Ms. Dawkins - Language Arts

Language Arts

Week of May 12 – 16, 2008

Monday – Review the main events in Chapters 17 – 18 before read Chapters 19 – 21 of Tuck Everlasting.  Identify figurative language in context.  Review inferences and cause & effect. (6.1.13) (6.1.16) (6.1.17) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Tuesday – Read and discuss Chapters 22 – 24 of Tuck Everlasting. Complete a quiz on figurative language.  Illustrate a simile, metaphor, and personification from the novel. (6.1.13) (6.1.21)

Homework – Quiz tomorrow on Chapters 19 -24 of Tuck Everlasting

Wednesday – Complete a quiz on Chapters 19 – 24 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read Chapters 25 – Epilogue to finish the novel. Complete an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69). (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Thursday – Play team tic-tac-toe to review for the Unit Test tomorrow.  Character Acrostics from Tuck Everlasting.  (6.1.1) (6.1.21)

Homework – Tuck Everlasting Unit test tomorrow

    AR Book Report Points due tomorrow

Friday – Complete a Unit Test on the novel Tuck Everlasting.  Create a poof book illustrating the literary elements from Tuck Everlasting.  Complete an AR Test as the final part of the 4^th 9 weeks book report.  (6.1.21)

Homework - NONE

Language Arts

Week of May 5 – 9, 2008

Monday – Review Chapters 13 – 16 before reading Chapters 17 - 18 of Tuck Everlasting. Copy spelling words. Break the spelling words down into syllables and identify prefix, root word, and suffix.  (6.1.1) (6.1.21)

Homework – Comprehension quiz tomorrow on Chapters 13 - 16

Tuesday – Complete a comprehension quiz on Chapters 13 – 16 from Tuck Everlasting.  Review simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, and onomatopoeia.  Identify examples of figurative language from assigned chapters. (6.1.1) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Wednesday – 2^nd period – Review for spelling test tomorrow. 

Homework – Spelling test tomorrow

3^rd – 4^th period - Discuss figurative language activity from yesterday. Play a game to review the spelling words for a test tomorrow.  (6.1.1) (6.1.13) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.21) 

Homework – Spelling test tomorrow

Thursday – Complete a spelling test from Tuck Everlasting.  Complete an AR TEST as part of the 4^th 9 weeks book report. (6.1.1) (6.1.21) 

Homework – NONE

Friday – CAREER DAY

Homework - NONE

Language Arts

Week of April 28 – May 2, 2008

Monday – 2^nd period – Complete vocabulary quiz from Prologue – Chapter 3 of Tuck Everlasting. Review the main events from Prologue through Chapter 8.  Copy spelling words.  Discuss characters, setting, and point of view.  Identify internal and external conflicts and make predictions as to how the conflicts will be solved. Read and discuss Chapter 9.  Finish the character flip-book from Friday.  (6.1.10) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

3^rd – 4^th period – Review the main events from Prologue through Chapter 8.  Complete a comprehension quiz from Chapters 5 – 8 of Tuck Everlasting.  Copy spelling words.  Discuss characters, setting, and point of view.  Identify internal and external conflicts and make predictions as to how the conflicts will be solved.  Read and discuss Chapter 9.  Finish the character flip-book from Friday.  (6.1.10) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Homework – Character flip-book is due tomorrow

Wednesday – Review events from Chapters 9 – 10 of Tuck Everlasting before reading Chapters 11 – 13.  Complete practice on finding the meaning of words through context clues and matching synonyms.  Play spelling game to review for test on Friday. (6.1.3) (6.1.6) (6.1.10)

Homework – AR TEST TOMORROW for book report

Homework – Quiz tomorrow on Chapters 9 – 12 of Tuck Everlasting and spelling words

Friday – Complete a spelling test and a quiz on Chapters 9 – 12 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read/ review Chapters 13 – 16. (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Language Arts

Week of April 21 – 25, 2008

Monday – Discuss Prologue to Chapter 1 of Tuck Everlasting.

Check vocabulary.  Read Chapters 2 – 4.

