6TH GRADE ELA

Week of 9/16/19- 9/20/19

9/15/2019

Monday:
- Varying sentence patterns
- Try out six different ways to start/write sentences in writing notebooks
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ybjA-GE4E
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7MTrpRC_70
Tuesday:
- Narrative Introduction Strategies
- Try two NEW introductions in notebook
- Write chosen one on colored paper
Wednesday:
- Essay workday
- Finish drafts
- Finish introductions
- Partner conferences
- Begin editing/revision
- NoRedInk if time
Thursday:
- Editing and Revision Stations
- Partner Conferencing/Feedback
Friday:
- Partner Conferencing/Feedback

Week of 9/9/19- 9/13/19

9/5/2019

Monday:
- Finish writing plan **Writing Plans are due on Wednesday!**
- Writing stories and not scenes- writing scene by scene
- Students will pick one scene from their writing plan to exploded in their notebook
Tuesday:
- Writing with DASH (Dialogue, action, setting, and head thoughts)
- Rewrite Three Little Pigs story with DASH
Wednesday:
- Writing from a plan
- Start discovery draft
Thursday:
- Drafting with upgraded work choice
Friday:
- Drafting with setting in mind

Week of 9/3/19- 9/6/19

9/3/2019

Tuesday:
- Language MAP
***6th Grade end of the year goal (50th percentile) is a 215.3!***
Wednesday:
- Language MAP
Thursday:
- Language MAP test
Friday:
- Planning out Personal Narratives
- Plotting out stories scene by scene

week of 8/26/19-8/30/18

8/25/2019

Monday:
- Writing Assessment- Students will do a reading and writing assessment three times a year. They will read and discuss two pieces of text in their reading class. They will also fill in a graphic organizer in reading. Then, they will come to Communication Arts and turn their thoughts and graphic organizer into an essay. This will all be done in class.
Tuesday:
- Writing Assessment
Wednesday:
- Generating ideas with turning points and starting seed stories
Thursday:
- Qualities of strong narrative writing
- Turning the seed story into an narrative
Friday:
- Writing with DASH (Dialogue, Action, Setting, and Head thoughts

Looking Ahead! Next week we will be completing the Language MAP test. We will be doing this Tuesday-Thursday.

Week of 8/15/19-8/16/19 and 8/19/19- 8/23/19

8/25/2019

Thursday:
- Welcome to 6th Grade!
- Investigate the Teacher
Friday:
- Investigate the Teacher
Monday:
- Back to School Scoot
Tuesday:
- Writing Interest Inventory
Wednesday:
- NoRedInk account set up and pretest
Thursday:
- Generating story ideas from the people, places and small moments in our lives
Friday:
- Generating story ideas from conflict in our life and conflict we see in the world

5/20/19

5/21/2019

Monday:
- Speech presentations
Tuesday:
- Speech presentations
Wednesday:
- Speech presentations
Thursday:
- Speech presentations and begin final grammar unit (Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections).
Friday:
- Final day of speech presentations and prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

Week of 5/13/19- 5/17/19

5/13/2019

Monday:
- How To Speech Introductions and Conclusions
- Speech Plans should be completed by the start of class on Wednesday.
Tuesday:
- Speech Plan
- Begin putting speech on cue cards
Wednesday:
- Speech plan needs to be done at the start of class
- Finish cue cards
Thursday:
- Speech Practice
- Work day- students can work on posters, props, anything else they need to do to prepare
Friday:
- Speech Practice
- Work day- students can work on posters, props, anything else they need to do to prepare
_ Speeches will begin on Monday!

Week of 5/6- 5/10

5/6/2019

Monday:
- Final day of MAP
Tuesday:
- Introduce How To Demonstration Speeches
- Watch and analyze four speeches
Wednesday:
- Generate speech ideas and being planning out steps
Thursday:
- Video
Friday:
- Start speech plan.
Speeches will start the week of 5/20!

Week of 4/29/19- 5/3/19

4/30/2019

Monday:
- What is an adverb?
- Adverb game
Tuesday:
- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs
- Homework: First front page of worksheet for homework
Wednesday:
- Adverb vs. Adjectives notes
- Task cards
- NoRedInk assignment due and test tomorrow!
Thursday:
- MAP
Friday:
- MAP

Week of 4/23/19- 4/26/19

4/23/2019

Tuesday:
- NoRedInk- Adjectives and Adverbs Homework
- Today will be our only day in class to work. The assignment and test will be on Thursday, May 2nd.
- There is an extra practice assignment students can work on
Wednesday:
- Predicate Adjectives
- Notes
- Practice Pages
Thursday:
- Other words used as adjectives
- Notes and Practice
Friday:
- Adjectives Review and begin Adverbs

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