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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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Just a reminder: nightly assignments are described in the "Posts" section. =)
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Tri.2 Week 11 2/19 ~ 2/22
Tuesday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC February (due Thursday, Feb. 28th).
Tuesday: CW: Work on FW#8 Newspaper Article. See handout for directions.
HW R/R 10 mins; continue working on FW#8 Newspaper Article
Wednesday:
CW: Continue working on FW#8 Newspaper Article. See handout for directions.
HW R/R 10 mins; finish FW#8 Newspaper Article (due tomorrow)
Thursday: CW:
HW:
Friday: CW:
HW:
FW#7 Meet Hate with Love Poem
Due Thursday, 2/14.
Tri.2 Week 10 2/12 ~ 2/16
Tuesday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC February (due Thursday, Feb. 28th).
Tuesday: CW: Finish/go over answers to FW#6.5 Poetry Analysis Q's 1-6; begin discussing FW#7 "Meet Hate with Love" Poem.
HW R/R 10 mins; brainstorm FW#7 "Meet Hate with Love" Poem
Wednesday: CW: Continue FW#7 "Meet Hate with Love" Poem.
FW#7 Meet Hate with Love Poem:
Write a 20 line poem (at least 2 stanzas) addressing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of "meeting hate with love." Be sure to use at least 3 examples of figurative language: i.e. metaphors, similies, personification, hyperbole, alliteration and/or idiom). Highlight the 3 times that you use Figurative Language.
HW: R/R 10 mins; finish FW#7 "Meet Hate with Love" Poem (due tomorrow)
Thursday: CW: Turn in FW#7; Create Valentine Acrostic Poems.
HW:R/R 10 mins.
Friday: CW: Read Chapters 5-6 in Freedom Walkers. Continue working on FW#2 People Log and begin FW#8 Newspaper Notes Ch. 6 (summarize the events in the chapter using bullet points).
HW: Have a great weekend!
HRC Feb
HRC February due Thursday, 02/28/19
Tri.2 Week 9 2/4 ~ 2/8
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC February (due Thursday, Feb. 28th).
Monday: CW: Go over HRC February; continue FW#2 People Log; continue reading Ch. Introduction ~ Ch. 3 in Freedom Walkers.
HW: R/R 10 mins.; continue working on Biography Project due Friday, February 8th.
Tuesday: CW: Finish reading Ch. 3 in Freedom Walkers; Play "Dawa's Dilemma's": Vocabulary Review Game
Homework: R/R 10 mins.; continue working on Biography Project due Friday, February 8th.
Wednesday: CW: Reading Comprehension Test; Complete FW#6 Ch. 2-3 Q's 1-4.
Homework:HW: Homework Free Night! =)
Thursday: CW: Grade FW#6 Ch. 2-3 Q's 1-4; Read Ch. 4 in Freedom Walkers (add new characters to FW#2 People Log.
Homework: R/R 10 mins; Biography Project due tomorrow. Staple 1. Title Page 2. Biography Essay 3. Works Cited 4. Outline
Friday: Turn in Biography Project; change jobs; continue reading Ch. 4 in Freedom Walkers; begin FW#6.5 Poetry Analysis.
HW: Have a great weekend!
HRC January due TOMORROW!!
Please remember to get your HRC signed tonight. It is due tomorrow! =)
Tri.2 Week 8 1/28 ~ 2/1
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC January (due this Friday, Feb. 1st).
Monday: Walk through Yellow Ribbon Week Gallery. Complete WN#4B Yellow Ribbon Week Response: Write about a piece that moved you or that you related to. Describe it. Why did it move you? Explain. And/Or write about how you would help a person through the challenge described. What advice would you give? Explain.
Homework: R/R 10 mins; continue working on your Biography "Outline."
Tuesday: CW: Continue working on Biography Outline/begin Biography Essay.
Homework: R/R 10 mins.; finish Biography Outline/begin Biography Essay.
Wednesday: CW: Create Works Cited Page; continue working on Biography Project.
Homework: R/R 10 mins. (HRC due Fri.); continue working on Biography Essay.
Thursday: CW: Create Title Page; Mini Lesson: Capitalizing Titles; continue working on Biography Project.
Homework: R/R 10 mins. (HRC due tomorrow.); continue working on Biography Project (due Fri. Feb. 8th).
Friday: CW: Turn in HRC January; review FW#2 People Log; Close Read Freedom Walker Chapter 1.
HW: Have a great weekend; remember your Biography is due Friday, February 8th.
Tri.2 Week 7 1/22 ~ 1/24
Monday - Thursday nights read and record 10 minutes on your HRC January (due Friday, Feb. 1st).
Monday: No School/Holiday
Tuesday: CW: Compare Original Monsters to Friend Monsters. Turn in Monster Project: Your monster, your description/essay, and your friend's monster. Go over the directions to the Biography Project.
Homework:R/R 10 mins; Bring 3x5 note cards (at least 15) for Biography Project research.
Wednesday: CW: Begin Prewriting Activities: Note cards (see handout for directions).
Homework:HW: R/R 10 mins; finish 15 Note cards.
Thursday: CW:
Continue Prewriting Activities: Outline (see handout for directions).
Homework: Have a great weekend!
Friday: No School