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2008-2009 6th Third Trimester LA Archives

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2008-2009 First Trimester LA Archives

6th Grade

 

 

 

 

 
  

Week 1:  March 9th - 13th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Begin aristocracy vs. peasants mini-project.

-Begin reading Angel on the Square chapter 6.

 

Vocab quiz Monday, March 16.

Tuesday

-Continue aristocracy vs. peasants mini-project.

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Finish Angel on the Square chapter 6.

Angel on the Square reading: chapter 7.

Wednesday

 

-Continue aristocracy vs. peasants mini-project.
-Discuss Angel on the Square.
Finish aristocracy vs. peasants mini-project.
Thursday

-Present aristocracy vs. peasants mini-project.

-Discuss Angel on the Square: literature circles.

Angel on the Square reading: chapter 8.
Friday

-Read vocab sentences aloud.

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Save the Drama!

Angel on the Square reading: chapter 9.

 

 

 


Week 2:  March 16th - 20th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Blitz! Vocab Story.

-Vocabulary Quiz.

-Class Evaluation.

-Begin reading Angel on the Square chapter 10: read to page 210.

Tuesday

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Finish chapter 10 of Angel in class.

-Introduce Plotting the Plot project.

Angel on the Square reading: Read chapter 11 to page 235.

Wednesday

 

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Plotting the Plot project (begin work on finding main plot points of Angel).

Angel on the Square reading: finish chapter 11.
Thursday

 

-Discuss Angel on the Square.

-Plotting the Plot project (finish finding plot points of Angel and the Russian Revolution).

 

Angel on the Square reading: chapter 12 (16 pages).

 

Graph paper and poster board due Monday.

Friday

 

No Class -- 6th grade field trip to the Symphony and the Mint.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Week 3:  March 23rd - 27th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Blitz! Angel chapter 12.

-Plotting the Plot: create rough draft of graph on graphing paper.

 

-Begin reading Angel on the Square chapter 13 (10 pages).

 

Angel Unit Test Tuesday, March 31.

Tuesday

-Receive Angel on the Square study guide.

-Begin creating final Plotting the Plot project.

Begin studying for Angel on the Square Unit Test.

-Finish Angel on the Square.

Wednesday

 

-Plotting the Plot project (continue work on final project).

Work on Plotting the Plot.

 

Study!

Thursday

-Final Plotting the Plot workday: project due Monday!

 

Work on Plotting the Plot.

 

Study!

Friday

No Class: 7th grade field trip.

 

 

 

 


Week 4:  March 30th - April 3, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

In HOMEROOM, staple the following items together, in this order:

-Plotting the Plot planning with name written clearly (notebook paper)

-Plotting the Plot rough draft (graph paper, can be folded)

-Plotting the Plot project sheet and rubric


Turn these items in to Ms. Ruble separately from your poster.

 

-Angel on the Square study groups.

 

 

Study!  Angel Unit Test Tuesday, March 31.

Tuesday

-Angel on the Square Unit Test, Parts 1-3.

Study for essay portion.

Wednesday

 

-Angel on the Square Unit Test, Part 4: In-class essay.

-Independent Reading.

Rest and relax.

Thursday

No Class: 7th grade field trip.

 

 

Friday

-Introduction to The Devil's Arithmetic.

YAY SPRING BREAK! 

 

 

 


Week 5:  April 13th - 17th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-The Devil's Arithmeticwebquest.  Click here to access the webquest page.

 

Finish webquest (Step #2).

 

If you finish, feel free to explore the site linked to the left.

Tuesday

-Guest Speaker: Mrs. Barone discusses the Passover Seder.

-Read chapter 3 of The Devil's Arithmetic.

Explore this website and answer the questions on your Passover worksheet.

Wednesday

 

-The Devil's Arithmetic reading, chapters 3-4.

-Hide the afikomen!

Read chapter 5.

Thursday

-The Devil's Arithmetic, continued.

-Introduce vocabulary.

-First ten vocab sentences.

 

Read chapter 8.  Finish sentences if you didn't in class.

Friday

-The Devil's Arithmetic, continued: chapters 9-10.

Finish reader response for chapter 10: Summarize what happened, explain what you feel about what's happening, and predict what will happen next.

 

Read chapter 11.

 

 

 

 


Week 6:  April 20th - 24th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Introduction to poetic devices: simile, metaphor, personification.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly.

 

Read The Devil's Arithmetic, chapter 12.

Tuesday

-The Devil's Arithmetic discussion.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued: Analyze "Homesick."  Construct thesis statements.

Read The Devil's Arithmetic, chapter 13.

Wednesday

 

-The Devil's Arithmetic discussion.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued:  Develop detailed outlines.

Read The Devil's Arithmetic, chapter 14.

