What's up with all the stickies?!

Today's Goal: Gather evidence of the topics we have been tracking throughout this novel to create a database of useful quotes!

Unit Goal: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

The Plan:

1. Read
2. P5 Finish Homeless Bird
3. Evidence Form

Stickies Explained:

There are SO MANY benefits for you as reader and as a thinking for having tracked these topics as we read. Here are a few:

• It helps give you something to focus on while reading beyond simply "what happened?" This is good for your brain.
• It improves your critical thinking skills. This is also good for your brain.
• It helps you make connections between ideas at the beginning AND end of the book.
• You have marked important ideas already so when you need evidence, you don't have to reread the entire book.
• It helps those of us who are easily distracted stay on task a bit more because it gives us purpose.
• If done carefully, many of your notes should help you with the essay we are going to write when we get back from break. It's not a perfect system, but I guarantee you it will be easier than if I had not made you use sticky notes. If I'm wrong, I will give you a jolly rancher because I can afford those and also I'm not wrong.

Reminders/Homework:

• No Achieve
• Complete the Evidence form if didn't do it or if you were absent.
• Read a book! (You should have at least one book complete by the end of spring break!)
• Make edits to your one-pager if you need to. I EXPECT that if you didn't reach the "competent" level, that you make revisions.
• IF you revise, you MUST return your original one-pager and rubric to me.