Watership Down

Watership Down

6th Grade Literature Wichita Collegiate School

October 26th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 1-3 SS, AFT, CT Purpose: Highlight anything which lets you know whether or not we can trust Fiver as a reader.

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Finish iMindMaps I ntro Watership Down

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Planner Get a book and write your name AND hour on the front inside cover in pen or highlighter Glue in the Text Marking Key on the back inside cover Star pgs: 8, 12, 16

Examples of Verisimilitude:

October 27th, 2009 Bellwork

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Read Ch 4-7 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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October 28th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 8-9 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Submit iMindMap file Discuss Ch 4-7

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Planner Star end of each chapter

November 2nd, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 10-11 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Planner Star last page of chapters Take two index cards from under one of the computers at your table.

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November 3rd, 2009 Planner 1.

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Ch 12-13 (SS, AFT, CT, P) Email Mrs. C the image you have chosen for Narration/ Think #1

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Planner Take five minutes and silently select an event for your individual WD Think Aloud, from Chapters 1-7. Get an index card.

Write your name and hour on the top left of the red line at the top . Write the title of this narration on the right side of the red line.

Label the side with the title : Narration #1.

Label the other side : Think #1.

Write your narration and think for that event.

Place it in a baggie and put it in a safe place in your binder.

When you’re finished, you may QU I ETLY begin reading your assignment

November 4th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 14-15 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Activity Discuss Ch 10 : Fiver’s Vision Discuss Ch 11: Hazel’s Leadership

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Planner Find the index card we slipped in your book at page 36 Divide it into fourths (+like a window pane, half down the middle and half across the middle) if you haven’t already Wait quietly for instructions

November 5th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 16-17 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Activity Discuss Ch 12-13: U nnatural / Suspicious

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Planner Get a note card and divide it in half ACROSS the middle, like this: --------------Title the note card “U nnatural Things in Cowslip’s Warren” Make a list of everything unnatural (or unrabbit-like) you saw as the rabbits explored this new warren.

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November 6th, 2009 Task Day

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Planner Take five minutes and silently select an event for your individual WD Think Aloud, from Chapters 8-13. Get an index card.

Write your name and hour on the top left of the red line at the top . Write the title of this narration on the right side of the red line.

Label the side with the title : Narration #2 Label the other side : Think #2 Write your narration and think for that event.

November 6th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Email your 3 Think Aloud images to lcusick@me.com Do a final edit on your Planning Sheets Think about the mood you want your project to convey and search for music on www.freeplaymusic.com

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Planner VisuJournal 11/ 2 ch 12 11/ 3 ch 13 11/ 4 ch 14 11/ 5 ch 15 11/ 6 ch 16 11/ 7 ch 17

November 13th, 2008 Task Day

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Search for Music!

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Edit your Planning Sheet!

Search for new images if you were directed to!

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Planner, Gmail, Music VisuJournal Read Ch 18-19 (P=Highlight any changes you observe in the group or the individual rabbits)

November 16th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 24-25.5 (bottom of pg 214) SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Finish narrations Final Save Submit file to Mrs. C

November 17th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 25.5-26 (top of pg 215) SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Planner Re-read pgs122-123, silently Review everything you marked for purpose in that chapter

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Review Ch 18-21

November 18nd, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 27 SS, AFT, CT Purpose

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Review Ch 21-24

November 19th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 28-29 SS, CT Purpose Role Sheet: Ch 24-29

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Review Ch 21-23

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Planner Get a note card from the tub in the middle of the table and label it “U nnatural behaviors in Efrafa” on the red line at the top

November 30th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 30-31 SS, AFT, CT Purpose: Highlight any changes in Bigwig you observe

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December 1st , 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 32-33 SS, AFT, CT Highlight changes you observe in Bigwig’s demeanor

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December 2nd, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 34 SS, AFT, CT * Purpose: Highlight anything that happened to General Woundwort as a baby which made him the rabbit he is today

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December 3rd, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 35 SS, AFT CT P= Highlight anything which makes you proud of or impresses you about Bigwig in this chapter Note card with narration and think for your portion of the ThinkAloud

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Planner To be completed (in no particular order): Find your image and save it on your group’s jump drive Complete iMindMap branch for your section of the ThinkAloud with your image on it Complete your note card with the narrative on one side and the think on the other. Label with your name and have Mrs. C look it over Have your group print out your iMindMap when it’s complete Begin your reading assignment

December 4th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 36-37 SS, AFT, CT * Purpose: Highlight reasons why you think the word "thunder" is in the title of these two chapters

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December 7th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 38 1. Planner SS, AFT, CT, P P= Highlight anything which makes you proud of or impresses you about Bigwig in this chapter

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December 10th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 39-40 1. Planner SS, AFT, CT, P P= Highlight examples of how the Efrafans are adapting to life with Hazel and his posse

December 11th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 41 1. Planner SS, AFT, CT, P P= Highlight things in the story that remind you about situations in which the rabbits have already been

December 14th, 2009  Task Day! 

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Read Ch 42-43 SS, AFT, CT P= Highlight anything that surprises you about Hazel and Woundwort

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Planner VisuJournal Complete reading Complete text marking

December 15th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 44-46 SS, AFT, CT P= Highlight all your favorite passages! Look for suspense, important events, and/ or heroic acts Role Sheet over Ch 39-46

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December 16th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 47-48 1. Planner SS, AFT, CT P= Highlight places in the reading where you feel a character achieves “hero” status

December 17th, 2009 Planner 1.

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Read Ch 49-Epilogue SS, AFT, CT P= Highlight things that give you confidence about the future of Watership Down

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December 18th, 2009 Planner 1.

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January 4th, 2010 Planner 1.

iMindMap due on Wed. in English

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Planner Take out a sheet of notebook paper, put your name in the top right corner Think about three characters you would like to consider as your topic for your presentation… get creative!

Write their names on the first three lines on the left side of the page Wait for Mrs. C to call you up to discuss your final choice

Possible Characters for Project: Hazel

Bigwig

Fiver

Dandelion

Blackberry

Keehar

Blackavar

Pipkin

Strawberry

Woundwort

Holly

Campion

Silver

Mouse

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