Weekending: 2014-09-04
Davis-6th-English and Language Arts(ELA)-WRITING-READING
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 Vocabulary Test
Every Friday-Weekly Binder Portfolio Check
DATE Environmental Science Theme Week’s Activities: Plants and Trees (8/17-9/25/2015)
Technology Week’s Activities:
 Google Classroom submission. Multimedia presentation submitted via Google docs.
Second Steps (Character Building) Week’s Activities
 Ms. Brock & Ms. Hudson will provide the Middle School team RDG/ELA/SS teachers with character-building videos and a Teacher Resource packet.
Upcoming Weeks in ELA-WRITING-READING
 Weekending 8/28- types of sentences, types of texts, planner check (gmail info, locker info, schoolnet info, specials info, homework, teacher contact info)
 Weekending 9/4- roman numerals, nouns, roots/affixes, reviewing
 Weekending 9/11 Weekending 9/18 Weekending 9/25-
Mon
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?, 3) Why do we tell stories, 4) How are folklore and
mythology limiting and revealing?, 5) What effect does folklore and mythology have
on humans and nature?, How do I write my best personal narrative?
Essential Question: How does studying finished work inform my writing
strategies?
Activating Strategy: Describe an environmental experience you have had
that included a plant.
Teaching Strategy: Review of excerpts from Ai and Kei’s personal narratives for
writing strategy ideas.[LC-NS1]. Roman numerals (I-M). Review types of nouns
(singular, plural, common, proper, possessive, concrete, abstract, compound) for
Wednesday’s test. Retest for Types of Sentences and Types of Texts Test, if score
less than 85%. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
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:
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).
1) Complete roman
numerals worksheet.
2) Complete nouns
worksheet instructions IIV.
3) Review some websites
regarding roman
numerals and types of
nouns to prepare for
Wednesday’s test.
-Use your lesson plans to
write each day’s planned
homework for each class in
WRITING HMWK
Bring Writing
Journal
(composition book)
to class daily for
daily checks.
1) Use Ai and Kei’s
personal
narratives
[posted on
Google Drive]
to write your
“My Writing
Goals”.
READING HMWK
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
1) Submit two
paragraphs to Google
Weekly Reading ELA
Classroom
assignment due each
Friday regarding
story elements of
your current book
and whether or not
you are enjoying it.
your Planner/Agenda in pencil
(in case it changes)
+
Tue
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: Read a classmate’s writing journal entry regarding an
environmental experience that included plants or trees. Write one
paragraph about how you did or did not “feel as if you were there”.
Teaching Strategy: Review of excerpts from Ai and Kei’s personal narratives for
writing strategy ideas.[LC-NS1]. Roman numerals. Review types of nouns for
Wednesday 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:
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) None
READING HMWK
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
WRITING HMWK
READING HMWK
1) Review classwork,
homework, and websites
regarding roman
numerals for practice
worksheets and quizzes
for Wednesday’s test.
Example:
http://www.romannumerals.org/index.html
and
http://www.abcya.com/r
oman_numerals.htm
2) Review classwork,
homework, and some
websites regarding nouns
for Wednesday’s test.
Example:
http://www.chompchom
p.com/terms/noun.htm
-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
Wed
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: Describe an environmental experience that included a
tree.
Teaching Strategy: Test on roman numerals and types of nouns.
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:
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: Read a classmate’s experience regarding their
environmental experience with a tree.
Teaching Strategy: Review of excerpts from Ai and Kei’s personal narratives for
writing strategy ideas.[LC-NS1]. Roman numerals. Review types of nouns for
Wednesday test. Retest for Types of Sentences and Types of Texts Test, if score
less than 85%.
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:
EATS (Essential Questions, Activating, Teaching, Summary)
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.
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
WRITING HMWK
Bring Writing
Journal
(composition book)
to class daily for
daily checks.
READING HMWK
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.
WRITING HMWK
READING HMWK
Today’s test may be opennotes like the last ones.
Legible notes are important
every week.
-Write each day’s planned
homework for each class in
your Planner/Agenda in pencil
(in case it changes)
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).
Research “types of pronouns”
-Write each day’s planned
homework for each class in
your Planner/Agenda in pencil
(in case it changes)
ELA HMWK
Fri
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 do I tell my story from a narrator’s point of view?
Activating Strategy: Which sensory details describe environmental
experiences?
Teaching Strategy: Begin next week’s lesson regarding Point of View and
Pronouns.
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.
None
1) Complete pronoun
worksheet
2) Complete Point of View
worksheet
-Write each day’s planned
homework for each class in
your Planner/Agenda in pencil
(in case it changes)
Bring one novel at all
times (either teacherassigned or studentselected) from DATE,
DeKalb County Public
Library, bookstore, or
even e-books.