ELA (Period 4) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Rosemary Wenzl
- Term
- 2019-2020 School Year
- Department
- 6th Grade
- Description
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Vocab test on Friday, 9/20/2019, on words #1-10.Cover books--vocab & ELA.Reading log due on Friday, 9/20/2019 with 100 pages of reading.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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6th Writer's Workshop, 6/5/2020
The final copy of the writing from this unit it due by 12 noon today, 6/5/2020.
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6th ELA on intensive/reflexive pronouns
Continue to work on your final copy of the information book/chapters. Final copy due to teacher on Friday, 6/5/2020.
Study the power point on intensive/reflexive pronouns. Complete the assignment on Teams today and submit it.
Check power school for any missing work.
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6th Writer's Workshop, due 5/29/2020
Read and apply the learning of lesson 13 from Writer's Workshop. Use the workshop materials as examples and tools to improve your writing. Answer the questions about the lesson on Teams. Due on Friday, 5/29/2020.
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6th Writer's Workshop, lesson 13, 5/29/2020
Complete the questions on Teams about the writing work of Lesson 13.
Keep writing the final copy of the book. This is due on Friday, 5/29/2020.
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6th Writer's Workshop, Lesson 11, 5/26/2020
Read and apply the learning from lesson 11 of Writer's Workshop in your writing. Answer the questions on Teams about the lesson.
Keep writing. Talk with your topic team about the progress on the book. Help each other, ask questions, read, and write. Tentative due date is next Wednesday or Tuesday.
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6th Writer's Workshop, G6, US3 L10--Sentence complexity
Read, review, and apply the learning from the power point and the lesson attachments to your writing. Read the attachments for the Writer's Workshop lesson to help you and see how things can be done. Answer the questions about the work on Teams. This is due on Friday, 5/22/2020.
Final deadline for the writing will be the week of June 1st.
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6th Writer's Workshop, 5/22/2020
Be certain to communicate with your writing topic group--talk about progress,ask how to help, share what you are currently doing, ask for help from each other.
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6th Writer's Workshop, Lesson 9, 5/19/2020
Read and study the power point on lesson 9 of Writer's Workshop. Complete the work of the lesson. The power point and materials are uploaded here and on Teams. Work is due Tuesday, 5/19/2020.
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6th Indefinite Pronouns, 5/14/2020
Complete the questions about indefinite pronouns on Teams by Friday, 5/15/2020. This assignment may be turned in sooner.
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6th Writing Work
Work on your writing for your Writer's Workshop topic with your writing group. Have some writing ready for Monday's lesson. Reread your work with a particular lens (maybe punctuation, sentences, elaboration). Work on what you see.
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6th Writer's Workshop, US 3, L 8
Read, study, and use work of lesson 8 in the information writing of the unit. Use the resources loaded to the homework site to help with the work. Follow the power point. Homework due on Thursday, 5/14/2020.
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6th Writer's workshop, US 3, L. 7
Read and study the power point for Writer's Workshop. After completing the work of the lesson, answer the questions on Teams. It is easier to access the "Malala the Powerful" article by entering the title of the article and the author, Kristin Lewis, in the browser. This should take you to the Scholastic Book website. Due date is Friday, 5/8/2020.
- G6, US3, L 7--contructing texts with solid bricks of info.pptx
- G6B3_MentorText_MalalaPowerful.pdf
- G6B3S07_Chart_RecommendTransitionWords.pdf
- G6B3S07_TeacherText_Malala.pdf
- G6B3S07_Chart_AddTransitionWords.pdf
- G6B3S07_Chart_InfoWritersCombine.pdf
- G6B3_Chart_WritingInfoTexts.pdf
- G6B3_Chart_CommonStructures (1).pdf
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Writer's Workshop lesson of 5/8/2020
Writer's Workshop lesson is due for today. The questions about it are on Teams to complete.
Get outside for fresh air and exercise.
