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6th Grade English - Mrs. Hatch

Week of Jan. 30 - Feb. 3

MONDAY Vocabulary lesson 9 in CR book; continue reading TMW; character development Finish reading Act I in TMW (to page 47); do ex. A, B, and C for lesson 9 in CR vocabulary book
TUESDAY Journal #38; go over vocab. hw; show video clips from original film version Read TMW to page 64, taking sticky notes
WEDNESDAY Independent reading assignment handout; discuss TMW reading; character development; if time, some Braille Bring independent reading book to class along with prewriting ONLY for ind. reading assignment. Meet in the computer lab tomorrow
THURSDAY Meet in computer lab for writing Read TMW to p. 76, taking sticky notes
FRIDAY Discuss reading so far; sign language and Braille; writing workshop for mysteries Have a relaxing weekend!


Week of Jan. 23-27

MONDAY Adverbs - Schoolhouse and intro; LAT, pp. 363 and 365 (odds); do you understand how to write dialogue?; questions about your mystery LAT pp. 363 and 365 (do evens only); final draft of your mystery (with all prewriting, drafts, peer edit) due on Wednesday
TUESDAY Journal #36; more with adverbs, LAT pp. 367 and 369; white-board practice with partners Final draft of mystery with all prewriting due tomorrow (those submitting to PPLD contest must follow all directions and give me an extra copy); find out something about Helen Keller and her life
WEDNESDAY Collect mysteries; introduction to The Miracle Worker; play vs. novel; hand out books and begin reading Read pp. 5-16 in The Miracle Worker (TMW); we will begin this in class together
THURSDAY Journal 37; discuss what you read; read more in class Read pp. 16-27 in TMW; we will begin this together in class
FRIDAY Discuss TMW and read more in class Remember that independent reading is due on Wednesday


Week of Jan. 16-20

MONDAY NO SCHOOL  
TUESDAY Meet in computer lab to work on rough drafts for your mystery; be sure to bring whatever you have on a flashdrive or google.doc, etc - do NOT come with nothing; there will be time to conference with me Finish rough draft of your mystery - due tomorrow (typed and double spaced); independent reading
WEDNESDAY Journal #34; peer edits of rough drafts; questions for our guest speaker tomorrow Write down 3-5 thoughtful questions for our guest speaker tomorrow (you will hand these in to me for a grade); indepdendent reading
THURSDAY 10:30-11:30 All 6th graders meet with our guest speaker, published local author Mrs. Donnell Ann Bell - bring your questions and pencil and paper to write Indepdent reading - due Feb. 1
FRIDAY Journal #35; return rough drafts with comments for writing final draft Final draft of mystery due Wednesday, Jan. 25 (typed, double-spaced, MLA heading and style) - illustrations are a plus and strongly encouraged. Remember writing contest guidelines and rules if submitting to the ppld writing contest.


Week of Jan. 9-13

MONDAY Practice with adjectives; CR vocabulary ch. 7; work on mystery pre-writing in class (another partner share) Do CR vocabulary, pp. 34-35, ex. A, B, and C; story pre-writing due on Wednesday (cast of characters and storyboard)
TUESDAY Do you understand adjectives?; go over ch. 7 vocabulary; brief background on Edgar Allan Poe; read Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" Do p. 36 review in CR vocabulary book; prewriting for mystery due tomorrow
WEDNESDAY Share and collect pre-writing for mysteries; collect CR review homework; group work for Poe Rough draft for your mystery due on Wednesday, Jan. 18; remember your independent reading book is due Feb. 1
THURSDAY Group talks about your mystery; how to include dialogue; if time, compound vs. complex sentences Continue independent reading; rough draft due Wednesday; have a wonderful long weekend!
FRIDAY No School - professional development  



Week of January 2-6, 2012

MONDAY NO SCHOOL - professional development None
TUESDAY  Journal 31; adjectives and using a thesaurus; go over final exam update independent reading posters HW: Bring LAT to class tomorrow; finish next independent reading book by Feb. 1; list mystery books you have read in past
WEDNESDAY More about adjectives; share mystery book lists; what makes a mystery a mystery? HW: LAT, p. 299, #6-20; p. 301, #6-20 (adjectives)
THURSDAY Journal 32; assign writing your own mystery (Kodiak Scholars a bit different); more work on class mystery; more with adjectives HW: Brainstorm ideas for your own mystery; LAT, p. 303, #6-20; p. 305, #6-20 (just write the answer)
FRIDAY More work on our class mystery; prewriting handouts for your mystery (due Wednesday, Jan. 11); proper adjectives in LAT, pp. 306-307 Bring CR vocabulary book on Monday; due dates for mystery: prewriting due 1/11; rough draft due 1/18; final draft due Wednesday, 1/25


