6th Grade English (Period 6) Assignments
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- 2013-14 School Year
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- English Language Arts
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Past Assignments
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Please take this end of year evaluation of my class and my teaching!
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Bring your updated Reading Record (blue) with all of the books you have read or abandoned this quarter (since March 31st). Total all of the pages you have read and write the total at the bottom of the page. If you cannot find your Reading Record, I have attached a digital copy below that you can print out and fill in.
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Error log on comma mistakes on Walk Two Moons essay are due (if not already turned in).
If you are going to revise the Walk Two Moons essay (optional for people who received 37/50 or less), it must be turned in by the end of the week.
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If you received your corrected Walk Two Moons essay back (if you have a grade for it in PowerSchool), do the Error Log on the comma mistakes you made on the essay. If you did not get your essay back, it means you turned it in later and I am still correcting it. You will do this error log next week when you get your essay back.
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Do Comma Detective worksheet (green) add the comma rule above each comma you insert.
Bring your English Prentice Hall Textbook Monday to turn in.
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Make changes to your short story that were marked in class (particularly the dialogue punctuation and commas). Check for dead words and use more descriptive language to replace dead words. Use the scoresheet on the back of the assignment sheet (attached) to verify that you have all of the required components in your story.
Bring a clean double-spaced (12 point font) printed copy of your short story to the next block with the assignment sheet/scoresheet and your completed Steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 (if done on time, they are stamped). You will turn all of this in with the short story.
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Bring completed comma worksheet (yellow). Be sure to add the comma to each sentence and write in the comma rule.
Bring your first draft of the short story printed and double-spaced (no more than three pages). Use all of your steps 2-4 to help you write and develop your story. Cut out any unnecessary side stories to the main plot to keep it to 3 pages.
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Complete the comma detective handout and be sure to add both the commas and the rule that applies to the comma.
Finish Step 3: The Setting of Your Story (goldenrod) handout given in class (and attached below).
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Bring explanatory essay on Walk Two Moons themes to class double-spaced with the score sheet (see below) and the green packet (also below) we completed in class.
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Bring printed copy of your Walk Two Moons Essay with the green packet.
Complete the Step 2: Developing Your Protagonist (green) handout (attached below).
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Complete the "Imitate to Create" handout passed out in class.
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Artistic representation of your genre novel due. Assignment sheet is attached. If you are stuck writing the two paragraphs that are part of this assignment, use the paragraph frames attached.
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Finish the capitalization packet pages 637- 647.
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Do capitalization packet page 633
Next block we will work on the Walk Two Moons essay. Please be sure to bring the green packet for this essay with the introduction completed (finish what we started in class) AND a printed version of the quick write on Walk Two Moons that we did in class a copy is below.
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Continue reading your free choice genre book. If finished start working on artistic representation.
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In Google Drive, type up the TBEAR on demand that we worked on in class. Be sure to replace dead words and pronouns with more specific words. Bring a printed copy of the TBEAR to class with last two drafts (the one typed up the day we did the on demand TBEAR AND the one highlighted in class when we did the "scrubs."
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Complete last essay scrub: MLA Detailing checklist (see below) on your revised TBEAR before you print. Please have your typed, double spaced revised draft with the scoresheet (see below) in hand when you come to class.
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Capitalization packet: read capitalization rules on page 619; do exercises on page 621; read rules on page 623 and do the exercises on page 625.
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Finish revising (we started this on binder paper in class) one of the TBEARs written the school wide on demand essay.
Bring a genre book to read every day for the next two weeks. At this point you should have two genre books: the free choice book that you should finish in the next 10 days so you can start the artistic representation, AND the collection of fables, myths, or stories that you just checked out of the library this week. Please have one or both of these books with you every day during testing so that you have something to read when you are finished testing.
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After reading chapters 34 through 39 do the questions below.
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Read your genre book (try to finish within the next three weeks), and write questions. Enjoy the week and have a terrific break.
