1. 6th Grade ELA Unit 2 Lesson 18
Monday, October 23, 2017

2. Use RACE and state the page #
Do Now
The Lightning Thief—Interpreting Percy’s Prophecy
You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,
You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,
You shall be betrayed by one who calls you friend,
And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.
What god did Percy, Annabeth, and Grover meet that turned in some way?
Use RACE and state the page #

3. Daily Report Opening Do Now Unpacking Learning Targets Do Now Review
Work Time
Preparing to Draft: Review End of Unit Assessment Prompt, Model Essay, and Structure of a Literary Analysis Anchor Chart
Drafting Literary Analysis
Closing and Assessment
Debrief: How Did the TN Writing Rubric Help Improve Your Writing?
Homework
Reread the model essay and the TN Writing Rubric. Think about how to improve your own draft essay. 3

4. Use RACE and state the page #
Do Now Review
The Lightning Thief—Interpreting Percy’s Prophecy
You shall go west, and face the god who has turned,
You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned,
You shall be betrayed by one who calls you friend,
And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end.
What god did Percy, Annabeth, and Grover meet that turned in some way?
Use RACE and state the page #

5. Projects are Due Thursday!

6. Learning Target
I can use my plans to draft a literary analysis describing how a theme is communicated in the myth and in The Lightning Thief, and how mythology is important today.
“So now that you have seen the learning targets for this lesson, what do you think you will be doing today? Why?”

7. Moving On…
S L A N T

8. Preparing to Draft: Review End of Unit Assessment Prompt
Now you will put your plans into writing as you draft your literary analysis. Let’s review the task.
End of unit assessment prompt:
What is a theme that connects the myth of Cronus and The Lightning Thief? After reading the myth of Cronus and the novel The Lightning Thief, write a literary analysis in which you do the following:
Summarize the myth and present a theme that connects the myth and the novel
Describe how the theme is communicated in the myth
Describe how the theme is communicated in The Lightning Thief
Explain why myths still matter and why the author may have chosen to include this myth in the novel

9. Preparing to Draft: Review Model Essay and Structure of a Literary Analysis chart
In addition to the plans you made in Lessons 14-17, you also have the Model Literary Analysis: “Connecting Themes in Prometheus and The Lightning Thief” and the Structure of a Literary Analysis chart to refer to as you write your drafts.
Let’s read the introductory paragraph of the Model Literary Analysis: Themes in Prometheus and The Lightning Thief.
Now look at the structural analysis of the introductory paragraph on the Structure of a Literary Analysis chart.
Continue to refer to the Structure of Literary Analysis chart to make sure you have all the information needed to write the same kind of paragraphs for your essay.
Repeat with each paragraph of the model.

10. Moving On…
S L A N T

11. Writing: Drafting Essay
This is your first draft of the end of unit assessment.
Refer to your resources, all of which will help you to write a successful essay:
End of unit assessment prompt
the plans they have made on graphic organizers (from Lesson 14 onward)
the Model essay
the Structure of a Literary Analysis chart
the TN Writing Rubric.
If students finish early, invite them to focus on Rows 1 and 2 of the NYS Writing Rubric to improve their drafts.

12. Closing
Debrief: How Did You Use the TN Writing Rubric to Improve Your Writing?
Discuss this briefly with your elbow partner, showing evidence in your drafts.