Week of November 28-December 2

MONDAY Journal #27; return grammar quiz and go over it; discuss ch. 4 in A Single Shard; work on quotes and vocab. Read ch. 5 in A Single Shard and add to quote sheet; read about celadon in back of the book; independent reading blog (go to your CSS e-mail account and type in blogger.com to get to it) due by 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1; bring LAT book to class tomorrow
TUESDAY Introduction to verbs (action, linking and helping), LAT ch. 1 and 2; discuss ch. 5 in A Single Shard; more vocab. from the reading Read ch. 6 in A Single Shard and add to quote sheet; remember to add to reading blog to get credit for you independent reading book this quarter - due by 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1
WEDNESDAY Journal #28; transitive vs. intransitive verbs; direct and indirect objects, LAT ch. 3 and 4; some role playing; more vocab. from reading Read ch. 7 in A Single Shard and add to quote sheet; remember reading blog due tomorrow by 8 p.m.
THURSDAY Go over ch. 6 and 7 in A Single Shard; more practice with verbs; LAT ch. 5 (linking verbs) Read ch. 8 in A Single Shard and add to quote sheet; reading blog due by 8 p.m. - be sure to hit the publish button.
FRIDAY 25-minute classes: subject-verb agreement, ch. 10 and 11 in LAT; questions about verbs? Read ch. 9 in A Single Shard and add to quote sheet; enjoy the Middle School musical performance tonight at 6 p.m.!


Week of November 14-18

MONDAY Go over pronoun homework; more on pronouns; return AWIT papers - writing workshop, a good example, update your portfolio Study for a grammar QUIZ on Friday (nouns, pronouns, apostrophes); LAT p. 237, #6-20; p. 239, #6-20; find out something about Buddhism
TUESDAY Journal #24; go over homework - questions about pronouns; introduction to A Single Shard - hand out books; begin reading ch. 1 Finish reading Ch. 1 in A Single Shard; read the interview with author Linda Sue Park at very end of book; grammar QUIZ on Friday
WEDNESDAY Grammar review and questions; discuss ch. 1 - characters, theme, setting; create a quote book for character and theme Read ch. 2 in A Single Shard; add to your quote book
THURSDAY Journal #25; your quote books so far; handout on quotes and vocabulary; discuss ch. 2; quick grammar review game Read ch. 3 in A Single Shard; add to quote book; review grammar for quiz tomorrow
FRIDAY Journal #26; grammar QUIZ; discuss ch. 3 Read ch. 4 in A Single Shard; independent reading for pleasure; have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!


Week of November 7-11

MONDAY Questions about AWIT paper; nouns continued; apostrophes Final draft of AWIT paper due tomorrow (typed and using MLA format); bring AWIT book to return to me
TUESDAY Collect AWIT papers; more about apostrophes - possessive nouns vs. contractions Review nouns and what we have learned about them (extra optional practice in grammar book) - common, proper, plural, possessive; read p. 84 and do p. 85 in LAT, #6-20
WEDNESDAY Homework exchange and check; vocab. ch. 6; introduction to pronouns Vocab. ch. 6 in CR, do ex. A, B, and C; in LAT,  read p. 226, do p. 227, #6-20 (even); read p. 228, do p. 229, #8-20 (even); read p. 230, do p. 231, #6-20 (all) by Friday
THURSDAY In-Service Learning See last night
FRIDAY Journal #23; go over homework; more with pronouns and their correct usage In LAT, read p. 232, do p. 233, #6-20 (even); read p. 234, do p. 235, #5-20 (even); read for pleasure


Week of October 31 - November 4

MONDAY Meet in character groups to go over outline; go to computer lab for character paragraph; Hallowwen stories, if time No homework; remember that I will ask to see your AWIT outline (assigned last week) on Wednesday
TUESDAY Journal #21; thesis statements, transitions, and $100 words; work on outline for AWIT; share some topic sentences Outline for AWIT paragraph(s) due tomorrow
WEDNESDAY Journal #22; check outline; begin vocab. ch. 5 in CR Do exercises A, B, and C for ch. 5 in Vocab. from CR; rough draft of AWIT paper due tomorrow
THURSDAY Peer edit for rough drafts; titles and MLA style; go over ch. 5 vocabulary Final draft of AWIT paragraph(s) due Tuesday, Nov. 8. This MUST be typed, double-spaced, and written according to MLA style; bring your grammar book tomorrow (LA pink book)
FRIDAY What is a noun?; capitalizing proper nouns Read for pleasure