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Writer's Workshop US3, L6
Writer's Workshop assignment is due on Tuesday, 5/5/2020. Read and study the power point and use the other materials that are uploaded to complete the work. There are five students who have not informed me of what topic they would like to research. Please do this today. I want you to have the choice in this, but I will assign if no word is received.
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6th Writer's Workshop US 3, L. 5
Read and follow the directions on the slide about selecting a first and second choice of topic. Send me your top two choices. Groups will be set up using those choices.
The work on this lesson is due Friday, 5/1/2020.
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6th Writer's Workshop, L. 4
Read, study, and apply learning from power point to writing. Do in small chunks--the power point might be long. The materials are here and on Teams.
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Pen Pal letter or card to elder friend
Today, write a letter or make a card to send to your elder friend at Chateau Bothell.
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Read through and study the power point for Unit 3, Lesson 1 of Writer's Workshop. Needed materials are downloaded to this page. Complete the steps in the power point. Be ready to discuss and learn in Zoom session on Wednesday, 4/22/20. Bring questions.
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We will begin a new Writer's Workshop unit tomorrow. Make sure you have your notebooks for the work.
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Turn in compare/contrast essay on Thursday, 4/9/20.
On Teams, complete the questions about the essay you turned in on Thursday.
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Have a nice Easter and Spring Break
Write your letter or card to your elder friend at the Chateau. Let me know this has been done.
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Read, study, apply the power point for lesson 16 of Writer's Workshop. The final copy of the compare/contrast essay is due on Thursday, 4/9/2020, by 3 p.m. A power point is loaded up on Teams under the Files tab. Complete the exercise that is on Teams that asks you to correct a paragraph and sentences. Materials are also loaded up here on the school homework page.
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Today's work is the penultimate (second to last lesson) of this Writer's Workshop unit. Read, study, follow the power point. Look at any and all materials that are loaded here and on Teams to complete the work. Final copy of essay due Thursday, 4/9/2020.
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Read, study, and review the Writer's Workshop lesson 14 and use the materials mentioned in power point. Those are available on Teams under the Files tab. If necessary, they will also be uploaded to this homework page. Follow the homework directions in the power point.
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Be prepared for the 6th grade Zoom meeting tomorrow, the first, with any questions about the Writer's Workshop power point and work, the demonstrative pronoun work, or the literature story that you just read and answered questions for. Read your book and enjoy the day.
If there is make up work you need to be doing, this is the time to do that. If you are not sure if you have make up work, contact me or check power school. There will be some grades posted today.
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Read and study the power point on Lesson 13 of Writer's Workshop. Practice the specific things mentioned in the power point in your Writer's Workshop notebook. Be prepared for working on a theme-based compare/contrast essay beginning on Tuesday. Writer's Workshop materials for lesson 13 are loaded up on Teams under the Files tab. Send any questions you may have.
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Finish and turn in theme-based essay on Friday, 3/27/2020. Submit as an attachment to an email to me. Share your writing with your short story group for feedback. Before turning in your essay, review it against the writing checklist.
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Continue to edit, revise, and write final copy of theme-based essay on the selected short story using power point lessons for Writer's Workshop. Final copy tentatively due Friday, 3/27/2020.
Take part in class Zoom meeting on 3/24/2020.
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ELA work: read, study, review the power point for lesson 12 which focuses on editing. There is one additional document. All the other information is contained in the slides. The theme-based essay will be finished this week and turned in tentatively on Thursday. I will check with you about progress to confirm the due date. The rubric will be available after tomorrow.
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Keep writing and working on the theme-based essay. No new power point tomorrow. Respond to Teams questions about progress in Writer's Workshop.
If the group elder writing is still not turned in, please get that in.
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Answer the questions on Teams about the Chateau elder writing. More information to come tomorrow. If the group writing has not been turned in, complete it tomorrow and turn it in. I only have two or three group writing papers; there are a couple or so of the personal papers that need to be turned in.
