+ 6th Grade English Table of Contents Date 8/28 8/29 9/2 9/2 9/2 9/3 9/3 9/4 9/9 9/9 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/12 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/18 9/19 9/19 9/22 9/22 9/23 9/23 9/23 9/24 9/24 9/30 10/1 10/1 10/1 10/2 10/3 10/7 10/7 Title of Assignment How to Access the English Class E-text Classroom Policies PA Writing/ Reading Rubrics SLO Cumulative Vocab. Part 1 & Part 2 SLO Cumulative Vocab. Part 1 (no definitions) Plot (page 1 in bottom right corner) The Three Little Pigs- Plot Diagram Events “The School Play” Vocab. WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #1 “The School Play” WS Thursday Language Practice Week #1 “The School Play” WS Answer Key My Writing Interview WS “The School Play” Test Tuesday Language Practice Week #2 Wednesday Language Practice Week #2 “The Good Deed” Vocabulary “The Good Deed” Vocabulary Sentences Literary Analysis WS What Can Be Found in a Writer’s Notebook? Monday Language Practice Week #3 Effective Sharing and Listening Tuesday Language Practice Week #3 Literary Analysis “The Good Deed” WS Painting Pictures With Words “TGD” Ticket in the Door “TGD” Reading Check WS “TGD” Literary Analysis Conflict WS Answer Key Wednesday Language Practice Week #4 Sandburg Acrostic Narrative Poem Assignment “The Good Deed” Test Thursday Language Practice Week #4 Common Elements of Personal Narratives Tuesday Language Practice Week #5 Photograph Memories WS Page # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14-16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33-35 36 37 38 39 10/7 10/9 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/15 10/15 10/17 10/20 10/20 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/23 10/23 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30 10/31 11/5 11/6 11/6 11/6 11/10 11/10 11/12 11/12 11/13 11/13 11/13 11/14 11/18 11/18 11/19 11/19 11/21 11/24 Sensory Word List Thursday Language Practice Week #5 Monday Language Practice Week #6 SLO Vocab. Part 1 Practice WS Writing Plan WS Wednesday Language Practice Week #6 SLO Vocab. Part 1 Test Transition Words and Phrases… handout Examples of Seeing & Reseeing WS Thought Shots WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #7 Punctuating Dialogue Rules Editing Checklist Thursday Language Practice Week #7 “Lob’s Girl” Vocab. Study WS Notes on Foreshadowing Tuesday Language Practice Week #8 Wednesday Language Practice Week #8 SLO Vocab. Part 2 Practice WS “Lob’s Girl” Test Wednesday Language Practice Week #9 Thursday Language Practice Week #9 The Watsons… Ch. #1 Reading Check WS The Watsons… Ch. #1 Reading Check WS Answers The Watsons…Vocab. Ch. #3-7 The Watsons… Vocab. Ch. #3-7 Sentences Wednesday Language Practice Week #10 The Watsons… Ch. #3 Reading Check Thursday Language Practice Week #10 The Watsons… Ch. #4 Read with a Purpose The Watsons… Ch. #5 Notes The Watsons… Vocab. Ch. #3-7 Ticket out the Door Tuesday Language Practice Week #11 SLO Vocab. Part II Test Wednesday Language Practice Week #11 The Watsons… Vocab. Ch. #3-7 Quiz The Watsons…Ch. #8 Reading Check The Watsons… Ch. #10 Reading Check 40 41 42 43 44 45 46-48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61-63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77-79 80 81-82 83 84 12/1 12/1 12/2 12/2 12/4 12/15 12/15 12/16 12/16 Monday Language Practice Week #12 The Watsons… Make a Comic Strip WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #12 Notes on Irony The Watsons…Ch. #13 The Watsons…Allusion WS Monday Language Practice Week #13 What Makes a Feature Article? Tuesday Language Practice Week #13 Features of Feature Articles/ Text Structure Organizer 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 12/17 12/19 12/22 1/5/15 1/7 1/8 1/8 1/9 1/12 1/12 1/12 1/16 1/16 1/16 1/20 1/21 1/21 1/26 1/29 1/29 1/30 1/30 1/30 2/2 2/3 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/6 Cumulative Vocabulary SLO Finding the “Voice” of an Article Feature Article Proposal Monday Language Practice Week #14 Plagiarism Thursday Language Practice Week #14 The Fro-Yo Craze NSD Student Access to Online Databases & ebooks Collecting Jargon Writing Effective Leads