6th+Grade+Language+Arts+Day+8

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**__Lesson Number:__** #8 **__Duration of the Lesson:__** 45 Minutes
 * __Unit Title:__** Building the Foundation **__Teacher:__** Brad Tyzenhaus
 * __Lesson Title:__** Cave Paintings **__Lesson Topic:__** Non-fiction through your eyes

**IL.3.B.3a >** Produce documents that convey a clear understanding and interpretation of ideas and information and display focus, organization, elaboration and coherence.
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 * IL.5.C.3b >** Prepare and orally present original work (e.g., poems, monologues, reports, plays, stories) supported by research.

Students will be able to create “aged paper” by using tea as a dye.
 * __ Objectives: __**

Students will be able to create a rough draft of a cave painting that will be placed on the “aged paper” using information they have learned in this class and social studies as a resource.

Writing Utensil Notebook/Loose leaf paper Computer Paper (teacher provided) Tea bags (teacher provided) Directions handout (teacher provided)
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__Bellwork:__ Predict why pre historic humans use cave paintings as a non-fiction resource? (5 Minutes)
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1. Discuss bellwork. Each student will share what he/she believes the use of cave paintings was. There is no real right answer because they are students’ predictions, however, answers that are more on the right track would be there was no paper, language was primitive at the time and unreliable for oral transmission, etc. (5 minutes)

2. I will explain the project to the students orally and give them a hand out with the directions as well. We will be trying to create our own original non-fiction cave paintings. Students will create, with the help of an instructor “aged paper”. This will be accomplished by the students crumpling up the paper (if they wish) in addition to coloring the paper with fluid from tea bags. This paper will then be brought home by the teacher and the edges will be blackened. The students will be responsible for creating a rough draft of their cave paintings, and a narrative to accompany their painting which will be presented orally in class for Lesson #10 (approximately 2 days). (10 minutes)

3. Some groups of 4 students will be coming to an area where I will be stationed to help them with the dying of their paper. The rest of the students will be working on rough drafts of their cave paintings that they will be putting on the dried “aged paper” in class tomorrow. If the students complete their rough drafts of their cave painting they will begin working on the narrative to accompany their painting. (33 minutes) Students will clean up their areas and wash their hands if necessary before leaving the class. (2 minutes)
 * __ Closure: __**