Week of January 27th...

ALL STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE A BOOK TO READ EVERY DAY!!!

 

AUTO/BIOGRAPHIES TITLES ARE PAST DUE!!!!

GET THOSE SIGNED REPORT CARDS RETURNED TO YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHER.

 

 

VOCABULARY WORDS WERE GIVEN LAST WEEK BUT WE HAVE THE TEST THIS THURSDAY.

 

 

6C will begin Black History Month ( a little early ).  Students will learn about the Middle Passage.

We will read The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.

 

Students will work in groups to complete a culminating activity.

 

Students will design (draw ) a memorial for the Africans forced to undergo the trauma of the Middle Passage.

Students will write a 150-200 word plaque or inscription for the memorial. This writing sample will define the Middle Passage, explain the economic factors that created a market for African slaves, and describe the fatal conditions Africans faced on slave ships.

 

 

6A and 6B-

Well, we didn't get quite as far as I thought we would last week BUT that's ok...we do things CORRECTLY not QUICKLY.

 

On Monday, we will finish FABLES and work on editing and revising our Pourquois.

 

On Tuesday, we will continue those Pourquois.  It is so important to get students to understand plotline, sequence of events, character development, and details.  Also, I cannot seem to get the idea across --if you don't know how to spell something- LOOK IT UP! 
Students will have access to computers in the morning to type their pourquoi.
 

 

We should be able to begin Mythology on Tuesday or Wednesday.  Students will do online research on Ancient Greece. They will make a god/goddess booklet on each Olympian.

 

 

 

 



Week of 1/20

Schedule Change:

Make sure you are ready for new electives. DO NOT PANIC!!!  I'll be doing enough of that for all of us...just kidding.

If you don't know where to go - we will figure it out.

 

Speaking of no panic...report cards also come out this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All classes will be finishing Tall Tales and Fables this week. 

6A and 6B will work on IPADS to do some research on Ancient Greece.  They will also begin Myths.

 

EVERY student needs to have a book every day for silent reading time.  I would prefer their autobiography or biography. 

 

I will go over projects expectations with the students in class this week.

 

 

 

MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY

We will continue our unit on Folklore. 

Last week, we read a Fairytale called Yeh-Shen (the Chinese Cinderella).  Students will complete 4 worksheets on this tale.  These will be the last 4 grades entered before Report Cards.

We will also begin research for Tall Tales.    Many regions in the United States have their own tall-tale heroes and heroines.  These tales paint pictures of the people, land, and animals of that region.

Students will use Ipads to research regions in the United States from the bayous of Louisiana to the Rocky Mountain-- the deserts of the Southwest to the Florida Everglades. 

Again, there will be no vocabulary test.  However, students continue to be responsible for the terms we copied into their notebooks last week. 

Guidelines for next book report for 6A and 6B only.  Book Report is Due March 6th.  Handout is coming home with each student before Wednesday.

Book Report Poster Pre-Writing List

You must have this complete before I will give you the actual poster.                       You many only work on the poster in school.

Person:

What is this person famous for:

Draw a portrait:

Born? Died? (if died)

A summary of most important accomplishments in life…

If this person’s story was turned into a movie, I would call it ____________________________________________________

Then draw three important scenes from the movie with captions 

Quotable Quote- something important the person said

Life Lesson- something important I learned from this person

In Five Words- Five words that describe the person

Final Fact- One last thing I want to tell you about this person

Super Resources- To learn more about this person, here are some books, websites, and resources

 

Week of January 6, 2014

6A and 6B are writing Pourquoi Tales
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/teaching-pourquoi-tales


Last Thursday, we started a unit of Folktales/Folklore.  Students will learn about each type of story in this genre.

Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Parables, Fables, and Pourquois

There is no vocabulary this week.  However, students will be expected to know the terms (above) and their definitions.  If your child was not in school last Thursday--they will need to get notes from a classmate.

Monday- finish rough drafts, peer edit, teacher edit, and begin final draft
Tuesday- finish final draft and illustrate
Wednesday- begin research on Tall Tales
Thursday- continue Tall Tales
Friday- begin Fairy Tales, hand in Reading Log, clean out notebooks



6C- started Folklore earlier than the other classes.  They will continue this week.  Students will begin Fairy Tales on Monday and Tuesday, Tall Tales  Wednesday--Friday.

It is now time for students to get their 3rd book for Year Long Book Theme.  For the 3rd Marking Period, students will need to read an Autobiography/Biography.  All students should have a book by this Friday.  I will go over projects with each class and information home will follow shortly after. 

DUE DATE FOR THIS REPORT IS MARCH 6TH!!




Before Christmas Break- all students took a practice EOG.  They have all been scored.  We will go over the passages  during Remediation Classes in the morning.  Students will be able to see any answers they missed and why- hopefully keeping them from repeating such mistakes in the future.  I will handwrite each of these scores on the bottom of their report cards so parents know their child's score.