1. Day 5 Reading and Writing
Short Story UNit
Day 5 Reading and Writing

2. Do now: Look at the picture & Choose any 2 questions to answer:
What is the boy thinking based on his body language?
What is the woman thinking based on her body language?
What do you think is going on?
What does this image remind you of?

3. Thank you M’am by langston hughes
The image from the warm-up activity depicts the two main characters in a short story that we will be reading today called, Thank You M'am by Langston Hughes.
We identified character traits in an earlier lesson. Now we will look at how the author creates those character traits

4. Characterization
Authors use a technique called characterization so that we, the readers, can analyze the character's personality and come up with specific character traits that describe the character.
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Characterization-ways that the author tells the readers what the personality of the character is. Ex: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, & Looks (S.T.E.A.L)
Traits: descriptive adjectives that tell us the specific qualities of the character (ex: happy, sad, funny, lazy.

5. Type of Indirect Characterization
Let's look at a S.T.E.A.L chart. Who would like to tell us what S.T.E.A.L stands for?
Type of Indirect Characterization
Examples
Traits/Explanation
Speech
What does the character say?
Thoughts
What is the character thinking?
Effect on others
What effect does the character have on others? .
Actions
What does the character do?
Looks
How does the character look?
STEAL

6. Practice Read the article below
Practice Read the article below. After reading, you will fill in the E and A portion of your S.T.E.A.L organizer.
70-year-old woman robbed by two men Suffolk County police have arrested two men who robbed a 70-year-old woman on Long Island Friday afternoon. Police say the victim was putting her groceries in the trunk of her car outside the Sunshine Square Mall in Medford around 5:25 p.m. when she was approached by a man. According to police, one of the suspects grabbed the victim's pocketbook from her shoulder and tried to steal it. The victim fought back, but the suspect shoved her to the ground and fled with the pocketbook. Witnesses saw the struggle and began to chase one of the suspects through the parking lot of the Mall. Another witness saw a suspect entering a vehicle that was parked across from the mall on Patchogue Yaphank Road and gave responding officers a description. The officers found the vehicle and arrested 21-year-old Sean Hurney of Bellport and 22- year-old Anthony Deprospo of Bellport. Deprospo and Hurney were charged with Robbery, 3rd Degree. Hurney was also charged with one count of Possession of a Hypodermic Needle. A portion of the proceeds were recovered inside the suspects' vehicle. Both men are scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 28. The victim sustained minor injuries which did not require medical attention.

7. Analyze the two robbers in the story
Analyze the two robbers in the story. Complete the “Effect on others” and “Actions” rows of the

8. Thank you m’am
As you read Thank You M'am by Langston Hughes, think about the author’s characterization of the characters using the S.T.E.A.L method.
Complete the chart for either Roger or Mrs. Jones
After reading we are going to analyze a character using the S.T.E.AL. organizer.

9. Type of Indirect Characterization
Examples
Traits/Explanation
Speech
What does the character say?
Thoughts
What is the character thinking?
Effect on others
What effect does the character have on others?
Throughout the story, the boy listened to everything she said.
Intimidating
Because the boy always listened to her, this shows that Mrs. Washington-Jones is intimidating to people.
Actions
What does the character do?
Looks
How does the character look?
Mrs. Jones is described as a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.
Prepared.
Her large purse means that she carries many things in it when she leaves the house. She is prepared.

10. 6th & 7th grade homework
Use the Somebody Wanted But So strategy to briefly summarize the plot of Thank You M’am.
Then answer the following question:
Is Roger in “Thank You Ma’m“ a good person? Why? Why Not?

11. End sixth grade lesson 6L5 Reading
(Thursday, January 17th lesson)

12. Begin sixth grade lesson 6L5 Writing (Friday, January 18th Lesson)

13. Writing review When writing, giving text examples are very important.
When you use examples taken directly from the text, this shows that you understand what you are reading and can apply your new knowledge to form a new opinion.
You should aim to include at least three pieces of text evidence. So what counts as text evidence?
Quotations from a text of course!

14. Quotation marks
Use quotation marks when you want to use something in your writing exactly how it was written in the book.
For example, if Roger says, “You gonna take me to jail?” you can use that in your writing as long as you use quotation marks. It is then call a quote.
Roger showed fear when he asked Mrs. Jones, “you gonna take me to jail?”

15. You can also paraphrase your writing.
You paraphrase by putting what you learned into your own words.
For example: Roger was so afraid of going to jail that he asked Mrs. Rogers if she was planning on turning him in.

16. practice
Find something in the book that Mrs. Jones said, write it out using quotation marks.

17. Classwork/homework
Answer the following questions in complete paragraphs. In your response be sure to:
Include transition words (Ex: For example, Also, For instance)
Restate the question/Include a topic sentence
Use evidence taken exactly from the text
Include a closing sentence
What kind of person is Mrs. Jones? Describe her in your own words.
Later in the story, why did Robert choose not to run away or steal Mrs. Jones purse when she left him alone?