Respond to the questions on the Writer's Workshop progress check. This is also on Teams. Continue to write/work on theme-based literary essay.
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Today, Tuesday, 3/17/2020, finish reading and studying the power point of yesterday. Read and study slides 8-10. Work to use and apply the learning to the writing you are doing on your essay. Respond daily to the questions that are posted. This serves as a kind of informal attendance at class and it is important to do daily.
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Read/Study Writer's Workshop power point on lesson 11. Sent to you via email and also on Teams under Files tab.
Respond to power point check-in questions.
Writing continues on literary essay on theme. Apply as best as can what is learned in the lesson to the writing you are doing.
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Read and study the Writer's Workshop power point that is posted on Teams. Read and study slides 1-7. The rest of the power point will be for a different section of the lesson.
The remainder of the Chateau writing is due today, Monday, 3/16/2020. Please load it up/send it to me so I can review it.
Have a good day.
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Writer's Workshop: finish draft of theme-based essay.
For class tomorrow: bring and have ready the Chateau elder writing. Be prepared to work on it. If you have turned in the finished copy and the teacher gives permission, you will work on the Memory Box for your elder.
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Work to discover, write about, find evidence for a theme-based essay on the short story used in this unit. Reread the story with the lens of theme (lessons learned) and note the evidence that supports your claim about the theme.
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Tonight continue to work on determining the theme of the short story. There may be more than one theme in a story. Also, continue to work on the group or solo writing for the Chateau elders. There were only one or two turned in today. That means that there are a lot missing.
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Continue to work on the elder friend biography. Either the personal elder biography or the group biography is due on Monday, 3/9/20. Whichever one is not turned in on 3/9/20 is due on Monday, 3/16/20. Before turning it in, make sure to edit, proofread, and revise it.
Study vocab words for vocab test 6B on Monday, 3/9/20.
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Work on your solo biography and the combined biography. A biography is due Monday, 3/9/2020. The second biography is due on Monday, 3/16/2020. (If the solo biography is turned in on the 9th, the combined is due on the 16th. If the combined biography is turned in on the 9th, the solo biography is due the 16th.
Study vocabulary 6B for test on Friday, 3/6/2020.
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Study vocab words, 6B, for test on Friday, 3/6/20.
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Continue to write the elder biography. Please bring the box for the memory box that will be made.
Study vocabulary words for test on Friday, March 6, 2020.
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Practice vocab words 5B for Friday's test--2/28/20.
Print out copy of draft essay on your story. Work on revising essay. Use the checklist and comments from today's partner work to help you with revisions. Read it aloud to yourself to listen to it. Final and rough draft are due Thursday, 2/27/20.
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Study vocab words, 6A for test on Friday, 2/28/20.
Writers Workshop--rough draft of character essay on short story is due tomorrow, Tuesday, 2/25/20. Use mentor student essay from class as a model, particularly for the introduction. Final copy is due Thursday, 2/27/20.
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Begin drafting character essay for the short story you are reading for Writers Workshop. Have a first draft ready for class on Monday.
Begin to study vocab list 6B for the test on Friday, 2/28/20.
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Vocab test 5B, Friday, 2/21/20.
Two weeks of reading logs with a total of 200+ pages due on Friday, 2/21/20.
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Continue to read through story group short story. Make sure there is a claim and look for the evidence to support it. Put this into the Box/Bullets template.
If there is not enough strong evidence to support the claim, revise the claim and again search for strong evidence to support the claim.
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Study vocab words, 5B, for test on Friday, 2/21/20.
Keep reading for reading logs.
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Study vocabulary words in unit 5B for vocab test on Friday, 2/21/2020.
Reading logs for two weeks will be recorded on Friday, 2/21/20.
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Continue to work on refining claim for character essay on the group short story.
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Study vocab words for unit 5A test (#1-10) on Friday, 2/7/2020.
Writer's Workshop--write 1-2 pages on character motivations/real reasons about what they want. Look at mentor texts for possible things to try. Plan what tips from writing character essay you will use.
