6th ELA--5/27/2022--Any missing work is due by Wednesday, June 1, 2022.  This is the last opportunity to improve your grades.  IF your essay was not turned in on Thursday, it must be turned in on Friday, 5/27/2022.

6th ELA--5/25/2022--work on final copy of activist/activism essay that is due on Thursday, 5/26/2022.  Be certain to complete the self-assessment rubric to turn in with the essay.

 

ANY AND ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE BY WEDNESDAY, 6/1/2022, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.  CHECK POWER SCHOOL FOR ANY MISSING WORK.  If you need help please ask me for anything you need.

6th ELA--5/24/2022--final copy of teen activist and activism is due on Thursday, 5/26/2022.  All work is focused on that in any class time we have.  Have someone else read for editing and read it aloud.  

 

6th ELA--5/19/2022--work on writing the final copy of the activist essay.   This is due next week, 5/26/2022.  Conferences will occur each day with students.

6th ELA--5/18/2022--Rest up from MAP testing; work on your final copy of the activist essay due next week.

6th ELA--5/17/2022--Because of MAP testing we did not have ELA.  It is very important that tonight you work on your activist essays.  We will also use literature time on Monday.  

6th ELA--5/12/2022--continue to write your essay on teen activism and your activist.  Tomorrow is the last lesson for this writing unit.

6th ELA--5/11/2022--continue to write/draft/revise your work on teen activism and the teen activist you chose.  Be certain to have a table of contents to help you organize and do the writing work.  The order of the Table of Contents can change as you find it necessary as you write.  Be ready with at least a partial draft tomorrow.

 

6th ELA--5/10/2022--continue to write, revise, edit, add to your essay on teen activism and your teen activist.  There will be lessons every day this week to finish the learning.  There will be class discussion and decision about the due date for the final copy.  The due date is likely to be the week of 5/23/2022.  

6th ELA--5/6/2022--continue to read/research/write your essay on teen activism and activist.  Bring rough drafts to class.

6th ELA--5/4/2022--reread and revise chapters you have been writing.  Tomorrow, Wednesday, will be a writing day; there will not be a lesson.  

6th ELA--5/3/2022--Begin writing a new "chapter" of your book on teen activism and your activist.  Write about two pages tonight.  Continue doing research as you need to fill in holes in the information you have.

 

 

6th ELA--4/29/2022--continue with the research and writing about the teen activist and that person's work.  Make every effort to write about 1.5 to 2 pages tonight.  Remember that tables and of content and trails of research can be changed as you write.

6th ELA--4/28/2022--work on more writing of your teen activism essay.  Work on possible tables of contents and be certain to write a trail of research.  These all help you to structure your writing on the teen activist and activism.  There will be another lesson on Thursday with Friday devoted to writing.

6th ELA--4/27/2022--write out your trail of research for you topic.  "Why is this topic important?" is the question you are using.  Continue to read/research the topic of teen activism and the particular topic and person.  Have trail of research for tomorrow.

6th ELA--4/14/2022--continue with writing and researching teen activism and a particular teen activist.  Write about 2 pages a night of notes and thinking about the notes and questions that can lead to more thinking.

6th ELA--4/13/2022--continue to read the sources you are researching in this unit of Writer's Workshop.  Tonight continue to take notes about what you are reading.  Strive to have 2 pages of notes.

6th ELA--4/12/2022-- review materials received in class today about activists.  Check out sources/links.  Choose which option you are most interested in learn about, research, and write about.  If you have an idea other than the ones noted on the materials (child labor, equal education for girls, bullying, animal abandonment, and ecology), please speak with me before beginning the research.

6th ELA--4/7/2022--for writing a flash-draft essay on an explanatory essay on a topic which you know a lot about.  You may bring materials with you to help with the writing.  This does not go into gradebook as it is for teacher information.  

6th ELA--4/6/2022--continue to work on your poems.  Today, Tuesday was the last day of learning about poetry.  All  poems are due NO LATER than FRIDAY, 4/8/2022. Earlier is okay as well.  This includes any odes, sense poems, acrostic, free verse, haiku, tanka, and couplets that still need to be completed and turned in.

 

 

6th ELA--3/24/2022--come prepared to work on the ballad of Rumplestilskin tomorrow in class.  Be thinking about a refrain to use in the ballad and come ready to share ideas.

6th ELA--3/23/2022--complete Watsons essay tonight and turn in tomorrow, Wednesday, 3/23/2022.  This is the due date for the essay.

6th ELA--3/21/2022--work on rough draft of Watsons essay and have rough draft ready for me to read.

 

Final typed copy is due on Wednesday, 3/23/2022.

6th ELA--3/18/2022--continue to work on writing the draft of your essay about Watsons.  If you have been instructed to begin typing, please continue with the typing.  

6th ELA--3/17/2022--continue to work on your essay draft for homework.  If you have been given the okay to type, work on typing the essay.  If typing, also be certain to read it aloud to help with editing and revising the essay.  Tentatively due on Monday, 3/21/2022.

6th ELA--3/15/2022--work on paper/pen rough draft of the Watsons' review.  Make sure to have your pi-ku with you tomorrow, Tuesday

6th ELA--3/14/2022--if ELA assignment that was on a handout about intensive/reflexive pronouns is not finished, complete and turn in on Monday, 3/14/2022.

6th ELA/WW--3/10/2022  Celebration

6th ELA--3/3/2022--continue to edit, revise, finalize the theme-based essay.  This is due no later than Monday, 3/7/2022.  Good luck with Invention Convention!

6th ELA--2/24/2022--work on final copy of theme-based essay.  Think about and add some quotes from the short story to your essay and analyze/think it.  Final Writer's Workshop lesson for this unit is on Thursday, 2/24/2022.

6th ELA/WW--2/23/2022--work on your theme-based essay during the break.  Be ready for the last two lessons after the mid-winter break.

6th ELA/WW--2/17/2022--be prepared for class with your rough draft of your theme-based essay on the short story.  Have everything you need with you for a lesson on Thursday, 2/17/2022.

6th ELA/WW--2/16/2022--complete the rough draft that was begun today in class.  Bring it to class on Wednesday, 2/16/2022.  This is a draft and does not need nor is expected to be perfect.  

6th ELA/WW--2/15/2022--find evidence to support the claim you worked on today in class for the theme essay.  Be prepared to write your draft essay in class tomorrow, Tuesday, 2/15/2022.

6th ELA/WW--2/10/2022--Celebration of Writer's Workshop essay.  Bring a small snack for yourself.  We will do this in literature time in the afternoon.

Be certain to have your laptop so you can read from it in small groups.

6th ELA/WW--2/9/2022--complete checklist as self-assess of character essay.  Turn in with essay.  Complete ELA packet handed out in class.  Finish 8-13 and write out 14-20 on a separate piece of paper to hand in with packet.  Due Wednesday, 2/9/2022.

 

 

6th ELA/WW--2/8/2022--final copy of character essay is due on Tuesday, 2/8/2022.  Print a copy at home and turn in during class.

6th ELA/WW--2/7/2022--work on the final copy of your essay on character.  Review, reread, edit, use the checklist to assess it.  This is due on Tuesday, 2/8/2022.  If it is finished and ready on Monday, it can be turned in then.

6th ELA--2/4/2022--work on writing of character trait essay about the character in your short story.  This is due on Tuesday, 2/8/2022.   It may be turned in before that date if it is complete.

6th ELA/WW--2/3/2022--work on the character trait essay for the short story.  Final copy is due on Tuesday, 2/8/2022.

6th ELA/WW--2/2/2022--work on writing the final paper on short story character traits.  Tentative due day of Thursday, 2/3/2022.

6th ELA--1/28/2022--keep working on writing, editing, revising your essay on character for Writer's Workshop.  Read it aloud to hear it.

