6th Grade Language Arts

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Revolution!

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Week 2:  December 10 - 14

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Final Vocabulary Workshop practice. Dogwoods:  Midsummer Act IV. Redbuds:  Midsummer Acts III and IV (we'll see how far we get).	TBA.
Tuesday	Midsummer Act V.  Review for tomorrow's quiz.	Study for tomorrow's quiz.
Wednesday	Midsummer wrap-up. Quiz:  Vocabulary Workshop Unit V and Daily GRAMS 41-50.	Remember to dress nicely and bring lunch money for tomorrow's field trip!  Be on campus ready to leave at 8:00 sharp.
Thursday	Field trip to High Point to see A Christmas Carol.	None.
Friday	No LA!	None.

 

 

 

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Week 3:  December 17-21

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream!	Bring all Renaissance Minds work to class on Wednesday.
Tuesday	No LA - field trip to the Mint Museum.	(See Monday)
Wednesday	Begin working on Renaissance Minds interview.  Draw names and begin preliminary research. Dogwoods:  Finish Midsummer.	Come to class tomorrow with your first ten questions - remember to push for questions that dig deep, not those that skim the surface!
Thursday	Learn the basics of costume design!	Finish your R.M. costume design rough draft.
Friday	Create the final draft of your costume design.  Finish interview preparations; we'll have our interviews the Friday after winter break!	Have a wonderful winter break.

 

 

Week 4:  January 3-4

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday
Tuesday	Happy New Year!
Wednesday	Enjoy your last day of break.	Don't forget to bring the following tomorrow: costume design R.M. costume
Thursday	Costume check and R.M. run-through.   Make any necessary changes to your interview questions and begin creating your final draft.	Bring final draft of interview questions to class tomorrow.
Friday	Renaissance Minds presentation/interviews!	Turn in reflection and self-assessed rubric on Monday.

 

 

Week 4:  January 3-4

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily GRAMS 52 Discuss Friday's Renaissance Minds interviews. Begin learning about Charles Dickens and Victorian London!	Finish reflection/self-evaluation.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 53 Vocabulary from A Christmas Carol.	None.
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 54 A Christmas Carol: Stave 1.	Reader's Response.
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 55. A Christmas Carol:  Stave 2.  Discuss Tiny Tim and who/what his character represents.	TBA.
Friday	Daily GRAMS 56. A Christmas Carol:  Stave 3. Response:  Which of the three spirits has the most impact on Scrooge?	None.

 

Revolution!

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Week 6:  January 14 - 18

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Guest speaker:  Kelly Swanson, North Carolinian storyteller!	None.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 56 A Christmas Carol:  Stave 3.	TBA.
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 57 A Christmas Carol: Stave 3.	Redbuds:  Finish reading Stave 3.
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 58 A Christmas Carol:  Stave 4.	Begin studying for next week's test!  Daily Grams 51-60, vocabulary, Charles Dickens/Victorian England, and A Christmas Carol.
Friday	No Class - Mrs. H on a field trip.

 

Revolution!

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Week 7:  January 21 - 25

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	No School - MLK Day
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 58 A Christmas Carol:  Stave 4. Reader's Response.	RR:  Which of the three spirits has the biggest impact on Scrooge?  Be specific with your support.  Try to avoid using "I think," "I believe," and "in my opinion" - these will weaken your argument!
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 59 A Christmas Carol: Stave 5.  Dogwoods:  WoNoWriPro conferences.	Begin studying for Friday's unit test. Vocabulary Practice:  Create a good sentence with each of your vocabulary words.
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 60 A Christmas Carol - final discussion	Study for tomorrow's unit test!  A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Victorian England, Daily Grams 51-60, and vocabulary.
Friday	UNIT TEST. Redbuds:  WoNoWriPro conferences.	None.

 

Week 8:  January 28 - February 1

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily GRAMS 61 Introduction to Inventions Project. Redbuds:  WoNoWriPro lesson	Finish brainstorming.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 62 Vocabulary Workshop Inventions Project, continued.	Rough draft due Thursday.
Wednesday	Spelling Bee!     Dogwoods:  WoNoWriPro lesson	Rough draft of sales pitch due at the end of class tomorrow.
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 63 Inventions Project, continued. Rough draft due at end of class.	None.
Friday	Daily GRAMS 64 Revise and edit sales pitch.	Final draft of sales pitch due Monday.

 

Week 9:  February 4 - 8

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily GRAMS 65 Introduction to Mysteries:  The Genre, the Jargon.	Blitz:  Which Super Bowl ad did you think was most effective?  Why?  Or, choose an ad campaign you have seen before and explain why you think it is the most effective.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 66 Vocabulary Workshop Edgar Allan Poe	Begin studying for Friday's pronoun quiz.
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 67 Edgar Allan Poe, continued.	Reader's Response to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 68 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Study for tomorrow's pronoun quiz! Notebook check tomorrow.
Friday	Quiz:  Pronouns Daily GRAMS 69 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continued. Notebook check.	None.

 

Week 10:  February 11 - 15

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Pronoun Quiz Pronoun Quiz. Daily GRAMS 70.   Begin planning your mystery.	Finish planning if you did not do so in class.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 71 Vocabulary Workshop Doyle's The Speckled Band, Part I.	Draft at least one page of your mystery.
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 72. Vocabulary Workshop Doyle's The Speckled Band, Part II.	Continue drafting - 15-20 minutes.  Stop yourself at the 30 minute mark!
Thursday	Daily GRAMS 73. Mysteries:  Continue drafting.	Finish drafting if you did not do so in class.  Due Tuesday!
Friday	No Class - Teacher Workday

 

 

Revolution!

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Week 11:  February 18 - 22

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	No School - Presidents' Day	Mystery rough draft due tomorrow.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 74. Sales Pitch:  The Big Idea!	Study for Thursday's vocabulary quiz.
Wednesday	Daily GRAMS 75. Review for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz. Begin Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan.	Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz.
Thursday	Vocabulary Quiz. Angel on the Square, continued.	Assigned reading.  Mystery final drafts due Monday.
Friday	No Class - Mrs. H on a field trip.

 

Week 12:  February 25 - 29

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily GRAMS 77. Notes on punctuating dialogue. Introduction to Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan.	Assigned reading:  Chapter 1. Mystery final draft due tomorrow.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 78. Continue Angel on the Square.	Have a great trip!  Finish assigned reading by Monday.
Wednesday	Field trip to Barrier Island.
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Week 13:  March 3 - 7

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily GRAMS 79. Blitz!  Take Mrs. H to Barrier Island.  Angel on the Square Literature Circles.	None.
Tuesday	Daily GRAMS 80. Angel on the Square large-group discussion.  Continue Angel on the Square, Chapter 8.	Finish reading Chapter 8.
Wednesday	Grammar review. Continue Angel on the Square, Chapter 9.	Finish reading Chapter 9.
Thursday	No LA.	Study for tomorrow's grammar quiz.
Friday	Grammar Quiz. Angel on the Square, continued. Introduce "Plotting the Plot"	None.