Weekending: 2014-10-16
Davis-6th-English and Language Arts(ELA)-WRITING-READING
Friday retesting (nouns retest on 9/16)
Every Monday-myOn.com due (Reading time of at least 2 hours from the previous Monday-Sunday, and myOn.com quiz grade of at least 4)
Every Wednesday-Weekly Parts of Speech, Narrative Story Elements, and/or Vocabulary (both Latin/Greek roots and affixes) Test
Every Friday-Weekly Binder Portfolio Check, Weekly Journal Check, and Weekly Planner Check
DATE Environmental Science Theme Week’s Activities:
Technology Week’s Activities:
 Inputting data into a shared spreadsheet regarding Online Study Resources, Google Classroom submission.
Second Steps (Character Building) Week’s Activities
 Second Step group discussions. Ms. Brock & Ms. Hudson provide the Middle School team RDG/ELA/SS teachers with character-building videos and a Teacher
Resource packet (see Sportsmanship and Self Control Character Building scenario video reflections in writing journal).
Upcoming Weeks in ELA-WRITING-READING
 Weekending 10/2- author’s point-of-view, relative (which is usually extra credit on test), demonstrative, indefinite, and interrogative pronouns, book talk, weekly
roots & affixes binder check, journal check, planner check
 Weekending 10/9- verbs, powerful personal narratives, book talk, weekly roots & affixes
 Weekending 10/16- verbs, tone, mood, inference, powerful personal narratives, book talk, weekly roots & affixes
 Weekending 10/23 - adjectives, dialogue, powerful personal narrative, book talk, weekly roots & affixes, binder check, journal check, planner check
 Weekending 10/30- adverbs, argumentative texts, debate, book talk, weekly roots & affixes, binder check, journal check, planner check
Tue
ELACCW6.3-6, RL6.2-3, SL6.1, L6.1-4
Unit Theme/Essential Question(s): “Coming of Age:
1. How have my
experiences (physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially) affected my
life?, 2) How do I write my personal narrative?”
Essential Question: How does studying finished work inform my
writing strategies?
Activating Strategy: What do you already know about verbs?
Teaching Strategy: Binder check. Journal check. [see binder and
journal checklists in Google ELA folder]. Verbs. Weekly roots and
affixes. Etymology Dictionary.com and personal dictionary/etymology
in binder. Review verbs worksheet for Wednesday’s test. Flashcards
for Wednesday’s test. Review Mentor Narratives [LC-NS5].
Summarizing Strategy: PopQuiz/TicketOutDoor re: personal
narratives, roman numerals, nouns, types of texts, or types of
sentences. Write today’s homework for each class in your
Planner/Agenda.
Higher Order Thinking:
Bring 3-ring Binder Portfolio to class
daily. Expect Binder Portfolio check
weekly based on Binder Checklist (all
classwork, homework, tests, and test
corrections).
Bring Writing Journal
(composition book) to
class daily for daily
checks.
1.
1) Verbs worksheet page 1.
2) Add one website to the Google
shared document of Verb
Resources.
3) Review classwork, homework, and
websites regarding verbs for
practice worksheets and
interactive quizzes for
Wednesday’s test.
4) Enter vocabulary words,
definitions, and etymologies into
Personal Etymology Dictionary.
5) Bring two empty folders to class
daily.
-Write each day’s planned homework
for each class in your Planner/Agenda
in pencil (in case it changes)
2.
Read “What
happens Next,
Katie? Writing a
Narrative with Katie
Woo” at myOn.com
(13 minutes). Write
one paragraph
about what you
learned or will do
when you write
your story.
How James Howe
use words to create
tone and mood in
the mentor text
“Everything will be
Okay”?
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
1.
Choose a
biographical or
autobiographical
narrative novel. Ask
Ms. Aswad where
they are in the
library.
Wed
ELACCW6.3-6, RL6.2-3, SL6.1, L6.1-4 Writing from Moments that
Really Matter [LC-NS3].
Unit Theme/Essential Question(s): “Coming of Age: 1. How have my
experiences (physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially) affected my
life?, 2) How do I write my personal narrative?”
Essential Question: How does studying finished work inform my
writing strategies?
Activating Strategy: Discuss narrative writing video assigned for
last night’s homework.
Teaching Strategy: Weekly roots and affixes. Etymology
Dictionary.com and personal dictionary/etymology in binder. Review
verbs and read “I Can Write Journals and Narratives” at myOn.com (12
minutes). Write one paragraph about what you learned, what you will
do when you write your story for Wednesday’s test. Flashcards for
Wednesday’s test.
Summarizing Strategy: PopQuiz/TicketOutDoor re: personal
narratives, roman numerals, nouns, types of texts, or types of
sentences. Write today’s homework for each class in your
Planner/Agenda.
Higher Order Thinking:
Bring 3-ring Binder Portfolio to class
daily. Expect Friday Binder Portfolio
check weekly based on Binder
Checklist (all classwork, homework,
tests, and test corrections).
