Class+6+BHJ


 * 1) ===**Atwell's //In the Middle & Minilesson Step 1://**===
 * ====**Being able to interpret the meaning of language from a text. The minilesson would be about how to determine what is relevant to understanding the text by analyzing key words and phrases. **====
 * //CC ELA, Reading informational texts, Craft and Structure, Standard #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. //
 * ====**The use of different strategies to better organize a piece of writing, such as those listed in the standard. **====
 * //CC ELA. Writing, 6th Grade, text type and purposes Standard #2.a: Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. //
 * ====**How to find reliable sources using different resources like the internet and print, and how to refocus the search when necessary. **====
 * //CC ELA, Writing, 6th Grade, Research to build and present knowledge Standard #7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. //


 * 1) **Andrews Text and Language Questions Cont':**
 * 2) ===**Killgallon's Sentence Composing:**===
 * ====I was in Group 2: Sentence imitating.====
 * Activity 9: Matching Sentence Structures
 * #4: Model: He felt a heavy, sighing peace, like a soldier who has been comfortably wounded and know the war is over for him.
 * Imitation with given pieces: He spoke (d) one slow, nervous sentence, (g) like a friend who has often been hurt (c) and believes that expressions (f) of honesty (b) now must be guarded.(a)
 * Activity 10:
 * Model #4a: Strolling back/ under the warm summer elms toward the house, /Aunt Rose suddenly gasped /and put her hand/ to her throat.
 * Imitation: Lying down /in the middle of the living room carpet/ the dog turned over on his on its back /and imitated a dead roach.
 * 1) ===**Inquiry Follow-up**===
 * ====We chose to read "For the love of Jim"====