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Mrs. Karen Reynolds
6th Grade Language Arts
Literature
Our first two themes of the 2011-2012 school year are "What Makes a Hero" and "Why Read." Students will examine literature focused on the characteristics of a hero and how reading can open many worlds to them. We will analyze the informational texts Hurricane Heroes, Nobody's Perfect, and Talking Trash along with learning to appreciate poems by E.E. Cummings and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Students will apply reading strategies to the short stories The Scribe by Kristen Hunter, The Dog of Pompeii by Louis Untermeyer, and The King of Mazy May by Jack London. Our class will experience tall tales, modern fairy tales, and African folktales when reading Pecos Bill, Dragon, Dragon, and All Stories Are Anansi's. Our literary device focus will include the following: point of view, imagery, hyperbole, author's purpose, anecdote, alliteration, visualization, and flashback.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Students will begin the year with a short unit on nouns, and then we will focus on capitalization, punctuation, troublesome words and homophones in preparation for the ITBS test which begins September 19th. The mechanics and rules of grammar will be reinforced through DOL (daily oral language), workbook exercises, and writing lessons. Following ITBS, we will complete a unit on pronouns. In the Vocabulary Workshop Workbook, students will complete Units 1-5.
Writing
Our class will use a writing workshop program and an assessment focused on the Six Traits of Writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions). Students will complete informal practice pieces during weekly writing workshops (where we model and practice) in preparation for their formal writing pieces which in the first quarter will include a literary analysis, descriptive essay, narrative, and functional document.
Listening & Speaking
An important component of the language arts course includes listening and speaking skills. Students will be expected to actively participate in class and make formal presentations of both writing samples and novel projects.
Novels
On August 26th, students will receive their first novel, Tuck Everlasting, a fantasy by Natalie Babbitt. What will Winnie Forest discover in Treegap Woods that will change her life forever and, does the fountain of youth really exist? Students will receive a novel packet with due dates for responses to guided reading questions and vocabulary words. This work is to be completed in their black novel notebook. In addition, students will receive a novel project guide. Following Tuck Everlasting, students will read the novel Indian Captive by Lois Lenski. Based on a true story, Indian Captive tells the story of young, twelve year-old girl who in 1758 is captured by Seneca Indians. Will Molly Jemison decide to stay with the Indians when given the choice?
7th Grade Language Arts
Literature
“Whom Can You Count On” and "Why Do You Read" are the first two themes we will cover in our literature book. Students will become aware that love and responsibility go hand in hand and how important reading is to our daily lives. We will examine autobiographies by Amy Tan and Rosa Parks along with the nonfiction texts Fireproofing the Forest, What Is a Night, When Plague Strikes, and The Story of an Eyewitness.. We will learn how two best friends box for the golden glove title in Amigo Brothers, meet a precocious mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and question the loyalty of a man to his friend or country in O. Henry's After Twenty Years. We will analyze the poetry of Alfred Noyes, Shel Silverstein, and Margret Danner and study elements of folktales and fables. Our literary device focus will include the following: point of view, plot, setting, characterization, foreshadowing, alliteration, mood, metaphor, and simile.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Students will begin the year covering a short unit on nouns and then focus on capitalization, punctuation, troublesome words, and homophones in preparation for the ITBS tests which begin September 19th. The mechanics and rules of grammar will be reinforced through DOL (daily oral language), everyday edits, workbook exercises, and writing lessons. For the remainder of the quarter, students will examine adjectives and will begin pronouns. Students will learn classic Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes and root words (PSR). In the Vocabulary Workshop Workbook, students will complete Units 1-5.
Writing
Our class will use a writing workshop program and an assessment focused on the Six Traits of Writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions). Students will complete informal practice pieces during weekly writing workshop (where we practice and model) in preparation for their formal writing pieces which in the first quarter will include a literary analysis, newspaper article, narrative poem, and compare/contrast.
Listening & Speaking
An important component of the language arts course includes listening and speaking skills. Students will be expected to actively participate in class and make formal presentations of both writing samples and novel projects.
Novels
Our first novel takes us to Aguascalientes, Mexico in 1910. In Esperanza Rising by Paula Munoz Ryan, eleven year old Esperanza Ortega must learn that family and culture are more important than possessions. In our second novel, young Sam Meeker learns the inhumanity of war as his family is torn apart in My Brother Sam is Dead, a novel by Collier and Collier. This historical, coming of age story takes place in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. Will Sam have to choose sides between his father or brother?