More Examples of Leads Feature Article Checklist Organizing Feature Articles/Composing Paragraphs Types of Conclusions Tuesday Language Practice Week #15 Wednesday Language Practice Week #15 Adding Voice to a Feature Article Monday Language Practice Week #16 Thursday Language Practice Week #16 Benchmark Test Poetry-Literary Terms Poetry Examples “Dreams” WS “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #17 Wednesday Language Practice Week #17 “Dreams” Rhyme Scheme Notes “Hector the Collector”/ “The Little Blue Engine” WS Poetry Test 94-98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117-121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130-131 2/6 2/9 2/10 2/10 2/11 2/11 2/19 2/23 2/24 2/24 2/24 2/25 2/25 2/26 2/26 2/27 2/27 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/3 3/3 3/3 3/9 3/9 3/10 3/12 3/13 3/17 3/18 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/20 3/23 3/23 3/23 3/25 Cinquain Graphic Organizer Poetry Book Project handout Tuesday Language Practice Week #18 Haiku Notes Wednesday Language Practice Week #18 Limerick Notes List #35 Figures of Speech F, RO, and CS Avoiding Sentence Fragments WS Run-on Sentences/ How & When to use FANBOYS Avoiding Run-ons WS Wednesday Language Practice Week #19 Run-ons- Correcting Them Using the 3 Rules Thursday Language Practice Week #19 Run-on or Complete Sentence POP Quiz Warm-up Do I Need a Comma?/What’s Wrong Here? Monday Language Practice Week #20 Recognizing & Correcting Run-on Sentences F, RO, and CS WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #20 Steps to Follow When Checking… Grammar Practice WS Monday Language Practice Week #21 F, RO, CS, & Homophones Test Tuesday Language Practice Week #21 “Confessions of A (Former)Bully Argumentative Essay Structure/ What is a Thesis Statement… Argumentative Techniques Wednesday Language Practice Week #22 Inspirational Quotes Thursday Language Practice Week #22 Read All About It/ Authors’ Views Local & School Topics Chart/If I Were… WS Monday Language Practice Week #23 Debatable Questions…/ Debatable Topics Things to Think About/ Argumentative Essay Proposal Goals of the Introduction 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156-157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/27 4/6 4/9 4/9 4/14 4/16 4/20 4/20 4/22 4/22 4/23 4/23 4/28 4/28 4/29 4/29 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/4 5/5 Extended School Year Leads/ ESY Introduction Thursday Language Practice Week #23 Outline for ESY/ Topic Sentence with Supporting Details The Body-Points WS Monday Language Practice Week #24 Thursday Language Practice Week #24 Conclusion for ESY/ Components of the Conclusion Tuesday Language Practice Week #25 Thursday Language Practice Week #25 Monday Language Practice Week #26 Freak the Mighty Vocab. Ch. #1-5 Wednesday Language Practice Week #26 Quote Analysis handout Freak the Mighty Quote Analysis WS Ch. #4 Freak the Mighty Ch. #4-5 Quiz Tuesday Language Practice Week #27 Freak the Mighty Ch. #1-5 Vocab. Quiz Freak the Mighty Ch. #9 Ticket in the door Freak the Mighty Quote Analysis WS Ch. #11 Freak the Mighty Ch. #11 Make a Comic Strip WS Thursday Language Practice Week #27 Freak the Mighty Vocab. Ch. #13-20 Freak the Mighty Ch. #13-14 WS Tuesday Language Practice Week #28 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185-186 187 188-189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 Freak the Mighty Ch. #13-14 WS Answer Key 5/5 5/6 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/11 5/11 5/14 5/18 5/20 Wednesday Language Practice Week #28 Freak the Mighty Ch. #15-16 Ticket in the door Freak the Mighty Ch. #19-21 POP Quiz Freak the Mighty Ch. #13-20 Vocab. Quiz Monday Language Practice Week #29 Freak the Mighty Create a New Identity Thursday Language Practice Week #29 Monday Language Practice Week #30 Wednesday Language Practice Week #30 197 198 199 200-201 202-203 204 205 206 207 208 5/27 5/28 6/2 6/2 6/3 6/5 Wednesday Language Practice Week #31 Thursday Language Practice Week #31 Tuesday Language Practice Week #32 Practice Review for Final Wednesday Language Practice Week #32 English Final Review Test 209 210 211 212 213 214-216