Week of: January 12-16, 2014
20th week of school
*Lessons must be posted to class website every Friday by 3 pm for the following week.
Grade/Subject 6th Grade Language Arts
Teacher(s)
Scott/Cooper/Catt
Standards/
Essential
Question(s)
(What do I want
my students to
answer by the
end of the class
period? It is more
than just an
objective.)
Why do authors write
for different
purposes?
Monday
How do I identify the
reason the author
wrote the text?
How does the author
establish his/her
point of view within a
text?
How does the
author’s word choice
impact the tone of the
text?
Why do authors write
for different
purposes?
Tuesday
How do I identify the
reason the author
wrote the text?
How does the author
establish his/her
point of view within a
text?
How does the
author’s word choice
impact the tone of the
text?
Learning & Teaching Strategies
Assessment and Homework
(How will I engage my students in the learning process?
Differentiation? Object based learning strategies?)
(How will I measure if my students
understand today’s lesson?)
Period 1&7
• Warm Up - Review
tone/mood and word
choice
• LN – Lyric Study (whole
class)
listen to song
take notes on people,
places, events,
uncertain
determine familiarity
read/annotate lyrics
listen while reading
determine
HISTORICAL
perspective
complete chart (HW)
Periods 2&5
• Warm Up - PoV Quick quiz
(not graded)
• LN – Lyric Study ( in tables)
- same procedure as
period 1&7 but with
conversation questions at
each table and historical
perspective NOT told,
rather discovered
Period 1&7
Periods 2&5
HW:
HW:
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Period 1&7
• Warm Up – check/review
HW
• Lyric Study
watch video showing
historical perspective
relate to theme of
survival
question analysis (as a
class)
Periods 2&5
• Warm Up – check/review
HW
• Lyric Study
- question analysis (as a
class)
watch video showing
historical perspective
relate to theme of
survival
critique of events,
brainstorm ways to
make song more
realistic with TODAY’s
news
Period 1&7
Periods 2&5
HW
HW:

Book
Challenge
Finish class
work chart
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
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
Book
challenge
read and
annotate
MLK speech
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.

Book
challenge
Finish class
work chart
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.


Book
challenge
read and
annotate
MLK speech
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
Period 1&7
• DEAR DAY
Periods 2&5
• DEAR DAY
Period 1&7
Periods 2&5
HW:
HW:
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Wednesday

Book
challenge
read and
annotate
MLK speech
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
Thursday
Why do authors write
for different
purposes?
How do I identify the
reason the author
wrote the text?
How do author’s
develop the point of
view of a piece of
text?
Friday
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
Period 1&7
• Warm Up - quick quiz on
speech
• Group work (unfamiliar
vocab, power words,
repetition and patterns,
main ideas)
• LN: argument writing
•
Periods 2&5
• Warm Up - quick quiz on
speech
• Group share (unfamiliar
vocab, power words,
repetition and patterns,
main ideas)
• LN: argument writing
• Intro mini speech project
Period 1&7
Periods 2&5
HW:
HW:
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Period 1&7
• Warm Up - quick quiz on
speech
• Speech analysis wrap up
Periods 2&5
• MLK Speech wrap up
• Project work day
Period 1&7
Periods 2 & 5
HW:
HW:

3rd Qtr Book
Challenge
Finish class
work
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
How are different
texts similar and
different?
Why do authors write
for different
purposes?

Book
challenge
read and
annotate
MLK speech
How do I identify the
reason the author
wrote the text?

How do author’s
develop the point of
view of a piece of
text?
3 Qtr Book
Challenge
Speech
practice/criti
que
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
How are different
texts similar and
different?
Dates to remember:
 Point of View mini project due - MONDAY 1/12
 Speech mini project due (pds 2&5) – Tues. 1/20
 3rd Quarter Book Challenge START GOAL due
FRIDAY 1/23
 Book Challenge due – Feb 27th

rd

3rd Qtr Book
Challenge
Mini speech
project due
Tues 1/20
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.


3rd Qtr Book
Challenge
Mini speech
project due
1/20
Please check the
HOMEWORK
communicated daily
using Remind101.
Links:
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mooresquarems.wcpss.net (Moore Square site)
http://ascott3.weebly.com/ (Ms. Scott’s website)
Cooperela.weebly.com (Mrs. Cooper’s site)