CCSS.RL.6.4NC.RL.6.4 – Opening A: Students complete an entrance ticket that requires identifying the meaning and connotation of a word as it is used in the text.
CCSS.RL.6.9NC.RL.6.9 – Opening B: Students share and discuss their homework, which required that they compare and contrast literary (The Lightning Thief) and informational texts (“Why Ancient Greek Mythology Is Still Relevant Today”).
CCSS.RL.6.1NC.RL.6.1 – Work Time A: Students read the next chapter of the text and find the gist. Students also unpack unfamiliar vocabulary and answer comprehension questions using inferences and evidence from text.
CCSS.L.6.4– Closing and Assessment A: Students apply strategies for determining the meanings of unknown words to a homework assignment.
In this lesson, students choose independent research reading texts. See Independent Reading Sample Plans (see the Tools page, http://eled.org/tools) for ideas on how to launch independent reading. If using already established routines for launching independent reading, in this lesson students choose a research reading text. The research reading that students complete for homework helps build both their vocabulary and knowledge pertaining to mythology, specifically its relevance today. By participating in this volume of reading over time, students develop a wide base of knowledge about the world and the words that help describe and make sense of it.

Lesson 6 Narrative