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DAYBOOK Class for Reading 6

Graphic Organizers are from "DAYBOOK," "Reader's Handbook," and others as listed on the actual organizers. THE UNITS of the DAYBOOK are LISTED INDIVIDUALLY WITH LINKS TO MANY INFORMATIONAL SITES WITH ACTIVITIES, etc. Make Sure You SCROLL DOWN to find THEM. Especially check out the informational LINKS I found for THE TITANIC. They are located after the graphic organizers. STUDENTS, you may click on the following graphic organizers highlighted in blue and make copies for use in class or at home. 1. Critical Reading Chart 2. Character Map 3. Class and Text NOTES 4. FICTION organizer 5. Finding MAIN IDEA web 6. NONFICTION organizer 7. PLOT diagram from "Reader's Guide" 8. PLOT diagram from "DAYBOOK" 9. THEME organizer 10. TOPIC and THEME organizer 11. Vocabulary Describing Wheel 12. Word Splash! 13. History Frame (from Reading Quest) DAYBOOK UNIT 1 : Building Your Repertoire " Before We Were Free" Check out the author Jullia Alvarez's website DAYBOOK UNIT 1 "Building Your Repertoire" uses excerpts from Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez to teach reading and writing skills and strategies. DAYBOOK UNIT 2 Interacting with the Text Here is a page from Ray Bradbury's website: DAYBOOK UNIT 2 "Interacting with the Text" uses the short story "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury and Nicolette Toussaint's "Hearing the Sweetest Songs." To go with the Bradbury Webquest in Unit 2 below: Venus from "Space Today Online" Class, let's begin "Webquests" with working on this one together! "All Summer in a Day" WEBQUEST "Fictional Scenario: My best friend, Danny, has asked me to have my students write short stories modeled after his favorite story, "All Summer in a Day." Danny has one request; he would like the authors (you) to be well-informed about both Bradbury's history and the topic of the story." UNIT 3: Making Connections We'll learn more about five of the basic elements of a story: setting, character, point of view, story line and plot, and theme. The DAYBOOK'S selected material will be from the works of Natalie Babbitt, Madeleine L'Engle, Roald Dahl, and Ruth Vinz. We will also explore the short story "Abuela Invents the Zero" from Judith Ortiz Cofer's book pictured on the left. UNIT 4: Exploring Multiple Perspectives (with THE TITANIC) "To get the big picture," we will be reading about the sinking of THE TITANIC in 1912 from different perspectives. Selections will come from THE TITANIC by Richard Wormser and from WE WERE THERE, TOO! YOUNG PEOPLE IN U.S. HISTORY by Phillip Hoose. JOHN THAYER'S STORY IS IN THIS BOOK. Want to know more about the TITANIC? Check here: BBC Newsline's exclusive footage of Titanic Journey underwater and see the Titanic as it appears today. Be sure to have the audio on as you "View BBC Newsline's exclusive footage of Titanic and learn about the science and history behind this extraordinary journey to the bottom of the Atlantic." This is a very up-to-date informative journey. Read all about it! RUTH BECKER~12 year old survivor's story here: This National Geographic for Kids webpage gives us more information on Ruth Becker than what was covered in our DAYBOOK. "Titanic in the Classroom" website Please read the quote from the website link before clicking here: "Take some time and look around the site using the menu on the left. The Broken Arrow Enhanced Learning Center fifth and sixth graders work hard during second semester and they learned a lot. Enjoy your tour!!" "You will get to meet some of the passengers and crew in the section called Biographical Sketches and see the activities we used as we were doing our research. Also when you see this icon on the Biographical Sketch pages, you'll hear a podcast of the Titanic passenger or crew." The World's Largest TITANIC Museum Attraction: You can "TRAVEL" through this website museum for hours. The actual museum is located in Branson, Misouri, USA. If you are wanting to know more about the Titanic passengers like Ruth? Make sure to click on the topics at the left in this website. "This site is dedicated to the 1,500 souls that gave their lives on April 15, 1912 and keeping the memory of the disaster alive. Ruth Becker's story is just one story of the 2,220 who traveled on Titanic." Old Newspaper/ Magazine Articles on the TITANIC: This page of artifacts is from "THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE TITANIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC." Unit 5: Focusing on Language and Craft NOW YOU WRITE A POEM! Click for suggestions: In this unit, we will enjoy poetry while working with simile, metaphor, imagery, and word choice. Then the students will write poems of their own to share with the class. Please also see my poetry page for great links. Unit 6: Studying an Author The Giver by Lois Lowry As you read the book, check out this website for online quizzes and suggested activities. Unit 7: Assessing Your Growing Repertoire Joseph Bruchac shares "Eagle Boy" and Salmon Boy" with us. Here is his website: Here is where we will put the skills and strategies we have been studying to use. We will work individually and in groups as we read, talk, draw, and write. Unit 8: Expanding Your Repertoire Pages 117-130 Unit 9: Interacting with the Text Learn How to WRITE A SPEECH: Pages 131-146 We will look at the ability to persuade with excerpts from: Elie Weisel, Langston Hughes, Jeanne Wakatusuki Houghes and James D. Houston, We will also study an excerpt from "The Gold Cadillac" by Mildred D. Taylor UNIT 10: The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Teacher's Guide with Wonderful Student Activities: This guide and webquest goes with DAYBOOK's lessons 46-48 on pages148-155. About the Book About Zilpha Keatley Snyder, the author: "The Egypt Game" ACTIVITIES from "Ed Helper" Unit 11: Exploring Multiple Perspectives Here is the excerpt from "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten." The author is Robert Fulghum. Unit 12: Focusing on Language and Craft Unit 13: Studying an Author (Gary Paulsen) Also see my webpage in this site on "Hatchet and Other Books." Unit 14: Assessing Your Repertoire OTHER NOVELS: RESOURCE: Reading Activities, Projects, and Favorite Books ~ WOW what a selection of novels! OTHER NOVELS such as HATCHET and THE CAY can be found on my other webpage.