Sailing the 6th Grade English SEAS
(Successfully Educating All Students)
2008-2009
Valerie Morris
English
September 2nd-5th
PTO Open House is rescheduled for September 11th at 6:30 pm immediately following the cookout.
Please check the student calendar in your child's agenda for upcoming events.
What we're working on the 1st 9 weeks:
Daily Oral Language- this is a daily warm-up excercise to strenghten rules of writing.
Journal Quest- Students are given 84 topics from which they may choose to write in their journals daily. Rewards are given at the end of each 9 weeks for completion
Grammar Skills- the conventions of the English language are explored with a wide variety of activities.
Autobiography-Students will individually create this project according to a specific guideline which will be discussed September 2nd.
Script-Students will collaboratively write a script and dramatize it. A participation form will be given toward the end of the 9 weeks.
Writer's Notebook- Students will keep a notebook of personal entries. This will be toward the end of the 9 weeks.
Various writing prompts/activities- these will be ongoing throughout the year.
Outline- We will use the "outline" method for organizing our writing for practicing writing 5-paragraph essays. Students will be taking a state writing test in March.
This week in English...
Monday No School...Labor Day
Tuesday
IN CLASS: DOL- Monday & Tuesday, JQ #6, indentify pronouns using workbook, go over DOL test 1, Turn in City or Country...Which do you prefer & why?, identify pronouns-WB p. 7, introduce conventions of writing-def. in notebooks, introduce Autobiography project.
AT HOME: Review DOL, DOL test Friday, DOL classwork due Fri., "Autobiography" project form signed-due Wed.
WEDNESDAY
IN CLASS: DOL - Wednesday, JQ #7, analyze Subject Pronouns, flashcards of conventions, Title page of Auto.
AT HOME: Review DOL, DOL test Friday, DOL classwork due Fri.,
THURSDAY
IN CLASS:DOL -Thursday, JQ #8, review for Friday's DOL test, identify object pronouns, flashcards of conventions, "Just the Basics" of Autobiography project.
AT HOME: Review DOL, DOL test Friday, DOL classwork due Fri.,
FRIDAY
IN CLASS: Catch up on JQ 1-8, DOL Test, staple DOL classwork to test for classwork grade, flashcards of conventions, complete cover, title page, and "Just the Basics" of Auto. project.
AT HOME: Enjoy your weekend!
Fondly,
Valerie
