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Sixth Grade LA/ReadingLA6 QUARTER 1 WEEK 2 SEPTEMBER 8-11, 2015

MRS. NABULSI

Department of Defense

MISSION STATEMENT� Educate, engage and empower each

student to succeed in a dynamic world.

VISION STATEMENT� To be among the World’s leaders in

education, enriching the lives of military-connected students and the communities in which they live.

Humphreys Middle/High School

Mission Statement� Educate , engage, and empower each

student to succeed in a dynamic world

Vision Statement� Helping students to be life-long learners

equipped with skills for success in a changing world.

AdvancEd Goals

Reading� To help students read for understanding

and build their comprehension skills.

Writing� to help students to summarize by

creating strong topic sentences, clear detail sentences and a supporting conclusion.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015Language Arts 6

� Because I will not be at school, the sub will just use the Group Project:

� NOTE: Quiz on Friday over the types of sentences. We will review on Thursday, but students should consult both Google Aps, GRADESPEED, or mrsnabulsi.weebly.com for study aides for this quiz. Be prepared on Thursday with questions.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015Reading

� CNN Kids News

� Analogy:

� Idiom:

� Reading and Reading Strategy – Marking the text

� Angelo’s Nation –

� Marking the text

� Number each paragraph

� each row of students marks one particular element in each paragraph – who, what, where, when, and how/why.

� Each student then writes a brief summary of each paragraph in the margin

� Quiz to determine comprehension

� Quizlet.com – create accounts

� Study first set of vocabulary words from Reading Streets and small books.

� Homework: Finish second individual book (due Friday)and study for quiz on types of sentences.

Standards Covered

1. 6E1a.1: Read aloud grade-level-appropriate poems and literary and informational texts fluently and accurately with appropriate timing, changes in voice, and expression

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� 6E1b.4: Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, notes, diagrams, summaries, or reports.

Materials

� Reading – “Anjelo’s Nation”

� Highlighter

� Pencil

� Binder

Analogy

� What is the relationship?

� DRY : ARID :: lost :_____

� Dry and arid are synonyms so to complete this analogy, a word meaning the same as “lost” is necessary.

� Thus, this is an example of SYNONYM RELATIONSHIP.

� Answer: MISLAID

IDIOM – “to ace something”

� What is an ace?

� What does it mean when someone says, “You aced your test.”

� It means you received the highest grade—An A.

A A A A

Reading Strategy-Marking the text

� What is the purpose o marking the text?

� For students to become more engaged in their reading

� For students to thus build their comprehension

� What is the procedure?

� Number paragraphs

� Use a highlighter to highlight a specific concept (who, what, when, where, similes,

� Write short summaries of each paragraphs in the margin using keywords

� Is it always the same?

� No – each assignment may ask you to highlight different items

� Post-Its can be used to write the summaries and to collect data that would be highlighted

� Can I use this strategy in all my classes?

� Yes- with all reading material

� What about marking in textbooks?

� No, for textbooks, use post-its, put the page number and paragraph on each post-it and put it on the page near the paragraph.

Complete marking the text – “Anjelo’s Nation”

Marking the Text� Row 1 – mark the who

� Row 2 – mark the what

� Row 3 – mark the when

� Row 4 – mark the where

� Two students mark the how/why

� Sum each paragraph

� Take the quiz

Discuss Literary Elements from MTT� Characters

� What do we know about each

� What is their relationship

� Setting

� Time of year if not exact time

� What is “The Nation”

� What then can be inferred?

� Retake the quiz

Thursday, September 10, 2015 – Language Arts

� Write in journal

� Edit-It- Correct this sentence

� Review for test over types o sentences

� Write rough draft of letter to Pres. Jimmy Carter

� Structure of a Friendly Letter

� Write in long-hand

� Type for a grade

� Handwrite to send to Pres. Carter

Standards Covered

1. 6E1a.1: Read aloud grade-level-appropriate poems and literary and informational texts fluently and accurately with appropriate timing, changes in voice, and expression

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� 6E1b.4: Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, notes, diagrams, summaries, or reports.

Journal

� My biggest fear is

� the dog answered the boys call with a loud bark

� The dog answered the boy’s call with a loud bark.

� why is old yeller loyal to his family

� Why is Old Yeller loyal to his family?

Review for Quiz on Friday over Types of Sentences According to Structure

� Come away from there, Travis.� This is an imperative sentence.

It gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period.

� There are four kinds of sentences.

Four Kinds of Sentences

� A declarative sentence, or statement, tells something. It ends with a period.

� Specially trained dogs help people with disabilities.

Four Kinds of Sentences

� An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.

� What kinds of jobs can these dogs go?

Four Kinds of Sentences

� An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark.

� How interesting this article is!

Four Kinds of Sentences

� An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. You is the understood subject.

� Read this newspaper article about some heroic canines.

Four Kinds of Sentences

� An interjection – not a sentence is a word or a group of words that expresses strong feeling. It is not a complete sentence. An interjection is usually followed by an exclamation mark.

