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6th grade Citrus ELA Mendoza, Mcvey, Stepp "Elaboration Lesson"

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6th grade Citrus ELA Mendoza, Mcvey, Stepp "Elaboration Lesson"

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https://docs.google.com/a/kcusd.net/presentation/d/1nBeQ1VWrqynNkt3cPUYOsx37LA_TCdP6qHX5wW3-UJA/edit?usp=sharing

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Guiding Questions for Essential Criteria

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Guiding Questions for Essential Criteria

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Objective: After a read-aloud experience, the learner will write a letter to the class as it might be written by different characters with different "voices" (Mini-Lesson Voice, Setting the Stage Binder pg. 264)
Connection to  Engage NY ELA Building Background Knowledge: The Lost Boys of Sudan. Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 6
Video
Write letter to Nya or Salva from the point of view of a Lost Boy that is moving to the U.S.

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Bob Simon first met the Lost Boys in a Kenyan refugee camp in 2001 after they had fled civil war in the Sudan. Some of the young men were relocated to the U.S. -- how are they doing now?

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Organization Mini Lessons

Objective: The learner will analyze the basic structure of a piece of Expository Writing (to explain why).

Utilize a piece of student's writing. On the computer, have students use Google Read and Write, to highlight (color code) the variation sections of their writing (ex: thesis, evidence, explanation, etc). Have them collect that information into a new document, where they are able to see if they used variation in their sentence starters, word choice, etc.

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Coherence Mini Lessons
Objective: The learner will identify and use embedded transition words and phrases with in a piece of writing.
(RL8.1, RL8.2)
Lesson 8: Using the article Doc Lap at Last students will identify transitions that move the reader through the articles and share out with in their groups.

Additionally students will write an IVF summary utilizing some transitions from the article and other transitions.

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Objective: The learner will analyze the basic structure of a piece of expository writing.
(RI.7.1, W.7.4, W.7.9)
End of unit assessment: write a five paragraph essay using articles and the novel. Using a tree map for body paragraphs to outline the reasons for the essay. Then using a brace map to outline the entire essay.

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Mini Lesson on Main Idea

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6th Grade Citrus Middle School (McVey, Mendoza, Stepp)

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6th Grade Citrus Middle School (McVey, Mendoza, Stepp)

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https://docs.google.com/a/kcusd.net/presentation/d/1fCQ-sqQQ3rRuMqXbnC4j8nXyDp00BddkkWU66KweYyM/edit?usp=sharing

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Silas, Grant, Navel, Riverview
Main Idea/Focus
Objective: The learner will identify parts in a paragraph/writing that are not important to the story.
(RI7.2)
Lesson 10-11
Using the article in Lesson 10 excerpt 1, students will identify which details are unimportant that do not support the main idea. They also will identify important details to help create a main idea or focus of the specific excerpt.

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Mini lesson Elaboration and support using Mrs. Nelson is Missing