week 3 assignment 1

Established Goals:

v RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text

v RI.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

v RI.6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

v RI/6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Understandings

v Students will understand how to determine who the main character , event, or idea and follow it throughout the text

v Students will understand the words and phrases in the text based on context clues

v Students will understand the  author’s point of view based on the text

v Students will understand that the author can write in different forms throughout the text and they will  follow it

Essential Questions

v What is a main character or main event?

v What is a theme of a story?

v How can we determine the meaning of the words or phrases of a text?

v What is the point of view?

v How can we determine the authors point of view just from reading the text?

Students will know:

v key terms: main character, main event, theme

v how to find the definition of difficult words throughout the text

v what the author’s point of view is and how it affects a story

Students will be able to:

v Determine who the main character is, what the main event is, and what the theme of the story is

v Determine the definitions of difficult words using context clues and other strategies

v Determine the authors point of view in the story