Quarter 4 Week 5 April 26 – 30, 2021

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.Level 2

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.Level 2

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. Level 2

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.Level 3

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. Level 3

LAFS.6.RL.2.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.Level 2

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.Level 3

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.Level 3

LAFS.6.RL.4.10By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

My students will read The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi.

My students will have a short quiz on Charlotte Doyle on Tuesday.

My students will discuss motivation, problem confrontation, author’s purpose, descriptive details.

My students will write a Quick Writes on Wednesday afternoon for a formative grade.

My students will learn the spelling and meanings of a list of vocabulary words and have a summative test on these words on Friday.

My students will pay attention and be courteous to other students and to the teacher.

Monday – Town Hall Meeting: discuss the weekend. Read and discuss vocabulary/spelling. There will be a summative test on Friday for spelling and one for vocabulary. We will read aloud our class novel, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi.

Tuesday – Review spelling and vocabulary words. Read aloud our class novel. Quiz on Charlotte Doyle.

Wednesday – Morning: independent reading. Afternoon: Quick Writes

Thursday – Review spelling and vocabulary words, reading questions and answers, read our class novel aloud. Please study for your tests tomorrow. 

Friday – Summative tests on spelling and vocabulary. Charlotte Doyle. 

Vocabulary Words

1. incomprehensible – doesn’t make sense, not able to be understood
2. ceaseless – without stopping
3. moored – roped to the dock
4. chastened – scolded
5. indifferent – doesn’t care
6. garb – clothes
7. chiseled – a man’s face that is not chubby and shows the angles of his bone structure
8. curtly – rudely
9. scornfully – with anger in his/her voice
10. doffed – take off

Greek and Latin root words

1. Duo – two
2. Kilo – thousand
3. Poly – many
4. Aud – hear
5. Extra – beyond
6. Meter – measure
7. Post – after
8. Cent – hundred
9. Geo – earth
10. Non – not
11. Scope – see
12. Contra – against
13. Gram – write
14. Para – beside
15. Scrib – write
16. Dia – across
17. Hemi – half
18. Per – through
19. Struct – build
20. Dict – say
21. Ject – throw
22. Photos – light 
23. Tri – three
24. Forney – beautiful