Alvarado Intermediate SchoolTeacher:Rainville

Grade & Subject:6th Grade Language Arts

Week of:January 26- January 30, 2015

Unit & Essential Questions: How do media influence our choices in products we

purchase/use? How do I recognize the different persuasive techniques?

TEKS/Learning Objectives: 6.2A - Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. 6.Fig19D - Make inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding. 6.Fig19F - Make connections (e.g., thematic links, author analysis) between and across multiple texts of various genres, and provide textual evidence. 6.Fig19E - Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts. 6.11B - Identify simply faulty reasoning used in persuasive texts. 6.13A - Explain messages conveyed in various forms of media.6.13B - Recognize how various techniques influence viewers' emotions6.13C - Critique persuasive techniques (e.g., testimonials, bandwagon appeal) used in media messages

Learning Targets: We will determine the meaning of grade-level vocabulary

words. We will identify and correct grammar errors in

sentences. We will identify the messages conveyed in different

forms of media.

Word Study: afghan, atoll, badminton, canary, cashmere, currants, denim, facetious, grope, mayonnaise, mock, murmur, psychedelic, shudder, shun, spaniel, tentative, timid, turquoise, vague

Academic Vocabulary of Instruction: plot, exposition, rising action, climax/turning point, falling action, denouement/resolution, conflict, sensory detail, dialect, conversational voice, theme, first person point-of-view, third person point-of-view, refrain, figurative language, personification, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, stylistic elements, traditional and classical literature, bandwagon, testimonial, appeal, exaggeration, contradiction, misleading statements, sentimental appeals, scare tactics, false authority.

AI: SRA, Moby Max, Reteach difficult concepts

A Engage Explore Explain Elaborate/Extend Evaluate/Assess

Essential Instruction and Guided Practice: Independent Practice

Question(s) & Hook

Mini-Lesson (I do, we do, you do)

MONDAY Stargirl Chapter 27 Daily Language Review Week 20

Continue persuasive essay on longer school days/ more days off.

Complete C-Scope Unit 4B

TUESDAY Stargirl Chapter 28 Daily Language Review Week 20

Complete persuasive essay on longer school days/ more days off.

WEDNESDAY Stargirl Chapter 29 & 30

Daily Language Review Week 20

Review Media Vocabulary

Media scavenger hunt in newspaper ads.

THURSDAY Stargirl Chapter 31 & 32

Daily Language Review Week 20

Review word study. Complete scavenger hunt with newspaper ads.

FRIDAY Daily Language Review Week 20

Word Study Quiz 9Grammar Quiz 9

Customized Learning: Customized Learning: Extra time for completing assignments: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Emphasis on major points: 1, 3. Shorten instructions to one or two steps:1, 2, 3. Opportunity to repeat and explain instructions: 3.Extra time for written response:1, 2, 3. Oral exams:1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10. Frequent feedback: 1, 2, 3. Encouragement for classroom participation: 1. Peer tutoring/ paired working arrangement:5, 6, 7. Teacher check for understanding: 1, 2, 3. Directions in simple vocabulary: 3, 7. Study aids/manipulatives/graphic

organizers:3, 5. Reteach difficult concepts: 6, 7, 9. Spell check: 3. Whisper phone 5, 6. Chuck instruction: 6. Preferential seating: 4, 5, 7, 8, 10. Color transparencies: 10. Follow BIP: 1, 10.

ELL Visual aids: 11. Modeling: 11. ESL materials: 11.