Homework – NONE

Tuesday – Complete review questions from Chapters 2 – 4 of Tuck Everlasting.  Define Prologue – Chapter 3 vocabulary words using context clues from the novel.  Discuss the correct definitions of the vocabulary words.

Homework – NONE

Wednesday – Review the main events in the Prologue – Chapter 4 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read and discuss Chapters 5 – 6.  Answer and review discussion questions from Chapters 5 – 6. 

Homework – NONE

Thursday – Review main events from Chapters 5 – 6 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read and discuss Chapters 7 – 8.  Review vocabulary words and definition for quiz Monday. 

Homework – NONE

Friday – 2^nd period - Review discussion questions from Chapters 6 – 8 of Tuck Everlasting.  Complete a comprehension quiz from Chapters 5 – 8.  Create a character flip-book.

Homework - Quiz Monday– Chapter 1 – 3 Vocabulary

3^rd & 4^th period – Complete a quiz on vocabulary words from  Prologue through Chapter 3 (20 words).  Create a character flip-book.

Homework - Quiz Monday– Chapter 5 – 8

Enriched Language Arts
Language Arts

Week of April 14 – 18, 2008

Monday – Review for TCAP.
Homework – NONE

Tuesday – TCAP TEST – MATH PART 1 &2  -     Review for TCAP.
Homework – NONE

Wednesday – TCAP TEST - LANGUAGE ARTS PART 1 & 2 – Introduce novel, Tuck Everlasting. Students will be presented with a glass jar of water.  They will be asked questions to generate a class discussion that relates to the novel.  Make predictions as to what they think the novel will be about.
Homework – NONE

Thursday – TCAP TEST – SCIENCE PART 1 & 2 – Read and discuss Prologue through Chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting.  Copy spelling and vocabulary words from Chapters 1 – 3 of Tuck Everlasting.  Begin defining the vocabulary words using context clues from the text.  (6.1.10) (6.1.21)
Homework – NONE

Friday – TCAP TEST – SOCIAL STUDIES PART 1 & 2
Homework - NONE

Enriched Language Arts

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Language Arts

April 7 – 11, 2008

TCAP REVIEW

Language Arts Skills - Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.  Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.  Select the best way to combine sentences.  Identify the purpose for writing (to inform, describe, explain, persuade).  Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.  Evaluate text for fact or opinion.  Draw inferences from selected texts. Recognize point of view in literature.  Select an appropriate summary statement and determine whether the theme is stated or implied.  Analyze the use of similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context. Using context clues, dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as aids in determining the meanings of unfamiliar words.  Locate and verify information to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions.  Identify stated and implied cause and effect relationships.  Complete graphic organizer.  Select appropriate time-order or transitional words, concluding sentences, supporting sentences, and thesis sentence for well-developed paragraphs.  Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.  Supply a missing piece of information in an outline.  Rank possible research resources according to reliability.  Identify the correct use of commas within context.  (6.1.6) (6.1.9) (6.1.15) (6.1.16) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.22) (6.1.23) (6.1.26) (6.2.1) (6.2.2) (6.2.3) (6.2.6) (6.2.7) (6.2.8) (6.2.9) (6.2.10) (6.2.11) (6.2.12) (6.2.13) (6.2.14) (6.3.4) (6.3.7) (6.3.8)

Language Arts

Week of March 31 – April 4, 2008

Monday- Benchmark Test #1 – Additional practice on REORGANIZING TEXT.  (6.2.6)
Homework – NONE

Tuesday – Benchmark Test #2 – Additional practice on REORGANIZING TEXT.  (6.2.6)
Homework – COME TO TCAP PREPARATION NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT – 5:30 – 6:30

Wednesday – Benchmark Test #2 – Additional practice on THESIS STATEMENT.  (6.2.13)
Homework – NONE

Thursday – Benchmark Test #2 – Additional practice on THESIS STATEMENT.  (6.2.13)
Homework – NONE

Friday – Benchmark Test #2 – Additional practice on PROPAGANDA. (6.1.27)
Homework – NONE

