Sep 06
Weekly Vocabulary Words:
Schooner
Refinery
Sextant
Calypso
Parched
Dialect
Sep 06
Week 3-1st six weeks
Reading
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
-Shared inquiry discussion: “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” and “On Turning Ten”
-Double-bubble compare and contrast diagram of both poems
–Develop a thesis statement for compare and contrast essay.
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-Begin drafting compare and contrast essay over “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” and “On Turning Ten”.
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-Finish compare and contrast essay
-Revise and peer edit
-Read chapters 1-4
-Complete questions for each chapter
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-Analyze test results
-Looking at ourselves as test-takers
*Compare and contrast essay using “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” and “On Turning Ten” due! |
English
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
-Outlining a personal essay
-Drafting
-Developing a good beginning -Adding detail and dialogue
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-Adding imagery and voice to our writing.
-Finish drafting personal essay |
-Revise and peer edit personal essay
-Publish personal essay |
-Publish personal essay
-Vocabulary and Grammar Quiz #2
**Personal Essay due Monday, September 13th! |
Aug 22
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1st Six Weeks Week 1: August 23-27 |
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Objective |
Teaching Points |
Students will… |
Assessment |
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Classroom and 6th grade house rules, procedures, expectations, consequences, FAQ, routines.
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-First Day Packet -Ms. Lowe’s FAQ -Movement of the Class
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-Understand what is expected of them both behaviorally and academically on a daily basis. |
Quiz-August 23rd
Writing Inventory
Reading Inventory
Please bring one composition notebook and two folders to class on Tuesday! |
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2nd Six Weeks Week 2: August 30-September 3 |
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Objective |
Teaching Points |
Students will… |
Assessment |
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Readers will compare and contrast texts by reading poems.
Readers will build fluency and stamina in their independent reading.
Readers will evaluate point of view and identify theme in the texts they read.
Writers will begin to develop their own voice while building writing stamina and confidence by brainstorming and outlining a theme-driven personal essay.
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-What is a Double Bubble? -Making Inferences -Survive? How?!? -That’s Your Point of View.
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-Develop a compare and contrast essay -Brainstorm, outline, and begin drafting a personal essay. -Begin to develop routines through daily vocabulary and grammar warm-ups. |
-Reading/Writing notebook -Vocabulary and Grammar quiz -Compare and Contrast essay -Outlines and Drafts |
Aug 22
Daily Assignments:
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Monday-Reading |
Monday-English |
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New vocabulary words Definitions |
Daily oral language Correct the errors in the sentence |
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Tuesday-Reading |
Tuesday-English |
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Root word practice Analyze a root from one of the words in this weeks vocabulary words |
Identify parts of speech Diagram sentences |
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Wednesday-Reading |
Wednesday-English |
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Vocabulary with Freytag model |
Looking at the sentence Imitating sentence structure |
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Thursday-Reading |
Thursday-English |
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Incorporate vocabulary into writing |
Incorporate sentence imitation into writing |
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Friday-Reading |
Friday-English |
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Respond to questions about reading and vocabulary words |
Vocabulary and Grammar Quiz (spelling counts) |
(Warm-ups are subject to change and may not always occur on the exact day noted above)
Aug 22