Thursday

 

-The Devil's Arithmetic discussion.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued: Finish outlining and begin interpretive response essay.

 

Read The Devil's Arithmetic, chapter 15.

Friday

-The Devil's Arithmetic discussion.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued: Finish interpretive response essay.

-Review Angel on the Square test, examining 2 excellent essays.

 

Essay 1 (page 1)

Essay 1 (page 2)

 

Essay 2 (page 1)

Essay 2 (page 2)

Read The Devil's Arithmetic, chapter 16.

 

Get Grade Record Sheet Signed.

 

 

 


Week 7:  April 27th - May 1st, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

 

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued: Analyze individual poems and write response poems.

 

Finish response poem on notebook paper.

 

Read chapter 17 of The Devil's Arithmetic.

Tuesday

-Finish The Devil's Arithmetic in class.

-I Never Saw Another Butterfly, continued: Copy response poems onto white paper and turn in.

Develop 10 more sentences in LA Handbook using The Devil's Arithmetic vocab.

Wednesday

 

 

-Mysteries: Mystery Jargon!

-Read and solve MysteryNet's Kid Mysteries in teams.

 

Study for The Devil's Arithmetic vocab quiz (Friday).

Thursday

-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

-Begin reading The Speckled Band.

Study for The Devil's Arithmetic vocab quiz (Friday).

Friday

-Finish reading The Speckled Band.

-Save the Drama!

-TDA vocab quiz.

 

Read QUICK SOLVE and a mystery written by a student.

 

 

 


Week 8:  May 4th - 8th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Begin planning personal mystery.

 

Finish mystery planning.

Tuesday

 

-TWO LA periods to type your mystery!

 

Times New Roman.

Size 12.

Double-spaced.

MAX: 4 pages.

Finish mystery and print.

Wednesday

 

-Peer edit mysteries.

-Introduction to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis.

Make necessary changes to mysteries.  Due tomorrow morning to Mrs. Denham.

 

Bring The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobeand your independent reading book to reading period.

Thursday

No LA:  7th grade field trip.

 

Bring The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and your independent reading book to reading period.

Assigned reading (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapters 1-3).

Friday

No LA:  7th grade field trip.

Finish assigned reading.

 

 

 


Week 9:  May 11th - 15th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Introduction to Surrealism PowerPoint.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

 

Finish mini surrealism story.

Tuesday

 

-Vocab: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe vocab game.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 4.

Assigned reading: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 5.

Wednesday

 

-Comprehension questions.

-Vocab: Completing the Sentence.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 6.

Assigned reading: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 7.

Thursday

 

-Comprehension questions.

-Reader Response:  Mr. Tumnus's journal.

-Share journal entries.

Assigned reading: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 8.

Friday

 

-Comprehension questions.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe discussion groups.

Assigned reading: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, chapter 9.

 

 

 

 

 


Week 10:  May 18th - 22nd, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Vocab: Creating Sentences.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued.

Assigned reading: ch 11.

 

Vocab Quiz next Monday.

Tuesday

 

No Class.

 

Wednesday

 

-Vocab: Creating Sentences, continued.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued.

Assigned reading: ch. 12.

Thursday

 

-Grammar Practice.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: class discussion.

Assigned reading: ch. 13.

 

Study.

Friday

 

No Class.

 

 

 

 


Week 11:  May 25th - 29th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-Save the Drama!

-Practice Quiz.

Reading: chapter 14.

Tuesday

 

-Vocab/Grammar Quiz

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: reader response ("RR - LWW ch. 14").  Prompt:  Describe what happened in chapter 14.  MOOD is a literary term that means how the author makes the reader feel. The author uses tools such as word choice, plot, description, and characters' words/actions to create the mood.  What is the mood of chapter 14?  Using specific evidence, explain some ways C.S. Lewis creates this mood.

Reading: chapter 15.

Wednesday

 

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:  Discussion.

Reading: chapter 16.

Thursday

 

 

-Grammar Review.  Final: June 8th.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: Character of Characters report card.

Finish Group 1 on grammar review, placing stars by areas where you need more help. Email me for study appointments if needed.

Friday

 

-Grammar Review.  Final: June 8th.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: Character of Characters report card.

Finish 3 columns of Character of Characters report card. 

 

 

 

 


Week 12:  June 1st - 5th, 2009

 

  Class Homework
Monday

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:  movie time! Complete venn diagram while watching.

Study for Grammar final.

Tuesday

 

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:  movie time! Complete venn diagram while watching.

Finish The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe reflection.

Wednesday

 

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: Character of Characters report card.

TBA.

Thursday

 

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: Character of Characters.

TBA.

Friday

 

-Grammar Review.  Final: June 8th.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, continued: Character of Characters.

TBA. 

 

Grammar Final on Monday!

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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