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Welcome to your Language Arts 6 Classwork/Homework Page!!! This is where you will find a description of your daily classwork and homework. If you have any questions, please let me know. Let's have a wonderful year! =) Sincerely, Mrs. Dawa
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Tuesday: CW: Finish Wednesday Wars/ WW#7 Perfect Paragraph
HW: Have a great summer!
2 Pts Extra Credit due Tuesday, 6/4: WW#6.5 Vocabulary Quilt Patch
WW#6.5 Vocabulary Quilt Patch due Tuesday, 6/4 (2pts)
Tri. 3 Week 12 5/28 ~5/31
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC May (due THIS Friday, May 31st).
Tuesday: CW: Read "February"; discuss the allusion to "Romeo and Juliet."
HW: R/R 10 mins; WW#4 Summary and WW#5 Allusion due tomorrow.
Wednesday: CW: Read "March;" discuss the allusion to "Julius Caesar." Add "What You've Learned" to Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy on WW#1 KWL Chart.
HW: R/R 10 mins; HRC May due Friday
Thursday:
CW: Explain and Work on Extra Credit WW#6.5 Vocabulary Quilt Patch (see handout). Read "April."
HW: HRC May due tomorrow: All class library books due tomorrow; All late/Absent work for Trimester 3 must be turned in by Tuesday, 6/4.
Friday:
CW: Turn in HRC May; read "May."
HW: Have a great weekend! Remember, all late/absent work for Trimester 3 must be turned in by Tuesday, 6/4.
WW#5 Allusion Wednesday Wars
Due Wednesday, 5/29
Wednesday Wars Audio Book Can Be Found on YouTube
Wednesday Wars Audio Book Can Be Found on YouTube
Tri. 3 Week 11 5/20 ~5/24
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC May (due Friday, May 31st).
Monday: CW: Continue reading "November and begin reading "December." Finish WW#2 and WW#3 if not finished.
HW: R/R 10 mins; WW#2 Figurative Language Chart and WW#3 Merchant of Venice due tomorrow.
Tuesday: WW#2 and #3 checked for completion; finish reading "December; begin WW#4 Summary of "December". Requirements: at least 2 indented paragraphs, at least one complete college ruled page, don't skip lines, wide ruled paper 1 and 1/4 pages
HW: R/R 10 mins; work on WW#4 Summary of "December"
Wednesday: CW: Continue WW#4 Summary of "December". Requirements: at least 2 indented paragraphs, at least one complete college ruled page, don't skip lines, wide ruled paper 1 and 1/4 pages; Begin reading "January."
HW: R/R 10 mins; finish WW#4 Summary of "December"
Thursday:
CW: Short Classes: Assembly Schedule: Finish reading "January" in The Wednesday Wars.
HW: R/R 10 mins on HRC May
Friday:
CW: Begin WW#5 Allusion (see handout)
HW: Have a great weekend! =)
WW#3 The Merchant of Venice Close Read/Translate
Using context clues, define these words:
A. Sceptre
B. Enthroned
C. Temporal
D. Render
E. Mitigate
Then, try to translate each line of the excerpt from "The Merchant of Venice."
WW#2 Figurative Language
See handout for directions
Due 5/21
Tri.3 Week 10 5/13 ~ 5/17
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC May (due Friday, May 31st).
Monday: CW: Receive HRC May; continue WW#1 KWL Chart (see handout); begin WW#2 Figurative Language (see handout); begin reading Wednesday Wars Chapter 1: "September"
HW: R/R 10 mins; continue working on Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report due Friday
Tuesday/Wednesday: CW: 3 Minute Maze Test; Read Ch. "September" - "October;" continue working on WW#1 and WW#2.
HW: R/R 10 mins; continue working on Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report due Friday
Wednesday Night = No Homework Night
Thursday:
CW: Finish reading "October;" finish WW#2 Figurative Language Chart; begin WW#3 Merchant of Venice.
HW:
R/R 10 mins; finish Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report due Tomorrow!
Friday:
CW: Finish WW#3 Merchant of Venice; read the beginning of "November."
HW: Have a great weekend!
Tri.3 Week 9 5/6 ~ 5/10
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK DUE TO STATE TESTING! =)
Monday: Finish Testing
Tuesday/Wednesday: Peer Edit Argumentative Essay; begin Final Essay
Thursday/Friday: Finish Argumentative Essay/Begin Wednesday Wars activity: WW#1 KWL Chart
Tri. 3 Week 8 4/29 ~ 5/3
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK DUE TO STATE TESTING! =)
Monday: View Online PracticeTesting; finish Argumentative Essay.
To View Practice Tests visit www.caaspp.org Click Practice Tests and Student Interface and Grade 6 ELA Performance Task or ELA Practice Test.
Tuesday-Friday: State Testing
Newbery Award Book Report Personal Letter/Envelope Directions
Book Report due Thursday, May 16th
Tri. 3 Week 7 4/22 ~ 4/26
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC April (due Friday, April 26th).
Monday: CW: Continue Argumentative Writing Notes. Begin Argumentative Essay Pre-activities.
HW: R/R 10 mins; finish Newbery book by tomorrow.
Tuesday: CW: Explanation of Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report; continue Argumentative Essay Pre-activities.
HW: R/R 10 mins; work on Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report (due Thursday, May 16th)
Wednesday:
CW: Continue Argumentative Essay Pre-activities.
HW: R/R 10 mins; work on Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report (due Thursday, May 16th)
Thursday:
CW: Begin In-Class Argumentative Essay
HW: R/R 10 mins; work on Personal Letter/Envelope Book Report (due Thursday, May 16th); HRC April due tomorrow!
Friday:
CW: Continue In-Class Argumentative Essay
HW: Have a great weekend!
Group 8 Conjunctions/Interjections Notes and Assignment (with Answers)
Notes must be taken by hand. You may copy these notes by hand or use them to check your own notes from class; however typed notes will not be allowed to be submitted or used during the test.