ANCHOR TEXT: Summarize Text STRATEGY: Pronoun Number Writing Activity: SCIENCE WRITING LAFS.6.RI.1.2 Verify Word Meaning LAFS.6.L.1.1c Essay from How Smart Are Animals? LAFS.6.L.3.4a, LAFS.6.L.3.4c, LAFS.6.W.1.2, LAFS.6.W.3.9 by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Determine Author’s Purpose LAFS.6.L.3.4d LAFS.6.RI.2.6 READER: CRITICAL VOCABULARY: INFORMATIONAL TEXT evolve, attribute, Animals Feel and phenomenon, inconsistency, “Can Think?” complexity, aptitude By DeShawn INFORMATIONAL TEXT Analyze Text: Anecdote STRATEGY: Capitalization Media Activity: from Animal Snoops: The LAFS.6.RI.1.3 Synonyms LAFS.6.L.1.2 Presentation Wondrous World of Wildlife LAFS.6.L.3.4c, LAFS.6.L.3.5, LAFS.6.W.1.2, LAFS.6.W.2.6, Spies Integrate Information LAFS.6.L.3.6 LAFS.6.W.3.7, LAFS.6.SL.2.5 by Peter Christie LAFS.6.RI.2.5, LAFS.6.RI.3.7 CRITICAL VOCABULARY: READER: eavesdrop, foil, predator, SCIENCE WRITING stake, intercept, plummet “Bats!” By Mary Kay Carson Additional Social Studies/Health Standards: HE.6.C.2.5 Examine how media influences peer and community health behaviors Examples: Derogatory lyrics in music, anti-drug PSAs, sports beverage commercials, and Internet safety Supplemental Tasks: See pages 72b 72e in the Teacher’s Edition – Collection #3: Dealing with Disaster Essential Question: What does it mean to be a survivor? Collection Performance Task:
ANCHOR TEXT: SCIENCE WRITING from How Smart Are Animals? by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent READER: INFORMATIONAL TEXT “Can Animals Feel and Think?” By DeShawn Summarize Text LAFS.6.RI.1.2 Determine Author’s Purpose LAFS.6.RI.2.6 STRATEGY: Verify Word Meaning LAFS.6.L.3.4a, LAFS.6.L.3.4c, LAFS.6.L.3.4d CRITICAL VOCABULARY: evolve, attribute, phenomenon, inconsistency, complexity, aptitude Pronoun Number LAFS.6.L.1.1c Writing Activity: Essay LAFS.6.W.1.2, LAFS.6.W.3.9 INFORMATIONAL TEXT from Animal Snoops: The Wondrous World of Wildlife Spies by Peter Christie READER: SCIENCE WRITING “Bats!” By Mary Kay Carson Analyze Text: Anecdote LAFS.6.RI.1.3 Integrate Information LAFS.6.RI.2.5, LAFS.6.RI.3.7 STRATEGY: Synonyms LAFS.6.L.3.4c, LAFS.6.L.3.5, LAFS.6.L.3.6 CRITICAL VOCABULARY: eavesdrop, foil, predator, stake, intercept, plummet Capitalization LAFS.6.L.1.2 Media Activity: Presentation LAFS.6.W.1.2, LAFS.6.W.2.6, LAFS.6.W.3.7, LAFS.6.SL.2.5 Additional Social Studies/Health Standards: HE.6.C.2.5 Examine how media influences peer and community health behaviors Examples: Derogatory lyrics in music, anti-drug PSAs, sports beverage commercials, and Internet safety Supplemental Tasks: See pages 72b – 72e in the Teacher’s Edition Collection #3: Dealing with Disaster Essential Question: What does it mean to be a survivor? Collection Performance Task: