Ms. Dawkins - Language Arts http://ldawkins2.edublogs.org This site contains lesson plans, projects, and due dates. Please check the site regularly for updates. Tue, 20 May 2008 01:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Enriched Language Arts – Week of May 19 -23, 2008 http://ldawkins2.edublogs.org/2008/05/18/enriched-language-arts-week-of-may-19-23-2008/ http://ldawkins2.edublogs.org/2008/05/18/enriched-language-arts-week-of-may-19-23-2008/#comments Sun, 18 May 2008 15:06:23 +0000 ldawkins http://ldawkins2.edublogs.org/2008/05/18/enriched-language-arts-week-of-may-19-23-2008/

Enriched Language Arts

 

Week of May 19 – 23, 2008

 

Monday – Complete the word search from Friday.  Create an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69). (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Tuesday – FIELD DAY!!! – Finish an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69).  Create a poof book illustrating the literary elements from Tuck Everlasting.  (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Wednesday – Complete an End-of-Year Test of the skills covered in 6th grade.  Finish the poof book illustrating the literary elements from Tuck Everlasting. Character Acrostics from Tuck Everlasting. (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Thursday – Write a Jumbled Story after being assigned specific literary elements.  Working in cooperative groups, students will sequence events from a story using Disorganized Data. Illustrate a simile, metaphor, and personification from Tuck Everlasting. (6.1.13) (6.1.18)

Homework – NONE

 

Friday – Overall review of 6th grade material!!!

Homework – HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER.  SEE YOU IN AUGUST!!!

 

 

 

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Language Arts

 

Week of May 19 – 23, 2008

 

Monday – Finish the Unit Test on Tuck Everlasting. Complete the word search from Friday.  Create an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69).  (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Tuesday – FIELD DAY!!! – Finish an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69).  Create a poof book illustrating the literary elements from Tuck Everlasting. (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Wednesday – Complete an End-of-Year Test of the skills covered in 6th grade.  Finish the poof book illustrating the literary elements from Tuck Everlasting. Character Acrostics from Tuck Everlasting.   (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Thursday – Write a Jumbled Story after being assigned specific literary elements.  Working in cooperative groups, students will sequence events from a story using Disorganized Data. 

Homework – NONE

 

Friday – Overall review of 6th grade material!!!

Homework – HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER.  SEE YOU IN AUGUST!!!

 

 

 

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Enriched Language Arts

 

Week of May 12 – 16, 2008

 

Monday – Review the main events in Chapters 17 – 18 before reading Chapters 19 – 24 of Tuck Everlasting.  Identify figurative language in context.  Review inferences. (6.1.13) (6.1.17) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Tuesday – Read Chapters 25 – Epilogue of Tuck Everlasting to finish the novel.  Complete comprehension questions from Chapters 18 – Epilogue of Tuck Everlasting.  Complete a quiz on figurative language.  Review cause & effect.  (6.1.13) (6.1.16) (6.1.21)

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

Wednesday – Discuss the answers to the comprehension questions from Chapters 18 – Epilogue.  Complete a quiz on Chapters 19 – 24 of Tuck Everlasting. LOGIC and Enrichment with Mrs. Triplett. (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Thursday – Play team tic-tac-toe to review for the Unit Test tomorrow. Complete an AR Test as the final part of the 4th 9 weeks book report.  (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. Complete an AR Test as the final part of the 4th 9 weeks book report.  (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

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Language Arts

 

Week of May 12 – 16, 2008

 

Monday – Review the main events in Chapters 17 – 18 before read Chapters 19 – 23 of Tuck Everlasting.  Identify figurative language in context.  Review inferences. (6.1.13) (6.1.17) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Tuesday – Read and discuss Chapters 24 – Epilogue of Tuck Everlasting to finish the novel. Complete comprehension questions on Chapters 18 – Epilogue.  Complete a quiz on figurative language. Review cause and effect.  (6.1.13) (6.1.16) (6.1.21)

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

Wednesday – Discuss the answers to the comprehension questions from Chapters 18 – Epilogue. Complete a quiz on Chapters 19 – 24 of Tuck Everlasting. Complete an advertisement for selling the spring water (p.69). (6.1.13) (6.1.18) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Thursday – Play team tic-tac-toe to review for the Unit Test tomorrow. Complete an AR Test as the final part of the 4th 9 weeks book report. (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. Complete an AR Test as the final part of the 4th 9 weeks book report.  (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

 

 

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Enriched 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 spelling words into syllables and identifying 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. (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

Wednesday – LOGIC and Enrichment with Mrs. Triplett.