Week of October 24-28
MONDAY Return assignments and update portfolio; packet exchange for ch. 9 and 10; group work for ch. 9 and 10 - illustrations and quotes Read AWIT ch. 11; review vocab. from CR book for ch. 1-3 (key words, roots and prefixes) for QUIZ on Friday
TUESDAY Journal #20; ch. 11 packet in class; continue group work and present; vocab. questions and review Read AWIT ch. 12 (last chapter); continue vocab. review
WEDNESDAY Finish character web with groups and share with class - topic sentences; in-class paragraph; assign AWIT paper (Kodiak Scholar a bit different); begin homework in class Finish AWIT packet for ch. 9-12; brainstorm ideas and details for AWIT essay; vocab. review
THURSDAY Collect packet; topic sentences; including specific details in your paragraph; including quotes; create an outline for a paragraph (or two) from last night's notes and our conversaton in class Study vocab. ch. 1-3 in CR for quiz tomorrow; finish outline for your AWIT paper - be sure to include specific details from the book
FRIDAY Vocabulary quiz for ch. 1-3 in CR book; creating an outline from character webs Outline for AWIT paper due on Wednesday


Week of October 17-21

MONDAY Journal #17; quiz on ch. 7; packet and vocab. for ch. 7 Read AWIT ch. 8
TUESDAY Vocab. ch. 3 in Vocab. from CR; discuss ch. 8 Vocab. from CR, do exercises A, B and C for ch. 3; finish packet for ch. 8 in AWIT
WEDNESDAY Collect packet ch. 5-8; add to character web; writing about a character; hand out packet for ch. 9-12 (last one!) Read AWIT ch. 9 and 10; do packet for ch. 9; independent reading for pleasure
THURSDAY Parent conferences See Wednesday
FRIDAY Professional development - no class See Wednesday


Week of October 10-14

MONDAY Collect Project #4 today OR tomorrow; explain Project #5; collect packet ch. 1-4 for AWIT; begin ch. 5 together; hand out packet for ch. 5-8 Finish reading ch. 5 in AWIT; do ch. 5 in packet for AWIT; prewriting for project #5 due on Wednesday; project #5 due on Friday
TUESDAY Journal #17; compare and contrast the three W's; theme of good vs. evil; what is a tesseract? Read first half of ch. 6 in AWIT; prewriting for project #5 due tomorrow; bring independent reading book to computer lab tomorrow
WEDNESDAY Meet in computer lab for independent reading assignment; check prewriitng for project #5 Finish blog for ind. reading and post; finish reading ch. 6; finish vocab. in AWIT packet for ch. 5
THURSDAY In-service learning - no class Do packet for AWIT ch. 6 (questions and vocab.); project #5 paragraph due tomorrow (typed or in pen, double spaced)
FRIDAY Journal #18; collect project #5; do vocab. section for ch. 7 in class; Read ch. 7 in AWIT



Week of October 3-7

MONDAY No class - professional development  
TUESDAY Journal #14; explain Who Am I? project #4; discuss AWIT ch. 1 and 2 with handout for first four chapters Read AWIT, ch. 3; prewriting for project #3 due Thursday; Who Am I? project #4 DUE Monday; finish packet for ch. 1-2 in AWIT
WEDNESDAY Journal #15; check study packet ch. 1-2; character webs; return grammar test. OPTIONAL 20-point quiz during study hall tomorrow (Thursday) Read AWIT, ch. 4; work on packet for ch. 3
THURSDAY Journal #16; check project #4 prewriting; vocabulary #2 - go over in class; discuss ch. 3 in AWIT - check packet Vocab. ch. 2, exercises A, B and C; work on packet for ch. 4
FRIDAY Go over grammar homework and revisit ch. 1; plot map so far; our narrator; discuss ch. 4 in AWIT Read AWIT, ch. 5; remember that independent reading is DUE on Tuesday; bring ind. reading book(s) to class on both Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.



