6th Grade |
Please note: what's listed below is what is planned; however, I've learned to live by the motto "Life is what happens when you were making other plans." This means that, despite my best intentions, things happen that may derail us from proceeding with weekly plans. Consult your child's planner for day-to-day homework.
This week, we will get a thorough introduction to the Six Traits of Writing. Students will take notes and complete daily exercises covering each of the traits: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. Time at home should be spent doing vocabulary homework and preparing for the weekly quiz on Friday. We'll begin our first novel, Freak the Mighty, next week. Link to join my Quizlet class for vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/join/KgdAdu4GH Please check planners nightly - students will write in them daily and I will initial them. Monday: Introduce "post-" vocabulary/hand out HW (due Thursday); Six Traits of Writing notes Tuesday: Six Traits - Ideas/Organization exercise Wednesday: Six Traits - Voice exercise (School picture day - make sure to come in uniform!) Thursday: Vocabulary review; Six Traits - Word Choice/Sentence Fluency exercise Friday: "Post-" vocabulary test; Conventions exercise |
7th grade |
Please note: what's listed below is what is planned; however, I've learned to live by the motto "Life is what happens when you were making other plans." This means that, despite my best intentions, things happen that may derail us from proceeding with weekly plans. Consult your child's planner for day-to-day homework.
We got a bit derailed last week; as a result, we'll be playing "catch up" with our Element of a Story notes and assignment. Please see below for details. To join Quizlet, please visit https://quizlet.com/join/WZUYKDcDs Monday: Week 2 Latin due (packet & flash cards); Writing assignment for Book Project #1 selection due; Elements of a story notes Tuesday: Grammar 1 -6 due (nouns); Grammar 2 due Tuesday, 8/28 Wednesday: Elements of a story continued; Elements of a story assignment due Monday, 8/27 (School picture day - make sure to come in uniform!) Thursday: Latin #2 due; Six Traits notes Friday: Latin #2 test; Six Traits exercise |