Homework & learning updates
Please be sure that your child has purchased a copy of I am Malala. You can send $5 for the book. This week's spelling words are:
Students will be quizzed on these words on Friday. Homework Monday - Write a short poem (one or two stanzas) using a metaphor that compares a maze to something. (Students will have an example with them). Tuesday - Finish the essay we wrote in class yesterday using p. 131 of SpringBoard. Students should only have around a paragraph left to write. Wednesday - After reading "The Riddle of the Frozen Flame," imagine what would happen next. Write one paragraph describing the rising action (events that create complications and/or suspense), and a short paragraph (one or two sentences) that presents the climax. DON'T GIVE AWAY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! Make it a cliff-hanger! Thursday - Write the falling action and resolution (about two paragraphs) of the narrative that you worked on last night. Spelling test tomorrow! This week, students will need to study the spelling of the following words for their spelling quiz on Thursday. (The words I select are words that students regularly misspell in their writing).
Homework Monday - Create a CIU (critical, inferential, and universal) thinking log for chapter 21 of Harriet Tubman. Tuesday - Add one simile and one metaphor to the narrative we wrote in class. Highlight them. Extra credit: Have an adult read, write feedback, & sign it. Wednesday - Study for the spelling quiz. Monday - No homework.
Tuesday - 3rd - 7th periods need to finish their writing portfolios for their exam grade. Students should have about two paragraphs left to write. If there is more than that, then they have not been doing their classwork with fidelity. Wednesday - Finish reading chapter 19 and be ready to be quizzed on it tomorrow. Thursday - Create an outline for an essay to respond to the prompt presented in class. (Identify a strong theme that is present throughout the book, and explain how the author develops that theme). STUDY SPELLING WORDS FOR TOMORROW'S QUIZ!
This is exam week! Students had the opportunity in science class to copy down the week's altered schedule, so check with your child to see when to study for what! As always, ELA is a little different. In 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, students will not be taking a regular exam. Instead they will create a writing portfolio for their exam grades. Three pieces of writing will be edited, revised, and rewritten. At the end, students will write one new essay detailing how they have changed as writers since the beginning of the 6th grade. The purpose is to create more reflective writers who are capable of revising their writing in a meaningful way. Homework Monday - Create a cover for your writing portfolio. Students were given a colored piece of cardstock in class with which to do this. It should have their full name and the words "Writing Portfolio" written on it, and should be decorated to reflect each child's unique personality. Drawing, cutting and pasting, and even painting are all acceptable methods of decoration. Tuesday - Finish the final draft of the Tice Davids narrative if it was not finished in class. Wednesday - Finish the final draft of the writing diagnostic if it was not finished in class. Thursday - Students should complete the outline they started in class and polish the essay and narrative that they wrote this week. Writing portfolios will be collected tomorrow! |
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April 2016
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