Bring Writing Journal
(composition book) to
class daily for daily
checks.
1.
1) Verbs worksheet page 2.
2) Add one website to the Google
shared document of Verb
Resources.
3) Review classwork, homework, and
websites regarding verbs for
practice worksheets and
interactive quizzes for
Wednesday’s test.
4) Enter vocabulary words,
definitions, and etymologies into
Personal Etymology Dictionary.
5) Bring two empty folders to class
daily.
Read “Be the Best at
Writing” at
myOn.com (10
minutes). Write one
paragraph about
what you learned or
will do when you
write your story.
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
1.
2.
Prepare to discuss
what you have
learned from the
biographical or
autobiographical
narrative novel you
chose. Ask Ms.
Aswad where they
are in the library.
-Write each day’s planned homework
for each class in your Planner/Agenda
in pencil (in case it changes)
Thu
EATS (Essential Questions, Activating, Teaching, Summary)
ELACCW6.3-6, RL6.2-3, SL6.1, L6.1-4
Unit Theme/Essential Question(s): “Coming of Age: 1. How have my
experiences (physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially) affected my
life?, 2) How do I write my personal narrative?”
Essential Question: How does studying finished work inform my
writing strategies?
Activating Strategy: What have you learned this week to inform
how you will write your powerful, personal narrative?
Teaching Strategy: Review for Friday retest on nouns. Verb phrases.
Verbs in contractions.
Summarizing Strategy: PopQuiz/TicketOutDoor re: personal
narratives, roman numerals, nouns, types of texts, or types of
sentences, pronouns. Write today’s homework for each class in your
Planner/Agenda.
Higher Order Thinking:
ELA HMWK
Bring 3-ring Binder Portfolio to class
daily. Expect Friday Binder Portfolio
check weekly based on Binder
Checklist (all classwork, homework,
tests, and test corrections).
WRITING HMWK
Bring Writing Journal
(composition book) to
class daily for daily
checks.
1.
1) Parent signature on this
Wednesday’s test.
2) Verbs worksheet page 3.
-Write each day’s planned homework
for each class in your Planner/Agenda
in pencil (in case it changes)
Read “Adventure
Stories: Writing
Stories” at
myOn.com (13
minutes). Write one
paragraph about
what you learned or
will do when you
write your story.
READING HMWK
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
1.
Begin 10/16 reading
reflection pn the
biographical or
autobiographical
narrative novel you
chose.
Fri
EATS (Essential Questions, Activating, Teaching, Summary)
ELACCW6.3-6, RL6.2-3, SL6.1, L6.1-4
Unit Theme/Essential Question(s): “Coming of Age: 1. How have my
experiences (physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially) affected my
life?, 2) How do I write my personal narrative?”
Essential Question: How does studying finished work inform my
writing strategies?
Activating Strategy: Discuss with a classmate what you learned
about writing adventure stories (last night’s homework).
Teaching Strategy: Nouns retest for those with grades less than 85%
on nouns test. Continue review for Wednesday’s test on verbs
(worksheet pp. 1-4) and powerful personal narratives. Verbs (active vs.
state of being verbs, verb phrases, verbs in contractions, and the 23
helping verbs), and vocabulary (Latin roots from ambi-voc) for next
week’s Wednesday test. “Everything will be okay” by James Howe[LCnarrative mentor text-NS7]
Summarizing Strategy: PopQuiz/TicketOutDoor re: personal
narratives, roman numerals, nouns, types of texts, or types of
sentences, author’s point-of-view. Write today’s homework for each
class in your Planner/Agenda.
Higher Order Thinking:
ELA HMWK
Bring 3-ring Binder Portfolio to class
daily. Expect Friday Binder Portfolio
check weekly based on Binder
Checklist (all classwork, homework,
tests, and test corrections).
WRITING HMWK
Bring Writing Journal
(composition book) to
class daily for daily
checks.
1.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Complete “helping verbs, action
verbs, and state of being verbs”
and place in binder.
Enter weekly vocabulary, roots,
and affixes with definitions and
etymologies in Personal
Dictionary.
Create flashcards for new words in
your personal etymology
dictionary.
Complete verbs worksheet
Prepare for Monday quiz on the 23
helping verbs
Complete 10/9
reading reflection,
written in journal
and entered as a
Google Classroom
assignment.
2.
READING HMWK
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
1. Read “Animal Stories:
Writing Stories” on
myOn (13 minutes).
2. Read “fairy Tales:
Writing Stories” on
myOn (12 minutes).
3. Continue reading the
biographical or
autobiographical
narrative novel you
chose.
-Write each day’s planned homework
for each class in your Planner/Agenda
in pencil (in case it changes)
EATS (Essential Questions, Activating, Teaching, Summary)
ELA HMWK
WRITING HMWK
READING HMWK