6.2.1LA

 ** Grade: 6 Unit: 2 Week: 1 Content: ELA Dates: 10/1-10/5 **
 * Theme: What do myths, legends, and tales reveal about world cultures? **

** Essential Questions: **
 * Why do cultures develop stories that are handed down from generation to generation?
 * Why do some stories live on long after a culture has disappeared?
 * What lessons can myths, legends, and tales teach today’s readers?

** Focus Standards **
 * RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
 * RL.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details.
 * 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.
 * L.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
 * L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases on //grade 6 reading and content//, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
 * W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question.

** 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 coveyed 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 issus, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
 * SL.6.1a Come to discussions prepared, 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.
 * Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

** Objectives **
 * 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.

** Assessment ** **Product**
 * The students will create a chart to fill in with information about the myths, legends, and tales to be read during the unit. Included on the chart are the headings //title, characters, country of origin, problem, setting, hero, characteristics.//
 * The students will locate a story about a character from Greek mythology whose name has been given to a constellation. They will re-tell their myths orally in small groups.
 * After reading “The Story of Ceres and Proserpina,” students will record the cause and effect relationships on a graphic organizer.
 * The students will keep a running list of words from Greek and Roman mythology that are the sources of modern English words.


 * Key Questions **
 * What is a //myth//?
 * What is //genre//?
 * What is //inference//?
 * What is //cause and effect//?

**Observable Student Behaviors**   ** Vocabulary ** Genre Inference Myth || ** Suggested Activities **   ** Homework **
 * Students will use standard norms to collaborate in groups for discussions.
 * Students will complete all assigned charts, lists, and graphic organizers.
 * Cause and effect
 * Read the following excerpts and discuss the similarities and differences of myths, legends, and tales: “How Day and Night Came,” “Sal Fink,” “The Beggar and the Blanket,” “Baucis and Philemon,” “Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest,” and “Orion” (HMU6, pages 676-681).
 * Read “The Story of Ceres and Proserpina” (HMU6, pages 684-688). Discuss the elements of cause and effect found in the story and complete a graphic orgainzer.
 * Create a chart to fill in with information about the upcoming myths, legends, and tales to be read. Fill in with information about “The Story of Ceres and Proserpina.”

** Terminology for Teachers ** ** E ** thnicity/**C**ulture | **I**mmigration/**M**igration | **I**ntercultural **C**ompetence | **S**ocialization | **R**acism/**D**iscrimination ** High Yield Strategies ** ** S ** imilarities/**D**ifferences | **S**ummarizing/**N**otetaking | **R**einforcing/**R**ecognition | **H**omework/**P**ractice | ** N ** on-**L**inguistic representation | **C**ooperative **L**earning | **O**bjectives/**F**eedback | ** G ** enerating-**T**esting **H**ypothesis | **C**ues, **Q**uestions, **O**rganizers ||   ||  Lesson Plan in Word Format (Click Cancel if asked to Log In) 
 * || ** Multicultural Concepts **


 * Resources **
 * Professional Texts ** 
 *  Literary Texts **
 *  Holt McDougal //Literature// – Grade 6
 * Informational Texts **
 * Art, Music, and Media **
 * @http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-episodes/lets-pretend-ceres-and-proserpina/1
 * @http://nmsgilmore.weebly.com/the-story-of-ceres-and-proserpina.html
 * @http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110001774

**Games **
 * Manipulatives **
 * Videos **
 * @http://videos.mitrasites.com/orion-(mythology).html
 * http://astronomylinks.wikispaces.com/Orion
 * http://www.esotericonline.net/video/top-10-myths-orion-mystery-ancient-art-podcast-36\]]
 * http://www.history.com/topics/greek-mythology/videos#greek-gods

**<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Other Activities, etc. **
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;">Sight Words **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons **
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 * http://learninginamerica.wikispaces.com/Smartboard
 * Create a “Wordle” using information about the Greek gods and goddesses ( www.wordle.com )
 * @http://www.weeklystorybook.com/weeklystorybook/2009/07/ceres-and-proserpina-chapter-one-of-three.html
 * http://folktalesandstorytelling.wikispaces.com/The+Kidnapping+%E2%80%93+Ceres+and+Proserpina
 * @http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/orion.htm
 * @http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/orion.html
 * @http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/O/Orion.html
 * @http://eev.liu.edu/KK/Greek%20Mytholoogy/index.htm (webquest)
 * @http://www.nylearns.org/module/content/pyb/resources/12512/view.ashx

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