Mrs. Karen Reynolds
6th Grade Language Arts
Literature
Our first two themes of the 2011-2012 school year are "What Makes a Hero" and "Why Read." Students will examine literature focused on the characteristics of a hero and how reading can open many worlds to them. We will analyze the informational texts Hurricane Heroes, Nobody's Perfect, and Talking Trash along with learning to appreciate poems by E.E. Cummings and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Students will apply reading strategies to the short stories The Scribe by Kristen Hunter, The Dog of Pompeii by Louis Untermeyer, and The King of Mazy May by Jack London. Our class will experience tall tales, modern fairy tales, and African folktales when reading Pecos Bill, Dragon, Dragon, and All Stories Are Anansi's. Our literary device focus will include the following: point of view, imagery, hyperbole, author's purpose, anecdote, alliteration, visualization, and flashback.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Students will begin the year with a short unit on nouns, and then we will focus on capitalization, punctuation, troublesome words and homophones in preparation for the ITBS test which begins September 19th. The mechanics and rules of grammar will be reinforced through DOL (daily oral language), workbook exercises, and writing lessons. Following ITBS, we will complete a unit on pronouns. In the Vocabulary Workshop Workbook, students will complete Units 1-5.
Writing
Our class will use a writing workshop program and an assessment focused on the Six Traits of Writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions). Students will complete informal practice pieces during weekly writing workshops (where we model and practice) in preparation for their formal writing pieces which in the first quarter will include a literary analysis, descriptive essay, narrative, and functional document.
Listening & Speaking
An important component of the language arts course includes listening and speaking skills. Students will be expected to actively participate in class and make formal presentations of both writing samples and novel projects.
Novels
On August 26th, students will receive their first novel, Tuck Everlasting, a fantasy by Natalie Babbitt. What will Winnie Forest discover in Treegap Woods that will change her life forever and, does the fountain of youth really exist? Students will receive a novel packet with due dates for responses to guided reading questions and vocabulary words. This work is to be completed in their black novel notebook. In addition, students will receive a novel project guide. Following Tuck Everlasting, students will read the novel Indian Captive by Lois Lenski. Based on a true story, Indian Captive tells the story of young, twelve year-old girl who in 1758 is captured by Seneca Indians. Will Molly Jemison decide to stay with the Indians when given the choice?
7th Grade Language Arts
Literature
“Whom Can You Count On” and "Why Do You Read" are the first two themes we will cover in our literature book. Students will become aware that love and responsibility go hand in hand and how important reading is to our daily lives. We will examine autobiographies by Amy Tan and Rosa Parks along with the nonfiction texts Fireproofing the Forest, What Is a Night, When Plague Strikes, and The Story of an Eyewitness.. We will learn how two best friends box for the golden glove title in Amigo Brothers, meet a precocious mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and question the loyalty of a man to his friend or country in O. Henry's After Twenty Years. We will analyze the poetry of Alfred Noyes, Shel Silverstein, and Margret Danner and study elements of folktales and fables. Our literary device focus will include the following: point of view, plot, setting, characterization, foreshadowing, alliteration, mood, metaphor, and simile.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Students will begin the year covering a short unit on nouns and then focus on capitalization, punctuation, troublesome words, and homophones in preparation for the ITBS tests which begin September 19th. The mechanics and rules of grammar will be reinforced through DOL (daily oral language), everyday edits, workbook exercises, and writing lessons. For the remainder of the quarter, students will examine adjectives and will begin pronouns. Students will learn classic Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes and root words (PSR). In the Vocabulary Workshop Workbook, students will complete Units 1-5.
Writing
Our class will use a writing workshop program and an assessment focused on the Six Traits of Writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions). Students will complete informal practice pieces during weekly writing workshop (where we practice and model) in preparation for their formal writing pieces which in the first quarter will include a literary analysis, newspaper article, narrative poem, and compare/contrast.
Listening & Speaking
An important component of the language arts course includes listening and speaking skills. Students will be expected to actively participate in class and make formal presentations of both writing samples and novel projects.
Novels
Our first novel takes us to Aguascalientes, Mexico in 1910. In Esperanza Rising by Paula Munoz Ryan, eleven year old Esperanza Ortega must learn that family and culture are more important than possessions. In our second novel, young Sam Meeker learns the inhumanity of war as his family is torn apart in My Brother Sam is Dead, a novel by Collier and Collier. This historical, coming of age story takes place in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. Will Sam have to choose sides between his father or brother?
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IMPORTANT 6R
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A = Music
B = P.E.
C = Art
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IMPORTANT 6R
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A = Music
B = P.E.
C = Art
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