6B-Percy Jackson and A Wrinkle in Time

The first round of quizzes were less than inspiring.  We need to "bounce back."  Students must keep up with assigned chapters.  The next quiz is on Monday, September 26, 2011.  Quizzes will be through chapter 9 for both books.

6th grade Vocabulary for week of September 26, 2011

acme
acropolis
agora
phobia
plethora
academy
ambrosia
narcissist
hubris
odyssey
labyrinth 
constellation

7th grade Vocabulary

We are going to concentrate on writing this week.  The following vocabulary words directly relate to essay writing.

genre
audience
narrative
persuasive
collaborative
descriptive
expository
argumentative
adjectives
voice

Parents...

Please check your student's agenda every day.  We need to work as a team to have success.  Also, make sure you ask for that Take Home folder every Friday.  I have too many students not showing parents/guardians their graded work.  You should have something  to look at and initial every week.  You should never have a surprise at progress report or report card time.

Thank You

7th grade 9/19-9/23

Vocabulary List:
implore
brandish
joust
mail
apprentice
calligraphy
dungeon
trencher
Anon
knave

We will finish The Door in the Wall this week.   Students should be working on projects.

Folklore Continues...

Week of Sept. 19-23 6th grade
I have recently read some amazing Pourquoi Tales! I now know everything from Why Elephants have Long Trunks to How Pigs got Curly Tails.

Now, we are exaggeratin' like nobody's business with a tale or two from some frontier folk and good ole country boys and gals in our Tall Tales. The students are working in groups to hone in on their skills of story tellin'. They must develop characters, assign that character appearances and abilities, develop settings, problem, solution/accomplishments, and resolutions. We should complete this task by Tuesday.

Then we will take some time to read a few folk tales from other countries. Our first will be "The Disobedient Child"- a Guatemalan tale.

The Vocabulary for this week:
fanciful
colossal
omen
imagery
exaggeration
personification
hyperbole
culture
tradition
point of view

6th grade vocabulary for the week

protagonist
antagonist
climax
setting
character
characteristic
audience
conflict--external and internal
chronological order
dialogue

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

7th grade will begin The Door in the Wall on Tuesday. 

Menus are due on Wednesday.

Students need to decide which project they want to do. 

Pourquoi???????

Pourquoi is french for "why''.  It is also a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is, for example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes.  Sixth grade is trying their hand at writing their own pourquoi tales this week.