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Read the poem "The Lost Jewel" by Emily Dickinson and annotate it (we did most of this in class). On binder paper or typed, please write a response to this poem. In your response please connect the theme (main idea that the author is communicating) of the poem with the message that Phoebe gets in Walk Two Moons, "We never know the worth of water until the well is dry" (Creech 198). How does this message connect to the idea in "The Lost Jewel" and to Sal's and Phoebe's experiences in the story? Please write a minimum of 4-5 sentences to explain the connection.
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Using the notes you took in class on annotating poems, annotate the poem, "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (see attachment below).
Then write up what you think the poem means based on your annotations of the poem. Think of this as me pre-assessing what you know about poetry. Write out an explanation of what you think the poem means based on the things you discovered while annotating the poem. Don't make this harder than it is. I just want to see what you notice on your own. Examples of the write up we did in class on "the little horse is newlY" by e. e. cummings is attached.
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Please answer the three question on chapters 28 -31 on the half green sheet handed out in class (also below).
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Walk Two Moons chapter 24-27 questions.
If you haven't already done so, bring blue Reading Record to indicate how many pages you have read this quarter recorded on your Reading Record. Please write the total amount on the bottom of the page.
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Do the error log (file below) to record the errors that I marked on your essay. Use it to explain why you think I marked the error and how it can be fixed. Revising your essay is optional but be sure that you spend time on the error log as well as the rewrite to understand the changes you need to make.
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The white Reading Log with questions from the last genre book is due. You should have at least 21 questions in your log. Extra credit is possible if you have more than 21 questions. For every three questions over 21, you can earn one extra credit point.
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Finish reading chapters 21, 22, and 23 (if we didn't finish them in class) and do the 4 questions on these chapters (see below).
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Read through chapter 16 (page 98) and do questions on chapters 13-15 handed out in class and attached below.
Add to your reading log (white) it will be due next week.
Anyone missing essay rewrite or diorama should turn it in ASAP.
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Bring your Diorama project on realistic/contemporary fiction or historical fiction novel you have been reading. Please also bring your library book to class on Monday, 3/17.
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Next draft of 3 paragraph argument essay due with the following additional items:
- all of the essay scrub handouts complete
- the scoresheet that you and I discussed together
- the old draft(s) that I marked up
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Do final Essay scrub--Detailing (see below) and bring to next block
Do step 7 on Diorama (due Monday, 3/17)
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- Diorama Project: Do steps 3, 4, 5, and 6 (see assignment sheet attached) for Friday - entire project is due Monday, 3/17.
- Panel Discussion topics presenting: participation trophies and trampoline safety are Wednesday (3/12). Bring panel discussion rubric to class when you present.
- 3 paragraph argument essay: continue revising and bring a printed, double spaced draft on Friday with last draft and scoresheet. If we did not meet in class to discuss your essay, please come before school, at break or lunch or after school to discuss it with me.
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Finish reading your realistic/contemporary fiction or historical fiction novel by Monday, March 10th so that you are ready to begin your diorama.
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Read the Panel Discussion Guidelines (see below) so you know how you will be expected to behave during the panel discussion on Monday. First panel discussion on Monday is should sports programs be part of school. Practice your speech so you are prepared to present on your due date. Check the blue calendar if you aren't sure when your presentation is.
Work on revising the three paragraph essay using the Essay Scrub handout: dead word dry cleaning.
Finish your genre book and start Step 1 and 2 of the diorama project (see handout below for instructions on each step).
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Read chapters 13, 14, 15 in Walk Two Moons
Start revising your three paragraph argument essay from the feedback I gave you on the first draft. Use the Essay Scrub: Point of View Power wash handout to help you remove all of the first and second person point of view usage problems in your essay.
If I did not meet with you about revising your essay last block, be sure to bring your copy of it with marks and the scoresheet you filled out so we can go over it during the next block.
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Type up the speech for your presentation (for panel discussion) in Google Drive. Bring 4 flashcards to next block
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Read your genre book and write questions every night. You should be finished with your genre book finished by March 10th.
Read chapters 10, 11 and 12 of Walk Two Moons come to class prepared to respond to questions about it.