Week of September 26-30

MONDAY Grammar questions for test tomorrow; hand out vocab. books and begin chapter 1; explain Who Am I? project #3; set up portfolios Study for grammar test tomorrow; bring ind. reading book to class in case you finish test early; bring grammar notes to hand in tomorrow; project #3 is due Friday
TUESDAY Grammar TEST; collect grammar notes; ind. reading if you finish early Vocab. ch. 1, ex. A and B
WEDNESDAY Journal #13; intro to fantasy; hand out first page - margin notes - collect; hand out A Wrinkle in Time (AWIT) and begin reading together Read AWIT ch. 1 by Friday; vocab. ch. 1, ex. C by Friday
THURSDAY Service learning See last night's homework; remember project #3 due tomorrow with prewriting
FRIDAY Noon dismissal; project #3 DUE; go over vocab. ex. A, B, and C; discuss ch. 1 - hand out study packet Work on study packet for ch. 1 AWIT; read ch. 2 in AWIT by Tuesday; vocab. ch. 1 QUIZ on Wednesday



Week of September 19-23

MONDAY Return poems, etc.; update ind. readnig charts; explain project #2 - due Thursday; review grammar and extra practice Who Am I? project #2 due Thursday; grammar quiz on Wed.; grammar TEST next Tuesday; begin review in LAT, pp. 26-36
TUESDAY Return journals - journal #11; simple vs. compound sentences - add to notes; LAT p. 13, #6-20 Write 10 simple sentences about any topic you like. Rewrite these sentences, combining them into fewer compound sentences. Review for grammar quiz tomorrow
WEDNESDAY Sentence exchange; grammar QUIZ; run-ons and sentence fragments Who Am I? project #2 due tomorrow; LAT p. 15, #6-20 (if not finished in class)
THURSDAY Collect project #2; sentence combining, LAT, pp. 20-21; grammar review pp. 22-23 in LAT Finish LAT review on pp. 22-23, if not finished in class; remember your independent readnig!
FRIDAY Journal #12; grammar review, practice and a game Grammar TEST on Tuesday; optional extra grammar practice in LAT pp. 26-35


Week of September 12-16

Monday Journal 8; what is identity? - relate to RH; "My Name" tea party; hand out Who Am I? project and explain #1; return graded assignments Who Am I? #1 is due on Thursday, Sept. 15; read for 10-15 minutes
Tuesday What is a sentence?; hand out Language Arts Today; begin exercises on sentence types (p. 3, 6-20) and complete subject and predicate (p. 5, 7-20) Cover your grammar book to protect it; Who Am I? #1 due Thursday; write four sentences (one of each type) about Seminar I; finish any grammar work from class
Wednesday Sentence exchange; more on subjects and predicates; two-word sentence activity Who Am I? #1 due tomorrow; finish grammar exercises in LAT started in class (subjects and predicates, p. 7, 6-20; p. 9, 6-20)
Thursday Journal 9; collect Who Am I? #1 - share a few; compund subjects and predicates; fold-down story LAT p. 11, 7-20; read for pleasure
Friday Journal 10 => collect; simple vs. compound sentences; review what we have learned about sentences so far... Read for pleasure and have a great weekend!


Week of August 29-September 2
DAY                                                      IN CLASS                                                                  HOMEWORK

MONDAY Journal #3; Explain RH project, questions; plot and setting; discussion questions - handout RH project DUE Friday, Sept. 2; neatly write out or type study questions 1-2; select and bring ind. reading book by Friday
TUESDAY Journal #4; RH project update; theme and character; study questions RH project; study questions 3-4
WEDNESDAY Journal #5; narrator, protagonist, antagonist; study questions RH project; study questions 5-6
THURSDAY Journal #6; what about those quotes?; study questions RH project; study questions 7-8; bring ind. reading book by Friday
FRIDAY Journal #7; check ind. reading book; RH project DUE - share a few; finish study questions (#9) DUE; wrap up RH and vote Read for pleasure and enjoy Seminar I



Week of August 24-26

DAY                                        IN CLASS                                                                           HOMEWORK

Monday    
Tuesday    
Wednesday Introduction and welcome; first impressions = two truths and a lie; go over syllabus; quick tour of room Bring "Ruby Holler" to class every day (be sure you read it); bring all class materials to class
Thursday Journal #1; supply check;my expectations and yours; setting up your binder; what is a Kodiak scholar?; what did you think of RH? Write down all the books you read this summer, including "Ruby Holler"; star your favorite books and write one sentence about why you liked it; bring "Ruby Holler" to class
Friday Journal #2; collect HW about summer reading and share recommendations; independent reading for this class; who is Sharon Creech? - handout; hand out RH project, due next Friday, Sept. 2 Find a good book to begin reading for independent reading; you are expected to read AT LEAST one book of your choosing every quarter. Bring the book you select to class by next Friday.