Benchmark Test  #1 –Language Arts Skills - Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.  Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.  Select the best way to combine sentences.  Identify the purpose for writing (to inform, describe, explain, persuade).  Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.  Evaluate text for fact or opinion.  (6.1.9) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.22) (6.1.23) (6.1.26) (6.2.2) (6.2.3) (6.2.6) (6.2.7) (6.2.9) (6.2.10) (6.3.7) (6.3.8)

Benchmark Test #2 – Language Arts Skills - Draw inferences from selected texts. Recognize point of view in literature.  Select an appropriate summary statement and determine whether the theme is stated or implied.  Analyze the use of similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context.   (6.1.9) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.22) (6.1.23) (6.1.26) (6.2.2) (6.2.3) (6.2.6) (6.2.7) (6.2.9) (6.2.10) (6.3.7) (6.3.8)

Join us for 6th grade TCAP Preparation Night

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

5:30 - 6:30

There will be a quick general meeting in the cafeteria.  Then, parents will meet with their child’s team of teachers for more details.  You will receive helpful hints, online practice sites, TCAP tips, and ideas of what you can do to ensure that your child does well on the TCAP test.

We hope to see you there!!!

Language Arts

Week of March 24 – 28, 2008

TCAP REVIEW
We will be reviewing and pre-teaching various skills that will be tested on the TCAP Achievement Test.  Please check my website DAILY, as homework and skills taught may change depending on the amount of practice needed.  Thanks for your cooperation.

If you need additional practice on anything, please let me know so I can find something for you.  We will continue completing practice tests on Think Link.  Also, here are a couple great TCAP practice web sites for practice:

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_lang.htm

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

Monday – TCAP Review – Grammar – Review prepositional phrases.  Discuss how to distinguish between prepositions and adverbs, page 354.  Complete Exercise 9 and Exercise 10 page 358, Distinguishing Between Prepositions and Adverbs.  Sing the “Yankee Doodle” preposition song. (6.3.4) (6.3.11)
COLONS – Discuss the use of colons.  Watch a Brain POP movie on colons.  Complete Exercise 28 page 576, Supplying Colons in Sentences, and Exercise 29 page 576, Proofreading for Colons.  (6.3.10)
Homework – NONE

Tuesday– TCAP Review – Complete a mini-TCAP test, which is formatted exactly as the real test will be.
Grammar – Complete a preposition word sort to review the prepositions.  Sing the preposition song to the tune on “Yankee Doodle.”  (6.3.4) (6.3.11)
COLONS – Review the use of colons. Finish Exercise 29 page 576, Supplying Colons in Sentences, and complete Exercise 31 page 577, Using Colons.  (6.3.10)
Homework – NONE

Wednesday – TCAP Review – Benchmark Test #1
Grammar– Complete practice on types of punctuation. (6.3.5) (6.3.6) (6.3.10)
Homework – NONE

Thursday – TCAP Review – Benchmark Test #1
Grammar – Discuss and review QUOTATION MARKS- Exercise 35 page 578, Using Quotation Marks With Direct Quotations, workbook page 158, Quotation Marks in Direct Quotations.  (6.3.6)
Homework – Grammar - Quiz tomorrow on adverbs, prepositions, and punctuation

Friday – TCAP Review – Benchmark Test #1 – Complete additional practice on reorganizing text.
Grammar - Complete a quiz on adverbs, prepositions, and punctuation.   (6.3.4) (6.3.5) (6.3.10) (6.3.11)
Homework – NONE

Benchmark Test  #1 –Language Arts Skills - Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.  Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.  Select the best way to combine sentences.  Identify the purpose for writing (to inform, describe, explain, persuade).  Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.  Evaluate text for fact or opinion.  (6.1.9) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.22) (6.1.23) (6.1.26) (6.2.2) (6.2.3) (6.2.6) (6.2.7) (6.2.9) (6.2.10) (6.3.7) (6.3.8)

Language Arts

Week of March 17 – 21, 2008

ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK!!

Please replenish your supplies over the break.  You will definitely need dry erase markers for the next couple of weeks while we review for TCAP.