Grade 6

Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 4

Today’s Lesson• Opening• Entrance Ticket: Comprehension Quiz, Chapter 2: ‘Three Old Ladies Knit the

Socks of Death’ (5 minutes)• Unpacking the Learning Targets and Adding to Our “Things Close Readers

Do” Anchor Chart (5 minutes)• Work Time • Guided Practice: Making Inferences about Characters, Revisiting Chapter 1

(10 minutes)• Close Read of Pages 17-18: Percy Gets Expelled (15 minutes)• Triad Discussion: Making Inferences (5 minutes)• Closing and Assessment• Exit Ticket: How Has the Author Helped Us Get To Know Percy So Far? (5

minutes)• Homework

Words, Words, and More Words

• gist, inference, infer, cite, evidence, reading closely; hallucinations (16), irritable (17), conjugate (18), solstice (19), delinquents (22)

Entrance Ticket

• Chapter 2 ‘Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death’ • What news does the headmaster of Yancy Academy

send to Percy’s mom? • Who’s conversation does Percy overhear? What are

they discussing? • How do Percy and Grover travel back to NYC?

Things Close Readers Do

• Get the gist of what a text is mostly about. • Cite evidence• Use context clues to figure out word meanings• Make inferences based on details in the text• Talk with others about the text

Know The Characters

• Authors use many methods to help readers to learn about characters. Sometimes authors tell the reader directly about a character.

• Often the reader must infer understandings about the character based on their actions and words.

• One of the best ways to make inferences about characters is to see how they respond to challenges they face.

Consider Page 3

• What is the challenge facing Percy in this scene?

• How does he respond to that challenge?

• Think/Pair/Share• Based on Percy’s response to this challenge

what can you tell about Percy that the author does not directly tell you?

Challenges and ResponseI can cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)

Page Challenge Response I can infer that …

3 Nancy Bobofit was harassing Grover on the bus. “Nancy Bobofit was throwing wads of sandwich that stuck in his curly brown hair.”

Percy wants to defend Grover by standing up to Nancy Bobofit. “ ‘That’s it.’ I started to get up, but Grover pulled me back to my seat.”

Percy is a very protective friend, and does not like to see people get bullied.

Page 16

• Read along as I read aloud from “The freak weather...” to “...with him thinking I hadn’t tried.”

Zoom In

• Close Read Pages 16 – same passage• Work in Independently.• What is the gist?• Complete the Inferring About Character:

Challenges and Responses chart.• Stop and compare answers with triad mates.

Time Out For Words

Think/Pair/Shareirritable - pg.17“I started feeling cranky and irritable most of the

time.” solstice - pages 19 and 20The word solstice comes from from the Latin

word “sol” meaning “sun.”

I can infer …

What does this tell us about Percy as a person?

Complete the chart. Check with your triad mates.

Challenge: Everyone is denying that Ms. Dodd’s ever

existed, including Grover. Response: Percy gets irritable and cranky. His grades

slip to Ds and Fs. He snaps and yells at a teacher.

I can infer Percy can have a short temper and

sometimes can not control his reactions.

• Page 17Challenge:• Percy gets expelled from Yancy Academy. Response: • He thinks it is okay because he is homesick and

wants to be with his mom. • He realizes he will miss Grover and Mr. Brunner. I can infer … • Percy really cares and thinks about about the

people in his life. •

Challenge:Percy thinks he is going to fail his mythology exam. Response: He decides to go to talk to Mr. Brunner, either to

get help or to apologize for how poorly he is about to do.

I can infer … Percy can be responsible and thoughtful, especially

when it comes to people he cares about.

Exit Ticket

How Has the Author Helped Us Get to Know Percy So Far?

• I can cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)

• • How has the author, Rick Riordan, helped us to

get to know Percy so far in The Lightning Thief? Write in full sentences and use evidence from the text to support your thinking.

Write in your Planner

Homework : Read Chapter 3Use your Post-it notes to mark evidence.• What does Percy think about in this chapter? • What do we learn about him based on these

thoughts?

More to Come Tomorrow

ShowMeYourTeethGreetingsBy Lorraine Caramanna 2015