Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 9/12/16 - Day 5 ATB: Student Opinion Answer on Index Cards Do you ever wish your teachers knew you better knew what your life was like outside of school? Do you ever feel your teachers just don t get you who you really are as a person? What do you wish your teachers knew about you? http://nyti.ms/2btsil3 Activities: 1. Review Class Rules 2. ELA Benchmark Test
Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 9/1 3/1 6 - Da y 1 ATB : W h a t s G o in g O n in This Picture. After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below: What is going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can you find? http://nyti.ms/1t24mj3 Ac tiv itie s : 1. E le m e n ts o f a Sh o r t Sto r y v id e o http://w w w.youtube.com /w atch?v=c6i24s72jps 2. Elem ents of a Short Story Notes Obj. 1. List and define the five elem ents of a short story.
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Date Five Elements of a Story "Five Things" Learn more about this topic! Each section gives more detail on one of the lyrics from the song. Read each section, and then respond by answering the question or taking notes on key ideas. Lyric: Setting, that's like where it's going down, Notes The story's setting could be in space in 1975. Setting is all about when and where. It could be a specific time and place, like Brooklyn, New York, in the summer of 1986. Or it could be more of a description, like, a crisp, chilly autumn morning. Location, time of day and weather are all part of a story s setting. The best setting descriptions are full of details and often include at least some of the five senses in what they describe: how a place looks, smells, sounds, feels (the mood ) and...if it s a setting in a castle with candy walls...tastes. Lyric: Plot is the action, the quest for satisfaction, Notes Part of the plot of Romeo and Juliet is when they fall in love. Plot is the term for the events that make up a story and how they relate to each other. The plot is sometimes called the storyline. Take a familiar story like The Three Little Pigs. What s the plot? Three pigs decide to build houses out of different materials. A hungry wolf comes along and blows the first two houses down. When he can t blow the last one down, he tries to get the pigs another way. They end up getting him instead. The plot should give you a good sense of what the story is about and often includes the conflict, the climax (the most exciting point that the story builds up to) and the resolution (when the conflict is over). 1
Lyric: Oh, it's the characters, Notes Harry Potter is a main character in the story. A character is simply somebody in a story. Everyone in the story is a character! The characters and their actions are what move the plot along by doing things. Even when characters don t seem to DO much like a couch potato brother who sits around playing video games all day they still give you a lot of information. The main character is the most important person in a story. There are also secondary characters the action doesn t revolve around them, but they can often be the most memorable. Characters usually have traits. These are details about how a person acts, what they look like and what they might do. A character could be redheaded and shy. Another character could be 100 years old and a lover of skateboarding. Lyric: Something gone wrong! That's the conflict, kids, Notes A struggle in the plot is a conflict. A conflict is a problem in a story. There are the things that the main character wants or needs to do, and then there are the things that get in the way of what he or she wants to do. That s usually the conflict. If somebody wants to go on a trip, but doesn t have the money to pay for it, that s a conflict. If somebody needs to go to school every day, but there s a ghost that keeps tripping them in the hallway, that s a conflict. 2
Lyric: Could be an internal conflict Notes Many characters have both internal and external conflicts. There are internal conflicts and external conflicts. An external conflict is a problem that comes from the world around a character. A neighborhood bully, a thunderstorm when you want to go to the beach, those are external conflicts. Then there are internal conflicts those that happen in your mind. If you find a $100-dollar bill on the street in front of your house, do you keep it or try to find out who it belongs to? If a character is struggling with something, he or she has an internal conflict. Lyric: The theme of the story is the main idea, Notes One theme of the books in this series is that there is often a blurry line between good and evil. The theme of a story is the main idea. It goes beyond the specific details of the story and is about a more universal idea that the story has at its core. In a story about a kid who s graduating from high school and starting college, there could be lots of details about his life now and what his life will be like in the future. He s excited about the future, but he s sad to leave behind his hometown. The theme for that story might be growing up also known as coming of age. Other themes that get used a lot in stories are friendship, loyalty, courage, loneliness and freedom. 3
Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 9/1 4/1 6 - Da y 2 ATB : Word of the Day Copy the definition of the w ord below and answ er th e m u ltip le choice question. Word of the Day + Quiz leery leery \ˈlir-ē\ adjective : openly distrustful and unwilling to confide Think you know leery? Quiz yourself: Which of the following would most likely be considered leery? A. a mother who welcomes a new baby B. a doctor who administers a common treatment C. an investor who suspects a fund of fraud D. a bartender who works late nights But the checkered history of Syrian cease-fires the United States agreed to one with Russia in February, only to watch it unravel weeks later has left the president deeply leery. http://nyti.ms/2cb7mgs Ac tiv itie s : 1. R e v ie w Fiv e E le m e n ts of a Story 2. Read Se v e n th G r a d e b y Gary Soto a nd com plete the An a ly z e a s to r y w o r k s h e e t. Obj. An a ly z e a s h o r t s to r y f o r Plo t, C h a r a c te r, C o n f lic t, Th em e an d Settin g.
Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 9/15/16 - Day 3 ATB: Summarizing Sentence Type 1: Write a topic sentence to summarize the story Seventh Grade. 1. Review Class Rules and Story Elements 2. Discuss Five Elements of a Story and Seventh Grade 2. Seventh Grade Vocabulary Complete the vocabulary cards for the bold typed words in the story. Obj. 1. Summarize the story Seventh Grade. 2. Illustrate the meaning of the vocabulary terms for Seventh Grade.
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Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 9/16/16 - Day 4 ATB: Academic Vocabulary Write the definition and answer the question below for the word Analyze. break something down methodically into parts Synonyms(break down, deconstruct, examine) Type 1. Analyze the mood of your favorite song. Activities: 1. Kahoot Quiz on Class Rules and Elements of a Story 2. Pyramid Outline Complete lines 1-8 on the story pyramid student task sheet. Obj. 1. Summarize the story Seventh Grade.
NAME DATE STORY PYRAMID Student Task Sheet Directions: Fill in the pyramid with the following information. Use your completed story pyramid as an outline for independently writing a one-paragraph summary of the literary work you read. Line 1. Write the theme of the literary work. Line 2. Write the first and last name of the main character (if applicable) or write the first name of the main character and the name of another important character. Line 3. Write three characteristics of the main character (3 adjectives to describe this character). Line 4. Write four words that describe the setting. Line 5. Write five words to classify the kind of literary work that was read. Line 6. Using six words, write a sentence that states the problem or conflict in the literary work. Line 7. Using seven words, write a sentence that tells about an important event in the literary work. Line 8. Using eight words, write a sentence that tells about the solution to the problem or conflict in the literary work. STORY PYRAMID 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ASSESSMENT 2A.C
STORY PYRAMID AND SUMMARY NAME DATE Exceeds standard (must receive 15-16 total points) Meets standard (must receive 11-14 total points) Approaches standard (must receive 7-10 total points) Begins standard or absent (must receive 4-6 total points) PYRAMID SUMMARY Comprehension Story Elements Evidence of Text Transference of Story Elements 4!" Reader!" Reader uses!" Reader uses!" Reader smoothly demonstrates an accurate understanding of important information from the text to correctly identify the requested story relevant and accurate text information in the summary. transfers all story elements to the summary. information in the text elements.!" Most are specific by providing succinct, and fully supported. accurate, clear responses.!" Each word provides insightful information. 3!" Reader demonstrates an accurate understanding of important information in the text by providing succinct, accurate, clear responses.!" Some words provide insightful information. 2!" Reader demonstrates an understanding of important information in the text by providing some accurate responses.!" Lacks insight. 1!" Reader demonstrates little or no understanding of the text.!" Responses may be inaccurate. Score!" Reader uses information from the text to correctly identify most of the requested story elements.!" Reader uses information from the text to correctly identify some of the requested story elements.!" Reader uses little or no information from the text to identify the requested story elements.!" Reader uses relevant and accurate text information in the summary.!" Some are specific; some may be general and not fully supported.!" Reader uses irrelevant or limited text information in the summary.!" Reader uses little text information in the summary.!" Reader transfers most story elements to the summary.!" Reader transfers few story elements to the summary.!" Reader transfers little or none of the story elements to the summary. Source: Adapted from the ISAT Extended Response Reading Rubric. ASSESSMENT 2A.C