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Read "Raymond's Run" for class. Choose the short story from the packet that will be used for work in Writer's Workshop.
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Read short story, "Raymond's Run" and annotate it. (mark places that seem important)
Choose 1 story from the packet received today. This story will be used for the next few weeks in Writer's Workshop time as the basis of work in writing.
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Decide upon a topic about which you have a strong opinion. Tomorrow you will write all period on this topic. Write to convince someone else of your opinion on this topic and telling reasons why you think this way. Draw on what you know about writing essays as you write. You may bring information from home to help you as you write this paper in class.
No vocab test this week or next week.
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Re-submission of Dickens essay is due if you desire to improve score on the essay. Turn in the originally submitted essay and rubric as well as the essay being re-submitted.
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Vocabulary test 4B is on 1/17/2020.
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Vocab test 4B will be moved to Tuesday, 1/21/2020, because of the snow closures.
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ELA book, pg. 283, #8-26. Write the correct answer only. Read carefully to choose the correct word. Due 1/10/2020.
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Any narrative that was returned to students on 12/16/19 may be resubmitted with revisions on Jan. 8, 2020. Please speak with teacher about specific areas to address in revisions. Turn in revised copy and original version of narrative on the due date.
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Work with interview partner on questions that you need for interview at the Chateau next Monday. Mark in some way, e.g. star, those pieces of information are essential that you need to ask.
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ELA book, pg. 308, Read the directions for each section and complete #1-18. Due, Tuesday, 12/17/19 in class.
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ELA book complete proofreading of "A Worthy National Symbol" paragraph on pg. 281. It may be typed out with the corrections included. Due Thursday, 12/12/19.
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Practice vocab words in preparation for Vocab test 4A on Friday, 12/13/19.
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Reading logs with 100 pages are due tomorrow, Friday, 12/6/2019.
Be prepared to read your personal narratives in small groups tomorrow.
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Print out a new copy of the last narrative. Turn in tomorrow. Prepare for Writers' Workshop celebration on Friday, 12/6/2019, during class. Be prepared to read and share narrative in small groups with possible guests.
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Continue to type final copy of narrative that is due on Tuesday, 11/26/19.
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Work on typing narrative.
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Continue to type and revise and edit narrative that is due on Thursday, 11/21/19. Use strategies learned in Writers Workshop as you write.
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Vocab test 3B on Friday, 11/15/19.
Reading logs with 100+ pages due on Friday, 11/15/19
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Vocabulary test 3A,#1-10, on Friday, 11/8/19.
Write two+ pages in Writer's Workshop notebook for new narrative for tomorrow.
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Reading log due with 100+ pages read.
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Final copy of personal narrative is due Tuesday, 10/29/19. Include the original hand-written rough draft, the new & improved copy, the rubric with your self-assessment completed, and the cover with the writing description.
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Vocab test 2A on Friday, 10/25/19
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Vocab test 2A on Thursday, 10/24/19.
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In Writer's Notebook, write two pages of a new narrative. It may include an entirely new scene as well as a scene you've already written but want to re-envision & write again.
Due tomorrow, 10/23/19, for class.
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Vocabulary test 1B on words #11-20, on Friday, 10/18/2019
Reading log due Monday, 10/14/19 because no school on 10/11/19. Reading also due on Friday, 10/18/19--100 pages or more for each log.
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Vocabulary test 1B on Friday, 10/18/19
Reading log due on Friday, 10/18/19, 100 pages
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Complete writing narrative begun in today's class to length of 1.5 to 2 pages of narrative. Due tomorrow. Bring Writer's Workshop notebook back to class!
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Reading logs due on Friday, 9/27/2019
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First vocab test on words #1-10, Unit 1, is Friday, 9/20/2019. Study hard.
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Complete the Beginning of the Year survey and turn in tomorrow at the beginning of class.
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If the Introducing You has not been turned in, this must be turned in tomorrow, Tuesday, 9/10/2019.