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4Middle
School News
English Language Arts
Writing Grade 6
 
TEAM MOHAWK HOMEWORK
Welcome to
Mr. Thompson's classroom! Students who come to my
classroom must always have a pen or pencil, their folder and
floppy binder (with
the materials of the most recent unit inside), and their writing
journal.
CURRENT AS
OF JANUARY 2010: Students have just started a new unit
called The Picture Book Unit. Pre-project activities include
Picture Book summaries, comparisons of certain classic picture
Books such as
Mufaro's Beautiful
Daughters,
and listening quizzes based on such books as
The Bunyans.
The project will involve each student picking a partner and
creating his/her own picture book. The groups will pick
from such genres as fantasy, science fiction, sports/realistic
fiction, historical fiction, folklore, fairy tales, etc.
They must write and draw their stories and have eye-popping
covers!
The
following are the units we will be working on from JANUARY until
JUNE. Units and Dates are subject to change.
SCHEDULE OF UNITS: January -- June
2010
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Power
Point Project -
Students will be
comparing either two states or two former Presidents of the
United States. They are working in pairs. Once
they have found their research, they will put together a
power point presentation for the class. They will be
using text sources as well as the following website sources:
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Character
Education MARCH 2010 --
Includes stories
involving different character traits, performing character
skits, and watching The War. The film will be
used as part of an essay assignment on character traits seen
both in the film and used by students in real life.
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STUDY SKILLS
PART 2 -- TEST QUESTIONS --
A LOOK
AT MULTIPLE CHOICE, SHORT ANSWER, AND ESSAY QUESTIONS.
We will be focusing on test-taking skills and note-taking
skills. The unit will culminate in a movie, essay, and
quiz.
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Joey Pigza
Loses Control - April 2010 - We will be
reading a novel in class, going through discussion questions
and learning the vocabulary. Each day, I choose a
Reader Leader to lead the class in reading.
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Demonstration
Project - May/June 2010 -
A project in
which students become the teacher and teach how to do
something in front of the class (taking care of animals,
playing instruments, riding a horse, doing a magic trick,
making smoothies, etc.). They must present in steps.
We will be
reading JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL in April/May. The novel
is a sequel to the Jack Gantos novel JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE
KEY. I will be choosing a dfferent reader leader each day
who in turn chooses other students to read aloud. Our
focus will be on vocabulary, characterization, sequence of
events, and themes. The genre is realistic fiction.
More
information on the units and projects coming soon!!!! Stay
Tuned!!!!
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