� Hooray! Wow! Super!

Four Kinds of Sentences

� Where did you find your new puppy?

� interrogative� The animal shelter rescues many

abandoned pets.� declarative

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat kind of sentence is each one?

� What a wonderful job they do!� exclamatory � Visit the one in your neighborhood.� imperative

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat kind of sentence is each one?

� You will be amazed at the variety of animals.

� declarative � Do they have snakes and lizards at

the shelter?� interrogative

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat kind of sentence is each one?

� Call this number for that information.

� imperative � Oh, a pet snake would be terrific!� exclamatory

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat kind of sentence is each one?

� Would your little sister be frightened?

� interrogative � My sister Naomi has several

snakes of her own.� declarative

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat kind of sentence is each one?

� What kind of animal makes the best pet

� question mark� Many people are attracted to cats� period

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat is the correct end punctuation for each sentence?

� Please consider this adorable little puppy

� period� What a difficult decision this is� exclamation mark

Four Kinds of SentencesWhat is the correct end punctuation for each sentence?

Writing the Letter to Pres. Jimmy Carter

� Format

� Hand-write a rough draft using the reason why you are thanking him

� Than him

� Happy birthday

� DO NOT reference that he is dying

� Type it and edit as you type

� Read to a partner and read theirs

� Make changes with pencil and correct the printed letter.

� Hand in the printed letter and the written letter.

Friday, September 11

� CNN

� Analogy

� Idiom

� Quiz over Types of Sentences according to Structure

� Turn in Reading Homework 2; Obtain new book

� Reading

Standards Covered

1. 6E1a.1: Read aloud grade-level-appropriate poems and literary and informational texts fluently and accurately with appropriate timing, changes in voice, and expression

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� 6E1b.4: Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, notes, diagrams, summaries, or reports.

Materials

� CNN for Kids

� Quiz

� Reading Streets

� Third reading book

� Notebook/binder

Analogy

� What is the relationship?

� MIRROR:SMOOTH:: SANDPAPER: ____

� Mirrors are characteristically smooth, while sandpaper is characteristically rough.

� RELATIONSHIP = CHARACTERISTIC/QUALITY

� ANSWER : ROUGH

Idiom

� As easy as pie

� Your quiz over types of sentences will be as easy as pie.

� MEANIN: very easy

To capitalize or not—relatives and titles

� November 6, 20l1

� Dear Journal,

� Today, my Mom and Dad took me to meet governor Marcus Christopher. The Governor was speaking at our convention center, We met aunt Rose and uncle Derek in the lobby My aunt and Uncle followed mom and me to our seats, My Father said that he would meet us later, He waved to reverend Dawson, who was standing at a side door, Then, he hurried off to join him, I was so proud when I saw dad on the stage, He introduced the Reverend first, Then, he introduced mayor Benitez, The Mayor introduced the Governor. After the program, dad personally introduced us to all of them. it was a very special afternoon

SMALL GROUP

TIMER

Look at the next slide and the words to which both –ed and –ingare added. What conclusions can be drawn and fore what do the colorcoding stand? Write your decision on a large white card. Each personIn the group make one observation. You have 3 minutes.

Adding –ed and –ing to verbs

-ed -ing

� Answering

� Loading

� Chopping

� Dignifying

� Interfering

� Magnifying

� Mimicking

� Omitting

� Panicking

� Patrolling

� Qualifying

� Skiing

� Staggering

� Travelling

• Answered• Loaded• Chopped• Dignified• Interfered• Magnified• Mimicked• Omitted• Panicked• Patrolled• Qualified• Skied• Staggered• Travelled

• Answer• Load• Chop• Dignify• Interfere• Magnify• mimic• omit• Panic• Patrol• Qualify• Ski• Stagger• travel

• Answer• Load• Chop• Dignify• Interfere• Magnify• mimic• omit• Panic• Patrol• Qualify• Ski• Stagger• travel

Story SortVocabulary Words:� Arcade Games� Study Stack � Spelling City: Vocabulary� Spelling City: Spelling Words� Quizlet.com – Please make an

account at home.

Review Games

Spelling Words

Adding –ed & -ing

� answered� answering� traveled� traveling� chopped� chopping� qualified� qualifying� panicked� panicking� interfered� interfering� omitted

� omitting� magnified� magnifying� patrolled� patrolling� skied� skiing� mimicked� mimicking� dignified� dignifying� staggered� staggering

Essential Question: How can we help protect those we

love? TIMER - 2 MINUTES

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

� lunging� nub� romping� rowdy� slung� speckled

� chaparral� poultice� squawling� hero� rescue� saved

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

� lunging� nub� romping� rowdy� slung� speckled

� chaparral� poultice� squawling� hero� rescue� saved

Reading

� “ High Plains Childhood”

� Read with notes on POST-ITS to determine why the setting is important.

� Could this story take place anywhere else or at any other time?

� How does the setting determine the conflict and the decisions of the characters?