What We Did Today
What's happening in Language & Literature 6 this week:
Wednesday -
Reading: Looking at character actions & meaning in Hour of the Bees
Writing: Literary essay - What a character wants - write long - What does Winnie really want?
Thursday -
Reading: Read aloud Hour of the Bees and thinking about claims
Writing: Creating claims about Winnie and creating a four square
Friday -
Reading: Hour of the Bees - Deepening an existing claim by citing evidence
Writing: Summarizing, Storytelling, and Quoting - evidence and using transitions
Homework
Read (spend at least 15 min a night)
Next AR book due Monday 11/28 (In order to write an essay about your character)
Students should be filling in a chart about their main character while reading - Page #/Actions/Author's Purpose & My Thinking
Discussion Starters
What is a literary essay? How do you organize a literary essay?
How is the new read aloud, Hour of the Bees? What is it about?
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