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6th grade Reading Unit

IN CLASSFACE-TO-FACE OUT OF CLASS--FLIPPED


Day 1. In partners, TSW fill out the three-column Foundational Knowledge
1 chart on Google Docs to identify the TSW watch The Courage of
people, their failures, and their Famous Failures Video
accomplishments from the video. As they are watching, they should
Students may also use the results from think about the people, their
the Mentimeter poll.
struggles and failures, and their
2. TSW share a story that resonated with
successes.
them. They will discuss the person, their
failures and their successes. They should also be prepared to
3. Tell students, Today we are going to discuss the people after watching
listen to Steve Jobss commencement the video.
address again. You are going to be reading Students should post to
this address several times throughout the Mentimeter describing they people
unit. Before we listen to the address, lets that they observed.
briefly discuss who Steve Jobs is.

Day 1. Today we will: write a summary of Jobss TSW in their online journal write a
2 address paragraph answering the following
2. Identify central ideas and details question. As student online
throughout the address journals have already been shared
3. Follow along as I read paragraphs 1-9 of
with the teacher, she will be able to
Steve Jobss Stanford commencement
view all paragraphs completed.
address. Begin to add main ideas and
details to your Cornell Note chart as I What do you think led to peoples
read. successes after their failures?
4. What is the meaning of the word Reference the video or Jobss
relented? address in your response.
5. Working with a partner, determine the
meaning of the other unfamiliar words
and add them to your vocabulary chart.
Add any unknown words to your
vocabulary chart.
6. Display slide

7. Lets summarize Jobss first story


8. Work with a partner to read and complete
the Cornell notes handout for sections 2 &
3.
6th grade Reading Unit
Day 1. TTW ask What is an evidence based TSW in their online journal, write a
3 claim? paragraph summarizing the entire
2. TSW work with a partner to complete address.
the evidence chart for Story 1
Day 1. Today we will reread and discuss story 2 TSW answer the question What is an
4 of Steve Jobs commencement address evidence based claim for Jobss second
and make and support evidence based story on a Google Classroom
claims discussion thread. Each student will
2. TTW ask What is the meaning of the respond to at least 2 classmates and
word diverge? then update their evidence chart for
3. TSW follow along as paragraphs 9-14 are the second story.
read aloud, while listening they will circle
any words and phrases that are unfamiliar
4. TTW ask In paragraph 10, we learn that
between age 20 and 30, Jobs experiences
great success and great failure. What
were his successes, and how did his failure
occur?
5. TTW ask Why does Jobs claim that
getting fired from Apple was the best
thing that could have ever happened to
him?
6. TTW ask What does Jobs mean when he
says, Sometimes life hits you in the head
with a brick?
7. He then tells his audience two things not
to do, beginning his sentences with the
word Dont. What does paragraph 14
suggest he is trying to tell the Stanford
graduates?
Day 1. TSW follow along as paragraphs 15-25 are In their online journal, TSW explain
5 read aloud. how the details identified in class
2. TTW ask Why does Jobs make the support their evidence based claim.
puzzling claim in paragraph 21 that Death
is very likely the single best invention of
Life?
3. TTW ask What does Jobs say in the text
to explain what he thinks Stay Hungry
Stay Foolish means?
4. TSW work with a partner to complete the
evidence template for Jobss third story.
Day 1. TTW ask How do you identify a central TSW create a concept map on MindJet
6 idea? Explaining how the central idea in
2. TTW say You can determine a central Jobss address is conveyed through
idea by re-reading the key details and specific details.
claims you identified for a text. Then,
6th grade Reading Unit
determine the idea that connects all of
the claims.
3. TSW fill out the central idea evidence
chart to show how details convey the
central idea.
At the Write a compare and contrast essay about how a
end of central idea in Steve Jobss Stanford
a9 commencement address and J.K. Rowlings
week Harvard commencement address is introduced
unit and elaborated.

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