Franklin Weekly Agenda (15-16)

Cours
e
Name
: 6th
grade
langu
age
arts
Do
Now:

Monday
the 9th

Tuesday
10th

the

Wednesday
the 11th

Thursday
the 12th

Friday the 13th

Look back
at
your
gallery
walk notes
from
yesterday.
How
did
those
pictures
make you
feel? Why
is
it
important
that
we
learn about
these events
in history?

Open your
Write Source
book to page
522.
Write
down what a
closing
sentence is...
"It
often
includes..."

Open your
write
source
book
to
page 572
and pick 3
transition
words you
are going
to use and
write them
on
your
Do now!
paper.

What do
you think
the
possible
theme of
"Letters
from
a
Concentra
tion
Camp"
might be?
Remembe
r: theme is
the central
message
about life

Look at your worksheet from yesterday. Pick two of the three quotes that you think
support youre theme best and copy them on your Do now!

Objec
tive(s)
:

Students
will
be
able
to
analyze
the
key
details in
the story
Letter
from
a
Concentr
ation
Camp
by
annotatin
g the text
with
a
shoulder
partner.

Students will
be able to
display their
understandin
g of the
elements of
an effective
summary by
developing an
objective
summary of
the short
story "Letters
from a
Concentratio
n Camp"

Students
will be
able to
display
their
understa
nding of
the
elements
of an
effective
summary
by
developin
g an
objective
summary
of the
short

Students
will be able
to
determine
the theme
of the story
and
distinguish
which
details
pertain to
the theme
by
completing
the Letters
from a
Concentrati
on Camp
theme

Students will be able to analyze the theme in the story, Letters from a Concentration Camp by
composing a PCR pertaining to theme.

Activi
ties:

- First read
of Letters
from
a
Concentrati
on Camp
- Read the
text aloud
- Stop after
every
chunk and
have
shoulder
partners
determine
the
key
details and
annotate the
text.
- Discuss
the
key
details and
annotations
using a cold
call
discussion

Summary
prewriting with
an outline
Working
in
groups
o P
a
r
t
n
e
r
s
o S
m
a
l
l
G
r
o
u
p

Partners
revisit
old
summar
y
and
revise
upon
completi
on
of
summar
y

story
"Letters
from a
Concentr
ation
Camp"

sheet.

Summary
writing:
putting
together the
outline
Pa
rtn
ers
fol
lo
wi
ng
ste
p
by
ste
p
ins
tru
cti
on
s
S
ma
ll
gr
ou
p
wo
rki
ng
wit
h
tea
ch
er
an
d
ea

Second
read
of
Letters
from
a
Concentrati
on Camp
Theme
worksheet
(modified
from
previous
one 1 quote
given)

Review RACE
- Theme PCR using worksheet from previous day

ch
oth
er

Typed
instruction
sheet:
brief
and clear

Home
work:
Upco
ming
Dates:

None

None

None

None

None

Strate
gies
Imple
mente
d to
Meet
ALL
Stude
nt
Needs
:

Marking
the text
Reading
with a focus
Think-pairshare
Reaching a
consensus

Graphic
Organizer
Sentence Starters

How
writers
accomplish
their goals

Graphic
Organizers
Marking
the text
Reading
with a focus

Graphic Organizers
Sentence Starters