6th grade & Warm Ups Wednesday, March 26 Richard Graham Here are a few of the teachers’ questions I’ve had over the last couple of days with excerpts from my answers that you might find useful.

Language Arts

Working on advertisement samples–Bandwagon, Testimonial, Transfer, Emotional Words, and Repetition.

1. 6th Grade Practice Test Objective 1.1 1. Dale used these steps to form a number pattern. The first term is 3. The second term is 5. Each term after the second is the sum of the two terms just before it. The first five terms in Dale’s pattern are the following. 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,. What are the next 3 terms? A 27, 34, 42 B 29, 37, 45.
2. Carson Dellosa – Spectrum Language Arts, Focused Practice for Language Arts Mastery for 6th Grade, 184 Pages, Ages 11–12 with Answer Key by Spectrum Aug 15, 2014 4.1 out of 5 stars 32.
3. ELA.EE.RL.6.6 Identify words or phrases in the text that describe or show what the narrator or speaker is thinking or feeling. ELA.EE.RI.6.1 Analyze a text to determine what it says explicitly as well as what inferences should be drawn. ELA.EE.RI.6.2 Determine the main idea of a passage and details or facts related to it.

Text:
Jensen’s Vocabulary
English—Houghton Mifflin

Content:
Root words and their history
Daily Oral Language
Language Arts
Frequently misspelled words
Vocabulary

Essays (argumentative, explanatory/informative, narrative); Stories; Reports; Business Letter; Poetry

Daily Oral Language exercises will begin each class. These will be collected at the end of every week for 10 points.

Tests are on the Greek exercises. There will be a Greek test every week and a half or so; the day before the test there will be a Spelling Bee in test format where extra credit or a test pass may be gained. Flash cards and writing the words 5x are extra credit and due the day after part D is due.

Due to each exercise being reviewed daily, work will not be accepted late (half credit can be achieved by filling in the correct answers as we review in class.)

English tests will be at the end of every unit and are open book.

One Greek test per semester may be dropped. One English test may be dropped per semester as well.

Language Arts

Text:

Jensen’s Vocabulary

English—Houghton Mifflin

Language Conventionsmr. Mac's 6th Graders

Content:

Root words and their history

Daily Oral Language

Language Arts

Frequently misspelled words

Vocabulary

Essays (argumentative, explanatory/informative, narrative); Stories; Reports; Business Letter; Poetry

Daily Oral Language exercises will begin each class. These will be collected at the end of every week for 10 points.

Tests are on the Greek exercises. There will be a Greek test every week and a half or so; the day before the test there will be a Spelling Bee in test format where extra credit or a test pass may be gained. Flash cards and writing the words 5x are extra credit and due the day after part D is due.

Due to each exercise being reviewed daily, work will not be accepted late (half credit can be achieved by filling in the correct answers as we review in class.)

English tests will be at the end of every unit and are open book.

One Greek test per semester may be dropped. One English test may be dropped per semester as well.

Grading
Essays/poems/stories–25%
Homework—20%
Classwork—20%
Tests/quizzes—20%
Participation/behavior—15%

Consider how forms and conventions within genres affect meaning (e.g., poetry, drama, essay). 0601.8.12

Links verified on 6/25/2014

1. An Overview of Poetry - a comprehensive show on the topic of rhythm and rhyme
2. Analyzing Poetry Tips - The elements of analyzing poetry listed at this site will help you identify the meaning through its parts and give a sense of interpreting a poem.
3. Forms of Writing - numerous forms of writing to consider
4. Genre and conventions - When analysing moving image texts, you need to identify the genre of the text.
5. Poetry: Genres & Forms - Quizlet Flashcards
6. What is the difference between a nonfiction text and a fiction text? - charts showing characteristics of both fiction and nonfiction [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
7. Writing Genres - One of the most important considerations is the genre or form the writing will take.

Language Conventionsmr. Mac's 6th Grade School Supply