Sixth Grade AIG Update
Field trip, Lunchtime Literature Groups, and Animoto Videos
Earthshine Discovery Center Field Trip - LOST IN THE WILD
This trip will compliment our enrichment unit on creative thinking skills and creative behaviors.
* Permission slips and payment are due Friday, November 20.
- AIG students in Mrs. Angelotti's and Mrs. PItts' ELA classes will go on Tuesday, December 1.
- AIG students in Mrs. Buchanan's and Mrs. Lopez's ELA classes will go on Tuesday, December 8.
Click here to read the permission slip and letter with information about the trip.
Lunchtime Literature Groups for November
11/3 Hatchet/Guts books distributed
11/10 Hatchet Chapter 1-6/ Guts Chapters 1&2
11/17 Hatchet Chapter 7-13/ Guts Chapters 3&4
11/24 Hatchet Chapter 14-epilogue/ Guts Chapters 5&6
Focus: Students need to look for and identify examples of creative behaviors or steps in the creative process while reading. The information below was provided to students before they started their books, and they will be asked to identify examples of these in their reading.
Examples of creative behaviors:
Asking questions
Acting on curiosity
Creating unusual responses
Generating lots of different ideas
Risk-taking
Adapting things
Fantasizing;imagining
Seeing humor in situations that aren’t funny
Being sensitive to beauty
Accepting of disorder
Not being interested in details
Not fearing being different
Examples of creative process:
There are a lot of different methods for following the creative process.
Here is one called SCAMPER:
S (Substitute): "What can I substitute in my selling process?"
C (Combine): "How can I combine selling with other activities?"
A (Adapt): "What can I adapt or copy from someone else’s selling process?"
M (Magnify): "What can I magnify or put more emphasis on when selling?"
P (Put to Other Uses): "How can I put my selling to other uses?"
E (Eliminate): "What can I eliminate or simplify in my selling process?"
R (Rearrange): "How can I change, reorder or reverse the way I sell?"
Here is another one called Creative Problem Solving:
Clarify and identify the problem
Research the problem
Formulate creative challenges
Generate ideas
Combine and evaluate the ideas
Draw up an action plan
Do it! (implement the ideas)
Digital Storytelling Projects
Students were tasked with writing two essays (each one 100 words or less) about themselves and about a character from their book. Each essay was written through one of the following lenses:
How does this character affect the theme of the novel?
What motivates the character to make the choices they make?
This characters “Hero’s Journey”
How does this character demonstrate perseverance, persistence, and resilience?
Identities are influenced by experience.
- Identities can change.
Once the students received feedback from Mrs. Nichols about their essay, they created digital versions on Animoto by combining words, pictures and music. The purpose was to explore character and how choices, dialogue, and plot develop the theme of a novel. By writing about themselves as well, they were able to explore how their own choices and identities affect the theme of their life. As you can imagine, we had some pretty deep conversations, and we are very pleased with how their work is turning out. Be sure to check in with your child about their Animoto videos!