Language Arts was a little bit different today than a typical class period due to the power outage on Thursday and Friday and my absence on Wednesday afternoon.

My second hour students spent time reading chapters 12-14 of Tuck Everlasting and focusing on comprehension questions from the novel.

Third and fourth hour students spent time writing the body paragraphs for their literary analysis and analyzing vocabulary from Tuck Everlasting.

All of the students spent time analyzing the text features for their article of the week and predicting what they article is going to be about. The students also spent time writing their reading log response and getting organized for the remainder of the marking period.

Due to the power outage, all late work was due today by 3:05. Additionally, the poetry quiz was moved from today to tomorrow.

At this point, all grades are completely updated. Please monitor them carefully since the marking ends on Friday. I will be putting the quiz grades on this marking period so grades will be changing a bit this week.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Poetry Quiz Tomorrow
3. Tuck Everlasting: Prologue to Ch. 5 Quiz Wednesday
4. MobyMax Language-Verbs Due Friday

Poetry Quiz Practice

Humpty Dumpty

Sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty

Had a great fall.

All the King’s horses

And all the King’s men

Couldn’t put Humpty

Together again.

Rhyming Pattern: ABABCDAD

Verses: 8

Stanzas: 1

Refrains: 1

In Language Arts today the students will be introduced to the literary analysis.  We worked on our body paragraphs today in class and we will continue to work on them tomorrow. We will be working on this essay throughout the remainder of Tuck Everlasting so it will not be due for several weeks.

The students also spent time adding figurative language examples from Tuck Everlasting to the board.

Today was also our library day so the remainder of class time was spent in the library.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Poetry Quiz Monday, March 13th
3. MobyMax Language-Verbs Due Friday, March 17th

In Language Arts today the students continued to practice identifying the rhyming pattern of the poems, Is the Moon Tired? and The Pasture.

The students also spent time continuing to practice characterization.  They will be using the information they gathered today to create a literary analysis of one of the characters from Tuck Everlasting.

Lastly, the students spent time gathering figurative language from Tuck Everlasting and adding  it to the figurative language board.

I am half way through the personal narrative essays! I am completely done with 2nd hour and their grades are up to date.  I am half way through 3rd hour and I am updating grades as I am completing essays. My goal is to start working on 4th hour’s papers on Wednesday.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. MobyMax Language Due Friday, March 17th

In Language Arts today the students continued to practice characterization by participating in a rainbow write about the characters from Tuck Everlasting.

The students also continued to practice identifying the rhyming patterns in poetry.

I will be done grading 2nd hour’s personal narratives this evening.  I will update grades as soon as I am finished.  I will be working on 3rd and 4th hour over the weekend and throughout next week.  I will updated the blog when 3rd and 4th hours’ grades are accurate.

Have a great weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. MobyMax-Language: Verbs Due Friday, March 17th

In Language Arts today the students finished reading chapter 11 of Tuck Everlasting in their literature circles.  They also answered the comprehension questions and found textual evidence to support their characterization of Winnie.

Lastly, we spent time talking about rhyming patterns in poetry.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Reading Log Due Tomorrow
2. MobyMax Language: Verbs Due Friday, March 17th

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about characterization by gathering textual evidence about the character they focused on yesterday. They added this evidence to their sticky note statement that they wrote in class yesterday.

The students also continued to learn about poetry by looking at terms associated with poems.

Lastly, the students spent time reading chapters 9-11 of Tuck Everlasting and they continued to learn about verbs.

The verbs section of MobyMax was assigned today and will be due on Friday, March 17th which is the last day of 4th Marking.

Progress reports for Language Arts were sent home with students today.  Please ask your child if they received one or check parent/student connect for grades.  At this point, Language Arts is completely updated.  Many students have low scores due to lack of homework completion.  I will still be accepting late work until next Friday, March 10th at 3:05 pm.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. MobyMax Verbs Due Friday, March 17th

In Language Arts today the students began learning about characterization. They practiced using adjectives to describe various characters from Tuck Everlasting.

The students also continued to learn about poetry and verbs.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes

In Language Arts today the students spent time reviewing what they have read so far in Tuck Everlasting.

The students also spent time learning about the different types of poetry and about verbs.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes

In Language Arts today the students participated in listen to reading for chapters 6-8 of Tuck Everlasting.  While reading, they answered and discussed comprehension questions which will be used in our next literature circle after the break.

The students also spent time responding to their reading log using their good fit book.  From this point forward, I will no longer be grading responses based on attempt.  We are now in the back half of sixth grade and in order to better prepare students, they need to accurately know and be accountable for writing a constructed response. Therefore, the students can now lose 1-3 points if their responses are incomplete.  Students who are absent of Fridays will still be excused from writing the response.

Have a fun, relaxing, and safe break!

Homework:

1. Read for 100 minutes-Reading Log Due Monday
2. Personal Narrative Final Draft Due Monday

In Language Arts today the students finished peer editing their personal narrative rough drafts. The final draft of their personal narrative will be due on Monday, February 27th.

The students also continued to work on their setting project for Tuck Everlasting.  At this point, the students should have finished gathering textual evidence.

All of the core teachers for sixth grade will be in a meeting tomorrow.  Therefore, I will not be posting to the blog.  While in class, the students will be given time to work on their setting project.  Should they finish early, they can begin writing the final draft for their personal narrative.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and a happy Thursday!

Homework:

1. Reading Log Due Friday
2. Setting Project for Tuck Everlasting Due Friday
3. Personal Narrative Final Draft Due Monday, February 27th