Franklin Weekly Agenda Template (15-16)

Course
Name:
Language Arts
6th grade
Do Now:

Objective(s):

Monday the 31st

Journal: Think back to your
weekend. Tell me a story
about
your
weekend.
Remember to include the
elements
of
a
plot
(exposition, rising action,
climax, falling action, and
resolution). You may use
your notes to reference these
terms.
Students will be able to
distinguish
the
various
elements of the plot in the
story, Save the Whales, by
collaboratively discussing
the narratives plotline.
(R.L. 6.3)

Tuesday the 1st

Wednesday the 2nd

Thursday the 3rd

Friday the 4th

On a sticky note, write down

a conflict in your life (past
or present) and place it on
the white board.

Answer the following on a

separate sheet of paper in
two complete sentences:
How do conflict and the
plot elements go together?
Explain.

Look at the following

quotes. Label each quote
exposition, rising action,
climax, falling action, or
resolution.

Students will be able to

distinguish between internal
and external conflict and
compare and contrast the
four types of conflict by
completing a match up
activity and identifying the
conflict in various scenarios.
(R.L. 6.3)

Students will be able to

distinguish
between
important and unimportant
details and how they pertain
to a plots elements by
reading the short story,
Stray and discussing it
amongst their groups. (R.L.
6.3)

Students will be able to

classify the type of conflict
and plot elements in the
story Stray by completing
a quote worksheet and
through discussion. (R.L.
6.3)

Students will be able to

evaluate different story
pieces and then classify
which plot element or
conflict each of those story
piece falls into. (R.L. 6.3)

Get out a piece of paper and

a pen or pencil. Silently
review your plot elements
and conflict notes.

Activities:

- Group discussion
- Class read aloud
- Jigsaw the plot elements
- Class discussion on the
elements
- DGP from Stray

- Interactive conflict prezi

(Cornell Notes)
- Conflict scenario match up
- Conflict picture match up
- DGP from Stray
- Exit ticket: name a conflict
that you have had in your
life. Was it an internal or
external conflict? Out of the
four types of conflict, which
category does yours fall
under?

- Read Stray
- Think, pair, share: Discuss
the details in the story
How do we distinguish
between important details
and unimportant details
- What element do each of
these details fall under?
(group
work)
- Exit ticket: Write an
important detail, from the
story on a sticky note. Place
it under which element you
think it belongs under.
- DGP from Stray

- Reread Stray
- Share which details fall
under which plot elements
- Find specific quotes for
each plot element.
- Group work question:
What type of conflict is
present in the story? How do
you know?
- DGP from Stray

- Conflict and plot elements

quiz
- Hand out silent sustained
reading expectation and
questions
- Go to media center to find
a novel to read for silent
sustained reading
- Silent sustained reading

Homework:

None

None

Study for quiz

Study for quiz

Start reading your SSR

book.

Reading with a focus

Reading with a focus

Reading with a focus

Upcoming Dates:
Quiz on plot elements and conflict on Friday 9/4
Strategies

Quickwrite

Cornell Notes

Implemented to
Meet ALL
Student Needs:

Reading with a focus

Jigsaw
Charting the text

Sort and Label

Think Pair Share

Quickwrite
Reading in four voices

Sort and label