6.2.4LA


 * Grade: 6 Unit: 2 Week: 4 Content:ELA Dates: 10/22-10/26**


 * Theme: What do myths, legends, and tales reveal about world cultures?**


 * Essential Questions:**
 * **How does using standard English improve my ability to communicate with others?**
 * **How can determine the meaning of unknown words by using context or choosing appropriate dictionary definitions?**
 * **What does effective narrative writing look like?**


 * Focus Standards**
 * RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
 * RL.6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative meanings.
 * W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources.
 * L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
 * L.6.5b Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
 * L.6.6 Gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension.


 * Ongoing Standards**
 * L.6.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 * RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
 * RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
 * RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
 * RI.6.9 Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
 * SL.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussion (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * SL.6.1a Come to discussions prepared by having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
 * SL.6.1b Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
 * W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.


 * Objectives**
 * TLW determine the characteristics of a tall tale.
 * TLW determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
 * TLW participate in meaningful discussion using group norms and standard English.
 * TLW will read closely passages to identify details, to determine stylistic elements, and to infer cultural values.
 * TLW continue to compose a narrative exhibiting a form’s (myth, legend, tall tale, and pourquoi tale) essential characteristics.


 * Assessment**
 * Product**
 * Students will identify examples of hyperbole in the highlighted passage in “Uncle Septimus’s Beard”
 * (HMU6, page 741) and create hyperboles of their own about someone they know.
 * Students will create a tall tale and a poster based on a real person whom they know.
 * Students will identify examples of figurative language (similes, metaphors, etc.) in the highlighted passage in “Uncle Septimus’s Beard” (HMU6, p. 743)


 * Key Questions**
 * Why were tall tales created?
 * What is the difference between a tall tale and a myth?


 * Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)**
 * Students will share their tall tales and posters in small group settings.
 * Students will participate in group discussions and respond to questions/open response items using evidence from the text and personal experience.
 * Students will work cooperatively in groups.
 * Students will complete all assigned charts, lists, and graphic organizers.

Hyperbole Tall tale Turning point (climax) ||
 * Vocabulary**
 * **ELA** ||
 * Foreshadowing


 * Suggested Activities** [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
 * Read “Uncle Septimus’s Beard” (HMU6, pages 736-745). Reprint the following highlighted passages from the story and have students complete these activities:
 * Page 741 – mark the examples of hyperbole found in this passage
 * Page 743 – Use different colored highlighters to note the examples of figurative language (i.e., yellow for similes, blue for metaphors, etc.)
 * Students will create examples of hyperbole similar to those found in the passage on page 741.
 * Students will create their own tall tales based on someone they know.
 * Students will create a poster depicting the characters in their own tall tales.
 * Students will continue to work in groups on their original myth.

Students will read nightly in their self-selected books and complete weekly reading logs.
 * Homework**


 * Terminology for Teachers**



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 * Resources**


 * Professional Texts**


 * Literary Texts**
 * //Favorite Folktales from Around the World// (Jane Yolen)
 * //American Tall Tales// (Mary Pope Osborne and Michael McCurdy)


 * Informational Texts**


 * Art, Music, and Media**
 * __@http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=tall+tales&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CHgQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjcschools.net%2Ftutorials%2Fppt%2Ftalltales.ppt&ei=z0TGT6UHxuDYBdWrmMoB&usg=AFQjCNFhjCkI4lunl666cAudB6OKn-pVnw__


 * Games**
 * __@http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/braingames/iknowthat/QuizMaker/L3-Language%20Arts.cfm__


 * Videos**
 * __www.discoveryeducation.com__ (use “search”)

__@http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=cdaf6eb1-54c0-4c30-b16a-e7a1d6e6d96b__
 * Smartboard Lessons, Promethean Lessons**
 * Reviewing Sequence of Events:


 * Other Activities, etc.**
 * __@http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312323/__
 * __@http://www.vickiblackwell.com/talltales.html__ (full of ideas for student activities)
 * __@http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/carterm/webquest.htm__
 * __@http://www.discoveryeducation.com__ (search for video, activities, etc.)
 * __@http://www.salvadori.org/curriculum/talltales.pdf__
 * __@http://www.clickinks.com/Literature-Lesson-Plans.html__

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