If you had additional research that you told your group you would do because you did not get much in class, bring what you find to class on Monday.
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Study roots grad and gress (on the back of the mob, mov, mot handout you already have) for the quiz after the break. Here is a link to Quizlit so you can practice: http://quizlet.com/2583680/root-word-grad-gress-flash-cards/
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Group 1 (Turned in essay before the break) work on revising your essays to fix the changes I marked.
Study for grad and gress quiz: http://quizlet.com/2583680/root-word-grad-gress-flash-cards/
If you and your partner discussed doing research on your topic for homework, bring what you discussed to next class.
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Please print out a copy of your three paragraph TBEAR after carefully proofreading for punctuation and grammar errors. Your essay should be double spaced, 12 point font and printed out. If you have already shared it with me, please bring a printed copy to class.
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Please bring your typed, double spaced first full draft of your three paragraph (ONLY if you did not turn it in digitally before the break). If you turned it in digitally before the break and PowerSchool says it was collected, you don't need to bring a copy.
Use the handout below to create the "Norms" for your panel discussion group. Write 5 rules that you want your group to follow.
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Finish reading chapters 4-9 in Walk Two Moons then answer all 6 questions on chapters 4 -9 either on the handout or on the Google form. If you use the Google form you must log in to your school Google account first. https://docs.google.com/a/lgusd.k12.ca.us/forms/d/1U1XdHXNcla8_g7f2RSsG_rGQpjwBCxh-SIictlbf2Ag/viewform
Please note: The best way NOT to lose your work in the Google form is to first log into your lgusd.org email on gmail, then click the link to get to the form. When you are answering the questions, don't click back or go to a different website. If you need to look something up, click Command+N to open a new window and navigate the Internet in that window. For some reason the data that you type in is lost if you click away or if you are not logged into the account first. You can also use the handout attached below and type in your answers or write them on binder paper.
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Type up the introduction (and conclusion if you want to turn it in tomorrow) for your favorite TBEAR to make a full three paragraph essay. You have the choice to turn it in on Friday or on the first block after ski break.
Bring any library book(s) to next class to return.
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- Choose 1 of the three articles we have read in the last few days: "Should School Start Later?"; "Are Trampolines too Risky?" or "Should Your School Get Rid of Sports?" then pick a side (pro or con) and write a TBEAR argument responding to the question in the title. Share it with me or plan on sharing it with me in class.
- Read Lesson 5 (green) and do 5 questions on back.
- Bring the white Reading (questions) Log to turn in.
Please note: the quiz on grad and gress has been moved to the first block after ski week for periods 1, 3 and 5 on Tuesday 2/25 or for periods 2 and 6 on Wednesday 2/ 26. If you want to start studying, go to Quizlit to practice: http://quizlet.com/2583680/root-word-grad-gress-flash-cards/
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After reading the SCOPE Magazine article "Are Trampolines Safe" in class (you should have a copy because you emailed it to yourself in class) and creating a T chart on the pros and cons of the argument, write a claim for each side of the argument. Here is a link to the video on trampolines (Period 3 and 5 watch this): http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-dangers-of-trampolines/
Do interrogative pronoun worksheet (pink) given in class
Do compare and contrast reading comprehension Lesson 3
Add questions to your white reading question log -- you will turn this in next block.
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Study the quiz on the root mob, mov and mot works passed out in class. Try using this website to help you practice: http://quizlet.com/2583647/root-word-mob-mot-mov-flash-cards/
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Answer the questions for chapter 1-3 of Walk Two Moons at the following cite:
https://docs.google.com/a/lgusd.k12.ca.us/forms/d/12hUgGSGrVanlY12XQAeDy1Ia94CNjMD2tpBEQdmacTU/viewform or use the attachment below to write out the answers.
Finish T-Chart write down claim in Google drive.
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Do the green worksheet on demonstrative pronouns
Share your TBEAR on the SCOPE Magazine article if you haven't already.
Be sure to proof read your paragraph before you share it. You will want to take out all "dead" words (list attached below) and replace them with powerful verbs and nouns. Then make sure you don't use "you" or "I think." Check your punctuation, spelling and capitalization before your share it.