6th ELA--1/26/2022--have first draft ready for class on Wednesday, 1/26/2022.

6th ELA--1/25/2022--write 1-2 pages on your character and his trait with evidence.  Reread the story, make notes on it.  How do the details you cite/provide in your essay show who the character is?  Put this into the boxes and bullets structure.  

 

 

6th ELA--1/19/2022--read the four short stories in the packet and decide which one to use in the work of the Writer's Workshop on literary essay.  Also, read and write notes about "Raymond's Run."  Be certain to write in your WW notebook about what you think, read, and comments about the short story and the main character's motivation.

6th ELA--1/14/2022--finish three little pigs essay using the boxes and bullets structure.  Due on Friday, 1/14/2022.

6th ELA--1/10/2022--Disaster papers that need to be resubmitted for the purpose of improving your grade, need to be turned in by Monday, 1/10/2022.  Earlier is also acceptable.  If you are learning at home, turn in any resubmitted work upon your return to the classroom.

6th ELA--1/12/2022--any revisions/edits/resubmissions are due on Tuesday, 1/11/2022.

6th ELA--12/16/2021--celebration and sharing of disaster project writing in small groups.  You may bring a small snack for yourself.  Have your laptops charged and ready to use for this period.  

6th ELA--12/15/2021--work on literature compare/contrast about Dickens.  Due by Friday; sooner is okay.   

 

Writing celebration on Thursday during class.  Bring a special snack for yourself.

6th ELA--12/14/2021--Disaster paper is due Tuesday, 12/14/2021.  Be certain to finish it tonight and print it to turn in tomorrow.  Also, complete and attach the self-assessment to the work when you turn it in.  

6th  ELA--12/13/2021--work on finishing the disasters paper for Monday.  Remember you need to include the self-assessment, outline, notes, and rough draft.

6th ELA--12/14/2021--Final writing of disaster project is due on Tuesday, 12/14/2021.  Be certain to also include notes, outline, rough draft, and self-assessment!!  Use Times New Roman, 12 point for the font with 1.5 line spacing.  The sources that have been used on all listed on their own page, at the end of your writing.

6th ELA--12/8/2021--Continue with writing your final copy of the disasters writing project.   We will discuss as a class whether the due date needs to be changed.

6th ELA--12/7/2021--work on your disaster writing project.  This is due on Thursday, 12/9/2021.  Read it aloud to hear how it sounds.

6th ELA--12/3/2021--continue to work on, refine, revise, add to disaster writing project.  Deadline for final is CHANGED to Thursday, 12/9/2021.

6th ELA--12/2/2021--work on the rough draft of your disaster writing project.  The rough draft is due tomorrow, Thursday, 12/2/2021.  Do as much as you can for tomorrow. The final will be due next week--Tuesday the 7th or maybe the 9th.

 

 

6th ELA--12/1/2021--work on writing the first draft of your disaster project paper.  The rough draft is tentatively due on Thursday, 12/2/2021.  Just get the ideas down on paper right now.  Edit as you go along.  

6th ELA==11/30/2021--complete outline for the disaster paper and turn in on Tuesday, 11/30/2021.  Begin drafting paper using outline as guide.

6th ELA--11/23/2021:  continue to write notes and research for your disaster project during the conference days.  Begin drafting as you think you are ready.  This will be a priority when we return from the Thanksgiving holiday.  See you in conferences!

6th ELA--11/19/2021:  Continue with research on disasters project topic.  Check for sources through the library.  Take notes.  Remember to write down the information for the sources page:  Title, author, publishing company, city of company, copyright year.  Also, write down the pages used.  This information can be compiled in a word document.  When ready begin drafting your writing.

6th ELA--11/18/2021:  begin to take notes on your chosen disaster.  At least three sources and only one internet source for the project; check the library for books.  

6th ELA--11/29/2021:  This applies all students who have a note in power school about their narratives!

