |
| Grade Level | 6 |
| Week # | 6 |
| Unit of Instruction | Oral Book Report, Listening Etiquette, Florida Ready Lessons, Class Novel, Edgenuity |
| Standard(s) Taught |
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LAFS.6.RL.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. LAFS.6.RL.1.2 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. LAFS.6.RL.1.3 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. LAFS.6.RL.2.4 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. LAFS.6.RL.2.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. LAFS.6.RL.2.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. LAFS.6.RL.3.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. LAFS.6.RL.3.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. |
| Learning Targets and Learning Criteria |
Monday – Students will give 2-minute oral book reports. Others will listen attentively. We will read our class novel. Students should watch the two videos on their own time and take notes. We will go over this week’s Vocabulary in preparation for a vocabulary test on Friday. wheelwright – a carpenter who specializes in making or fixing wheels jerky – dried, marinated meat strips that last a long time marinate – to soak in salt water, spices, or sauces yellow fever – a sometimes fatal disease carried by mosquitoes. Yellow Fever affected the liver, so patients usually turned yellow from liver bile. old maid – an insensitive way to refer to a woman who has not married by the time she is 25. hammock – a long, strong cloth gathered on either end and strung between big trees or under the wagon, hammocks were used for sleeping and keeping people from being down on the ground. pallet – a make-shift bed down on the floor or ground made of quilts and blankets to give it some softness whoop-de-doo – an evening of dancing, singing, happiness, and food field hospital – a make-shift outdoor hospital orphanage – a school-like place for kids who have no parents to live Tuesday – Left-over oral book reports. We will read our class novel. Students will read/do pp. 48-51 in their Ready Florida books. Wednesday – Morning: Independent reading Afternoon: Read class novel, discuss. Thursday – Read class novel. Students will work on Edgenuity for 45 minutes. Friday – Vocabulary Test, read class novel, Kahoot |
| Classroom Activities |
Reading silently Reading together as a group Discussing our class novel Working in our iReady Florida workbook Working on Edgenuity 10 Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Test Kahoot |
| Assignments Due |
See list at top of page. |
| Additional Resources |