"Eleven" Interactive Notebook Activities for Collection 4 Grade 6

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These interactive notebook activities are a fun way to help your students understand narrative elements via the short story “Eleven.” Filled with cute illustrations and step-by-step directions, these activities are specifically designed to enhance the Fiction selection “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros from HMH Collections Grade 6.

Common core-reading and writing lesson plans, rubrics and keys are all included as well as easy to cut pieces that save time. Every teacher has their own preference for notebook types. So, I have decided to design as a full 8 ½”X 11” inch page, which can be reduced on a copier by 75% to fit composition notebooks but would require trimming. I usually print off two pages per sheet on the copier and then cut in half, so I only have 1 cut and it fits perfectly into the composition book.

THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Vocabulary Notes and Activities

The vocabulary words in this selection are paired with five different options of activities teachers/students can choose from to complete -- Comic strip, writing with illustration, note cards with foldable envelope, Frayer Models, and a vocab/sentence/meaning matrix. The notes contain a key for easy class presentation.

Plot, Theme and Character Activities

A plot chart and a Level Up Methods of Characterization activity help students to have a more thorough understanding of narrative structure and the short story, “Eleven.” The foldables include pictures for easy teacher set up.

Tone and Word Choice

A Level Up lesson on tone and word choice will help students to understand how word choice affects meaning and tone. A Cornell note taking graphic organizer is designed to help students take notes from the lesson.

Collaborative Discussion

Students can prepare, discuss and fill out their graphic organizers before sharing with the class.

Performance Task

Students will discuss and present to the class the role of Mrs. Price in the story, “Eleven,” on page 238 of the HMH textbook.

Writing Dialogue Notes and Writing Activity

Students will explore writing dialogue with a conflict, punctuating the dialogue correctly and learning the narrative technique of dialogue, which is discussed on page 240. This includes a key. Students will then write dialogue between two characters in conflict.

Rubrics

Standards-based rubrics included for each writing assignment, which allows students to understand what they have accomplished or need to revise to improve their writing. I usually allow students to revise if they receive a 2 or lower (for me a 2 is a C) for a higher score (or grade).

This product was developed by an award-winning, highly qualified teacher and 21-year veteran of the classroom, with ESL and ESE certification. I use these materials with my students in my classroom, so I know what students respond to and I try to make materials in which ALL students can be successful.

ORGANIZATION OF INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK MATERIALS:

In this resource, you will find a variety of Interactive Notebook activities that will support your students’ understanding of the HMH Collections textbook.

Lessons Pages are the TEACHER input pages that are designed to be used as the right-hand side pages of the notebook. However, you can use them anyway you want. These lessons coincide with the lessons in the textbook that appear after every selection, however, they are recreated as an engaging guided notetaking activity with fun illustrations. Keys are provided for these resources, unless students are supposed to come up with the ideas as a class.

Activity Pages are the STUDENT output pages that are designed to be used on the left-hand side pages of the notebook. These often include writing, drawing, graphic organizers, etc. Rubrics for all writing assignments are included.

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