Homework – Spelling test tomorrow

 

Thursday – Complete a spelling test from Tuck Everlasting. Complete an AR TEST as part of the 4th 9 weeks book report. (6.1.1) (6.1.13) (6.1.17) (6.1.18) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Friday – CAREER DAY

Homework – NONE

 

 

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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 – 2nd period – Review for spelling test tomorrow. 

Homework – Spelling test tomorrow

 

3rd – 4th 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 4th 9 weeks book report. (6.1.1) (6.1.21) 

Homework – NONE

 

Friday – CAREER DAY

Homework – NONE

 

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Enriched Language Arts

 

Week of April 28 – May 2, 2008

Monday – Complete a quiz on vocabulary words from Prologue through Chapter 3 (20 words) of Tuck Everlasting.  Copy spelling words.  Review the main events from Prologue through Chapter 8.  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. Continue working on the character flip-book from Friday.  (6.1.3) (6.1.10) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

 

Tuesday – Review main events in Chapter 9 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read and discuss Chapter 10 – 11. Identify a possible theme from the novel.  Review spelling words.  Complete an activity on Sequencing Events and Matching Synonyms. Finish the character flip-book. (6.1.3) (6.1.5) (6.1.6) (6.1.10) (6.1.21) 

Homework – Character flip-book is due tomorrow

 

Wednesday – Review events from Chapters 10 – 11 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read and discuss Chapters 12 – 13.  (6.1.3)

LOGIC and Enrichment with Mrs. Triplett. 

Homework – AR TEST TOMORROW for book report

 

Thursday – Review the spelling words and the main events in Chapters 9 – 12 for quiz tomorrow.  Read and discuss Chapter 14 of Tuck Everlasting. Complete practice on finding the meaning of words through text from Chapters 8 – 10. Complete practice on fact and opinion.  Complete an AR Test in the computer lab as part of the 4th 9 weeks book report.  (6.1.3) (6.1.6) (6.1.10) (6.1.21)

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

 

Friday – Complete a spelling test and a quiz on Chapters 9 – 12 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read/ review Chapters 14 – 16 (6.1.9) (6.1.21)

Homework – NONE

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Language Arts

Week of April 28 – May 2, 2008

Monday – 2nd 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

 

3rd – 4th 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

 

Tuesday – Review main events in Chapter 9 of Tuck Everlasting.  Read and discuss Chapter 10. Identify a possible theme from the novel.  Review spelling words.  Complete an activity on Sequencing Events. Finish the character flip book.  (6.1.3) (6.1.5) (6.1.6) (6.1.10) (6.1.21) 

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

 

Thursday – Review the main events in Chapters 9 – 12 for quiz tomorrow.  Read and discuss Chapters 14 – 16 of Tuck Everlasting. Complete practice on fact and opinion.  Play spelling game to review for test on Friday.  Complete an AR Test in the computer lab as part of the 4th 9 weeks book report.  (6.1.3) (6.1.21)

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

 

 

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Enriched Language Arts

 

Week of April 21 – 25, 2008

 

Monday – Discuss Prologue to Chapter 1 of Tuck Everlasting.

Check vocabulary.  Read and discuss 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 – LOGIC and Enrichment with Mrs. Triplett.

Homework – NONE

Thursday – Read and discuss Chapters 5 – 8 of Tuck Everlasting.  Complete and review discussion questions from Chapters 5 – 8.  Review vocabulary words and definitions for vocabulary quiz Monday. 

Homework – NONE

 

Friday – Review the discussion questions from Chapters 5 – 8 of Tuck Everlasting.  Complete a quiz on Chapters 5 – 8.  Review vocabulary words and definitions for quiz on Monday.  Create a character flip-book.

Homework – Quiz Monday on vocabulary from Prologue – Chapter 3

 

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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 – 2nd 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

 

3rd & 4th 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

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