To share click the blue Share button on the top right corner and then click the "Invite People" box and type my name, click my name and then click "done."
Below are links to the articles and the password to be able to view it.
SCOPE Magazine, "Should Kids be on Reality TV?" http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/09_01_13
The classroom password is: gages12356
Here is a link to the YouTube video we watched in class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgl44f29igE&edufilter=DAYLAXn4nWtWT6Bqca6FtQ&noredirect=1
The lead in for a quotation from the YouTube video can look like this:
According to the Voice of America video "Large Families Under TV Lights" ___________ paraphrase or quote the video______ www.voanews.com
"Should Everyone Get a Trophy?" from SCOPE Magazine, http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/11_01_13
"Is the Bulldog Doomed?" from SCOPE Magazine,
The classroom password is: gages12356
If the links to the articles above don't work, email me and I will send you the .pdf of it directly. Below is a link to the graphic organizer for a TBEAR if you need it.
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Finish writing the TBEAR paragraph that we started in class on the SCOPE Magazine articles and share the paragraph with me in Google Drive. Be sure to proof read your paragraph before you share it. You will want to take out all "dead" words (list attached below) and replace them with powerful verbs and nouns. Then make sure you don't use "you" or "I think." Check your punctuation, spelling and capitalization before your share it.
To share click the blue Share button on the top right corner and then click the "Invite People" box and type my name, click my name and then click "done."
Below are links to the articles and the password to be able to view it.
SCOPE Magazine, "Should Kids be on Reality TV?" http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/09_01_13
The classroom password is: gages12356
Here is a link to the YouTube video we watched in class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgl44f29igE&edufilter=DAYLAXn4nWtWT6Bqca6FtQ&noredirect=1
The lead in for a quotation from the YouTube video can look like this:
According to the Voice of America video "Large Families Under TV Lights" ___________ paraphrase or quote the video______ www.voanews.com
"Should Everyone Get a Trophy?" from SCOPE Magazine, http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/11_01_13
"Is the Bulldog Doomed?" from SCOPE Magazine,
The classroom password is: gages12356
If the links to the articles above don't work, email me and I will send you the .pdf of it directly. Below is a link to the graphic organizer for a TBEAR if you need it.
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Study the
After reading the article from SCOPE Magazine, "Should Kids be on Reality TV?" http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/09_01_13 complete the T chart with pros and cons for the argument and write a claim for each side of the article. The classroom password is: gages12356
Also be sure you have typed up your T-chart and claim for both pro and con on the "Should Everyone Get a Trophy?" from SCOPE Magazine, http://scope.scholastic.com/issues/11_01_13 The classroom password is: gages12356
Also be sure you have typed up your T-chart and claim for both pro and con on the "Is the Bulldog Doomed?" from SCOPE Magazine,
The classroom password is: gages12356
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Read genre book (non fiction) and record questions on white reading log
Do pronoun worksheet: Subject or Object? (white)
On the bottom of the T chart we did in class, write one claim for "pro" side and one claim for the "con" side of the participation trophy argument. Each "claim" should be one sentence and should support the position on that side and give the best reason why from the T chart we did in class.
Example for pro side: All kids should receive a trophy for participating in team sports because receiving a trophy encourages kids to play sports even if they are not skilled in the sport.
Please don't use my example, but you can read it to help you get ideas for your own claim.
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Write a claim for each side of the bulldog argument as you did for the trophy argument.
Claim: On the bottom of the T chart we did in class, write one claim for "pro" side and one claim for the "con" side of the participation trophy argument. Each "claim" should be one sentence and should support the position on that side and give the best reason why from the T chart we did in class.
Example for pro side: All kids should receive a trophy for participating in team sports because receiving a trophy encourages kids to play sports even if they are not skilled in the sport
Type up in Google Drive both the T charts (bulldogs and trophies) with pros and cons. At the bottom type in your claim for each side of the arguments. You should have 4 different claims created.
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Study for quiz on prefixes "in" and "ex." Use the vocabulary worksheets to study the words.