 

If you have a note in power school that the narrative needs to be resubmitted because the work and score on it need to be improved, the resubmission due date is Monday, 11/29/2021.  If you have any questions, please ask me.  Mrs. Wenzl

6th ELA--11/8/2021--the indefinite pronoun paper with the constellations and writing is due Monday, 11/8/2021, unless it was turned in on Friday, 11/5/2021.  There are only a handful of papers that have NOT been turned in.  

6th WW--10/28/2021:  Celebration for WW and the personal narrative.  Bring your own special snack for yourself for the celebration!

6th ELA/WW--10/28/2021:  in ELA book, pg. 275, #9-15, complete and turn in on Thursday, 10/28/2021.

 

Celebration is Thursday, 10/28/2021, bring a treat for yourself.  Be ready to read in small groups.

6th ELA/WW--10/26/2021:  Final typed and printed copy of the personal narrative is due Tuesday, 10/26/2021.  Speak with Mrs. Wenzl first thing in the morning if there are problems with power tonight.

6th ELA/WW--10/20/2021--continue to type the narrative while at home, not just at school.  Read it aloud to hear how it sounds.  Use this strategy to hear what is written.  Revise/edit as necessary.

6th Lit--10/20/2021--have ELA book and notebook in class for assignment and teaching on Wednesday, 10/20/2021

6th ELA/WW--10/18/2021:  write two pages on narrative, zoom into a moment of the narrative and really draw it out.  Add other scenes to the narrative that help show us what it is really about.  Final due date:  Tuesday, 10/26/2021.  There is one more lesson in the unit and then it is typing and finalizing the narrative.

 

 

6th WW--10/13/2021:  Continue to work on personal narrative.  Experiment with adding internal story mountain details to your writing.  Expected due date of 10/21/2021, Thursday.

6th ELA--WW--10/12/2021:  practice some of the strategies and ways to improve writing in your WW notebooks.  You can do this on the narrative that you are going to turn in next week or on another one.

6th WW--10/7/2021:  for Thursday have completed your rough draft and turned it in.  If you are absent on Tuesday, 10/5/2021, please have this with you when you return to class from your absence.  Another option is to turn it in to me via email.

 

 

6th ELA--10/5/2021--Greek and Latin root packet #1:  do sections 1A, C, E, F, and the matching page.  It is not necessary to cut/paste for the matching.  Instead, number either the words or the definitions 1-10 and match by number.  On the section 1E with the sorting, first sort the words on the list by the categories of part of speech that are listed.  There will not be a word for each part of speech.  Next, go on-line and find five to ten words using the roots that are on this lesson.  It does not matter what part of speech they are.

6th WW--10/5/2021:  practice writing several possible leads for your narrative.  They can be dialogue, flash-back, action, inner thinking.  Choose one for tomorrow's work on your flash draft.  

 

Also, the Greek/Latin packet #1 is due tomorrow--Tuesday.  Complete sections 1A, C, E, F, and the matching section.  

 

6th ELA--9/30/2021--make corrections to returned work and resubmit on Thursday, 9/30/2021.  If you have questions or don't understand, please ask at on Thursday.

6th ELA--9/29/2021--complete and turn in the ID map that was begun on Tuesday.  

6th WW--9/24/2021:  Write two pages and edit as you write.  Also, use any techniques we have looked at in your writing.

6th WW--9/16/2021--write two pages of new narrative in your WW notebook.  You are building your writing stamina.

6th WW--9/15/2021--Write 1.5 pages of a personal narrative this evening in your WW notebook.

Finish writing a couple of goals for your writing.

6th ELA--9/13/2021--Be certain to cover ELA and lit books.  Return "Student Information" papers and final beginning of the year survey on Monday, 9/13/2021.

6th ELA--9/8/2021:  Bring anything you need from home to create your 6 Word Memoir.  This might be colored pencils, markers, water colors, pictures from the internet.   Be certain to  have the phrase that was written on Tuesday in class.