6th grade ELA
Weekly focus:
6/1/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; book report; poetry(The Road Not Taken); blog; Greek vs. Catholic God-compare and contrast (expository essay).
5/25/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; Synonyms; book report; poetry(The Road Not Taken); blog; Greek vs. Catholic God-compare and contrast (expository essay). 5/18/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; spelling demons; book report; poetry; listening skills; blog; Greek vs. Catholic God-compare and contrast (expository essay). 5/11/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; vocabulary assignments; book report; poetry; listening skills; blog; parallelism; hyphens. Greek vs. Catholic God-compare and contrast (expository essay). 5/4/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; commas; vocabulary assignments; book report; sensory details; poetry; listening skills; blog; parallelism; ”un” pre-fix. Greek vs. Catholic God-compare and contrast. 4/27/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); verbs; commas; vocabulary assignments; book report; sensory details; listening skills; blog; parallelism. How is Buck changing throughout the story? 4/20/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); adjectives; commas; vocabulary assignments; book report; sensory details; poetry; listening skills; blog; parallelism and hyphens. 4/13/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality, Friendship(The Call of the Wild); adjectives; commas; vocabulary assignments; book report; sensory details; poetry; listening skills; 3/23/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time); adjectives; commas; vocabulary assignments; book report; fishbowl; sensory details; poetry; 3/9/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time); adjectives; characterization- indirect, direct; vocabulary assignments; book report; 3/2/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time); adjectives, poetry-rules/analysis; characterization-round, flat, dynamic, static, indirect, direct; business letter; vocab. 2/23/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time); adjectives, poetry-rules/analysis; sensory details; characterization-round, flat, dynamic, static; 2/16/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time);Through the Tunnel; pronouns assessment/review, poetry-rules/analysis; sensory details. 2/9/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time);Through the Tunnel; pronouns, commonly confused words set 5, poetry; sensory details. 2/2/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality & triumph of love (A Wrinkle in Time);Through the Tunnel; strong verbs, transition words, blah words; pronouns, commonly confused words set 4, poetry; 1/26/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality; characterization, pronouns, commonly confused words set3, DreamUp Challenge; poetry; expository essays; 1/19/15Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me , characterization, object pronouns, commonly confused words set 2, DreamUp Challenge. MLK-What can we do? 1/12/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me , characterization, author’s purpose, pronouns cont’d, Mobile, SJE assignment, DreamUp Challenge. 1/5/15 Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me , characterization, author’s purpose, pronouns cont’d, New Years Activity, SJE assignment, DreamUp Challenge. 12/8 Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me , How to manuals, characterization, pronouns cont’d, DreamUp Challenge, character trait vocabulary. 12/1Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me , How to manuals, characterization, pronouns cont’d, Shake it Off essay; DreamUp Challenge. 11/17: Individuality: When you Reach Me; characterization, How-To Articles, Commonly confused words, POV, Pronouns 11/3 Focus/Theme: Individuality; When You Reach Me (Author purpose/point of view/study), How to articles, symbolism, Pronouns. 10/20 Focus/Theme: Individuality, peer review/revise Personal narrative (publish), appositives, fishbowl, focus statements, thesis statements, works cited, (Expository essay-religion project); When You Reach Me (Author purpose/point of view/study). 10/13 Individuality, peer review/revise Personal narrative (publish); appropriate titles, possessive nouns cont’d, appositives, fishbowl activity, When You Reach Me (Author purpose/point of view/study). 10/7 possessive nouns, personal narrative, individuality 9/29 ITBS testing, summaries, direct objects, personal narrative timeline, editing 9/22 Individuality-ITBS testing, "The Last Leaf", nouns as objects, theme 9/15 Individuality- plot, theme, "The Last Leaf", Subjects and Subject complements 9/8-Individuality-singular and plural nouns, abstract nouns, plot, "the Last Leaf" 9/2 - Abstract and Concrete Nouns, individuality, business letter. 8/25- Singular and Plural nouns, Individuality (short story-"The Last Leaf" by O Henry), business letter, procedures. 8/20 Procedures, Getting to Know us |
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