Use the pros and cons chart we created in class and pick one side of the argument. On the Internet, research a fact about your side of the argument. You can cut and paste the fact/statistic/supporting evidence and save it in Google Drive or print it out. Bring it to next class.
If you still need images for your movie trailer, email them to yourself at your school gmail account. Be sure to get MLA citations using www.easybib.com. See my video that shows a screen recording of how to create MLA citations using easybib below. Save the MLA citation to your resource page.
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Finish the pronoun worksheet on subject, object and reflexive pronouns started in class.
Finish the "e, ex" worksheet and bring to class.
If you were given an additional reading comprehension Lesson (not everyone was), bring it to class to be corrected.
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In Google Drive, type up the script for your movie trailer. The script includes any words you will say or see as titles from the beginning to the end of your movie trailer. If you will have actors do a skit, you will need to create scripts for your skit and make enough copies for your actors so they know what they are doing.
Bring the blue Reading Record updated for the second quarter listing all of the books you have read this quarter with the total number of pages read totaled up on the page.
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Revise the perseverance TBEAR based on the comments that I marked on the 2nd draft passed back to you. Turn in the 3rd draft with the last two drafts and score sheet.
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- Finish storyboard worksheet started in class (both sides).
- Complete worksheet on prefix "in."
- Reading comprehension worksheets if they were passed out to you (due in one week).
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Do Lesson 2 reading comprehension handout to practice the skill of drawing conclusions and making inferences.
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Complete front and back of the "Brainstorm" handout in response to the science fiction or fantasy genre book you have read.
Do Lesson 1 "It's Classified" 5 questions on back.
Do pronoun worksheet singular and plural and possessive pronouns (3rd grade).
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Finish your genre science fiction fantasy book.
Bring your white reading log to next block. You should have been adding a question over the break or as you read the book.
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Bring typed, double spaced second draft of TBEAR on how Billy shows perseverance to class with the completed "Read your work 5 times," the "TBEAR scoresheet," the last draft that I edited, the TBEAR graphic organizers and the "It says, I say and so what" graphic organizer we worked on in class.
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Continue to do your revisions and read aloud 5 times exercise to proofread and polish your essay due Thursday (non-block day).
Use study guide to practice writing about the big ideas in Where the Red Fern Grows to study for the written final.
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Make all corrections I marked on your TBEAR on how Billy shows perseverance.
Do first and second read on the "Read your Work 5 Times" (see below) handout.
Write on binder paper the answers to questions 5-9 on Where the Red Fern Grows study guide to prepare for test next block.
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Biography Book Talk Dates:
Wednesday, December 4th: Connor Babula,Nikolay Usanov, Peter Ryce, Fliss Sutherland, Jessica Howard, Isabella Scott, J.P. Micallef, Jack Murnin and Erin Snyder
Friday, December 6th: Cathy Wang, Lauren Lee, Natalie Moore, Liam Nir, Dakota Hartung, Mia Torrecillas, Collin Colson, and Sarah Buttitta
Monday, December 9th: Josh Moffat, Jake McCool, Maddi King and Sam Guyton
Wednesday, December 11th: Hudson Morely, Jacob Gispan, Sawyer Clark, Reid Parham, Aidan Kelly, Holden Hunt, Chloe Seger
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Bring the first draft of your TYPED TBEAR (double spaced, 12 point font, Arial or Times New Roman) answering the question: How does Billy show perseverance in Where the Red Fern Grows?
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Prepare your speech and practice it!
Do purple pronoun packet page 523 (sorry no digital copy available).
Study for quiz on the root "ject"
If you have let me know that you want to retake the Complex Sentence quiz, you will have a chance to retake next block.
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Prepare for your biography speech (if you haven't done yours yet). Practice! Practice!
Study the complex sentence exercise below if you are retaking the complex sentence quiz. If you are not retaking the quiz, find the subject and verb in each clause in the sentences on the attached worksheet.
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Bring 3rd draft of essay printed out and stapled on top of the last two drafts with the score sheet attached.
Start working on your speech using the worksheets provided in class.
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Bring 3rd draft of TBEAR essay with all changes marked in the second draft fixed. Print out the third draft and high light using a yellow highlighter all changes you made between the second and third drafts.
"Ject" quiz is moved until Thursday, December 5th or Friday, December 6th. If you have been studying and are ready to take it, I will give it to you to take on Tuesday, November 26 as originally planned; otherwise, you can wait and take it later.
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Work on your essay rewrite. Required rewrite if your score was below 40/50 otherwise optional.
Study complex sentences for quiz on Friday, 11/22.
On the "It says, I say and so what" worksheet try to fill in the "I say" column. Explain how the quotation in the "It says" box to the left shows perseverance.
Read genre book we will discuss preparing for the presentation on Friday.
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Study for Quiz on complex sentences Thursday/Friday -- review homework exercises.
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Do the matching (green) worksheet for the new vocabulary words with the root "ject."
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Do Literary Elements Worksheet - passed out in class (goldenrod).
Do Simple/Compound/Complex sentence review (see attached)
Read your biography/autobiography. You should be at least half way through it by Thursday 11/14/13.
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Read your biography/autobiography genre book and bring your Reading Log with questions to class for points.
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Do Compound sentences into complex sentences homework on binder paper or typed (see handout below)
Read a lot of your book as next week you will sign up for your biography book talk which will be done over several days from 11/25 - 12/12.
Read a lot of your book as next week you will sign up for your biography book talk which will be done over several days from 11/25 - 12/12.
Click here to find out when your speech is: /apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=377966&type=u&pREC_ID=541691
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Complete essay rewrite. Bring revised essay with new draft stapled on top of the last draft with your scoresheet.
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Do Complex Sentence Review 1 (digital copy below)
Make changes to essay and bring a printed out copy of 2nd draft AND the last draft with the scoresheet to class
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Study for quiz on "Spec" and "Dict" vocabulary words.
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Use the Subordinating Conjunction Song to help you do the Complex Sentence Exercise (both handouts below).
Study "Spec" and "Dict" roots for quiz next week.
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Bring any library books that you need to return to class.
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Below are the dates when your Book Talk will be presented:
Monday, October 28th
Dakota Hartung
Collin Colson
Cathy Wang
Josh Moffat
Wednesday, October 30th
Liam Nir
Aidan Kelly
Jake McCool
Hudson Morely
Jessica Howard
Jacob Gispan
Sawyer Clark
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Revise your essay using the "Essay Edit" sheet and the "Score Sheet." Bring a typed double spaced copy printed out to next block. This is your first official draft and will be scored on the scoresheet as part of your grade next quarter. A .pdf of "Essay Edit" sheet and the "Score Sheet." are below.
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Bring your printed, revised essay edited using the essay edit checklist.
Book talks due: Wednesday, October 23rd:
Fliss Sutherland
Sarah Buttitta
Maddie King
Lauren Lee
Natalie Moore
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Work on Book Talk. Check your schedule to see when you will present your book talk. Assignment sheet is below. For Monday, October 21st: Jack Murnin, Connor Babula, Peter Ryce, Holden Hunt
will present. Check below for the rest of the dates.
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Finish your conclusion and type it into your Google Drive document which should now include the introduction, the TBEAR body paragraph and this conclusion.
Create your personal metaphor using the handout provided below. It should be on 8 1/2" x 11" paper (printer paper is fine) and colorful. Follow the requirements on the assignment sheet.
Here is a link to the Quick Write Wiki if you did not get a chance to finish your posting today: http://www.blogs.lgusd.k12.ca.us/groups/quickwritewiki/. You should be able to log on to this from home as well.
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Finish making your Cootie Catcher and fill in the 8 kinds of figurative language with definitions and examples. Practice using it to study the vocabulary.
Type up your introduction. Add it before the TBEAR you already have typed in Google Docs. Bring the introduction handout to class.
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Bring reading log updated with a question written each night to be checked on Monday 10/14.
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Study for quiz on prefix (pre and post) and roots (ped and man/manu).
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Bring revised TBEAR that you picked to take to a full essay. If you have it at home, copy and paste it into Google Drive so you can work on it at school too.
Finish simile and metaphor worksheet started in class.
Finish Preposition worksheet started in class.
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If you haven't already shared your TBEAR paragraph on "Becky and the Wheels-and-Brake Boys" with me in Google Drive, please finish editing it and share it with me. Watch the video below if you cannot remember how to share your paragraph with me.
Choose 5 words that you know you use frequently on the "Dead" word list given to you in class and find two additional synonyms for each. Write the synonyms right next to the two already provided on the "Dead" word list so that when you need to find synonyms, you can refer to the the ones on the list and the additional words you have added.
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Finish filling out the TBEAR worksheet on "Becky and the Wheels and Brakes Boys" started in class. You don't need to type this up unless you want to .
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Bring your TBEAR handout completed on "Becky and the Wheels and Brakes Boys" started in class. If you haven't turned in the TBEAR on "The Circuit" or "Stargirl" bring that to turn in next block.
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Study new root: man and manu. Make sure you know the meaning of the words and how to spell them. Write them in sentences and/or draw a picture to represent them (Period 3 I will give you these on Thursday).
Memorize 10 prepositions and do both sides of the preposition worksheet handed out at the end of class.
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Do Compound Sentence Review 2 handed out in class to help review for the FANBOYS quiz on Monday.
For the quiz on Monday, you need to know the FANBOYS; how to combine simple sentences using FANBOYS to make compound sentences; how to punctuate the compound sentences and which FANBOYS to use to make the most sense when combining the sentences. It will be very similar to what we have been doing on the worksheets in class.
Start reading your new genre book (Mystery or Adventure) that you got from the library.
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Do Compound Sentence Review 12 - 20 (purple handout)Bring your TBEAR paragraph on "StarGirl" or have it finished up in Google Docs.
Remember your log in name is: first four letters of your first name and six letters of your last name (all one word) @lgusd.org -- so Spongebob Squarepants is [email protected]
Your password is your student ID number and two zeros.
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Complete the FANBOYS comic strip or Slideshow and bring to class on Friday, September 20th. Double check to make sure you have put the comma in the right place in your sentences.
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Interview an adult (can be parent, guardian, aunt, uncle, grandparent, neighbor or high school or college aged sibling) using the questions you wrote in class. Start by telling him or her about the short story, "StarGirl" and what she does in the story. Then have a discussion whether or not a person needs to receive credit for the good deeds he or she does. Write down how/what your adult responds to the questions. Try to write down comments that take a position on the topic. You will use these as evidence in the next TBEAR paragraph.
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Memorize FANBOYS - just what they are.
Bring Reading Log to class
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Type up the TBEAR paragraph with the changes I marked in class. Bring the typed, double-spaced revised draft to class Wednesday, September 18th.
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Complete the Compound Sentence homework handed out in class. 8 sets of two simple sentences that you will rewrite and combine into one compound sentence using coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS). Be sure you punctuate and capitalize correctly.
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Review pre and ped vocabulary words for game so you can get points for your team!
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Wednesday, September 11 10:42 AM
Finish paragraph on migrant worker children we started in class. If you want to review the slide show I showed you in class click the link below.
Study for the "no excuse" word test next block. Use the link below to review no excuse words
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Read 15 minutes each night and write 1 question in your reading log.
Revise your narrative (if you want to or if you need to double space it because you forgot) and bring it to class.
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After considering the life of a migrant worker as shown in the movie "Fingers to the Bone" from YouTube and reading the short story "The Circuit" by Francisco Jimenez page 66 of the Prentice Hall textbook, add as many points as you can to the compare and contrast graphic organizer started in class.
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- Finish up the "Get to know your textbook" handout given in class.
- Do the Narrative Assignment on "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros given in class.
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Finish Sentence Types handout
Finish Fisher No Excuse Words sentences
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Read the Fisher rules in your planner as Mr. LaTorre assigned on Friday. Bring the first page of the planner signed by you and your parent or guardian to class.