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ELA 6 Mrs. Duddles

ELA 6 Mrs. Duddles. Writer’s Workshop – Fiction Writing Q4. ELA Agenda – Monday, 03/31. Objective: Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences Students will imitate sentence patterns and punctuation of exemplar sentences

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ELA 6 Mrs. Duddles

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  1. ELA 6Mrs. Duddles Writer’s Workshop – Fiction Writing Q4

  2. ELA Agenda – Monday, 03/31 • Objective: • Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences • Students will imitate sentence patterns and punctuation of exemplar sentences • Compare and Discuss Defining Dulcie sentence to BNL song • AAAWWUBBIS

  3. ELA Agenda – Tuesday, 04/01 • Objective: • Students will practice reading comprehension skills by reading for information • Students will find evidence from text to support answers to questions Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences • Students will imitate sentence patterns and punctuation of exemplar sentences • Go to www.newsela.com and set up student account • 6A use class code VJYDQ • 6D use class code KMCKZ • Choose a user name and password that you can remember! Write this info in your writer’s notebook or agenda! • Read assigned news articles at newsela.com & take all quizzes • AAAWWUBBIS comma causers practice & free-write • Create two sentences for each of the AAAWWUBBIS words • Look for two examples of each AAAWWUBBIS word when it is used as a comma causer (it is the first word in an introductory phrase or subordinate clause) in your independent daily reading

  4. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 04/02 • Objective: • Students will practice reading comprehension skills by reading for information • Students will find evidence from text to support answers to questions Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences • Students will imitate sentence patterns and punctuation of exemplar sentences • Discuss assigned news articles and quizzes from newsela.com website • AAAWWUBBIS comma causers practice & free-write • Create two sentences for each of the AAAWWUBBIS words • Look for two examples of each AAAWWUBBIS word when it is used as a comma causer (it is the first word in an introductory phrase or subordinate clause) in your independent daily reading • Class discussion of exemplar sentences using AAAWWUBBIS

  5. ELA Agenda – Thurs & Fri 04/02 – 04/03 • No ELA classes: • Work on Rube Goldberg & Math in My House project electrical wiring component Thursday • Continue work on Math in My House project electrical wiring component Friday

  6. Science Agenda – 04/07 to 04/11 • WCS Spring Break – no school

  7. ELA Agenda – Monday 04/14 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Define fiction – warm up • Read aloud “The Secret Shortcut” & discuss (20 mins) • Read aloud “They’re Made Out of Meat” & discuss (20 mins) – AM Only • Independent writing (15 mins) – PM Only

  8. ELA Agenda – Tuesday, 04/15 • Objective: • Students will practice reading comprehension skills by reading for information • Students will find evidence from text to support answers to questions Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences • Students will practice reading and analyzing graphs and charts • Read the following (2) articles in Science World magazine: • “Bright Future”, p. 8 • “Up in Smoke”, p. 20 • Complete related reading comprehension skill sheets handouts • Turn in for a grade at end of the hour

  9. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 04/16 • Objective: • Students will practice reading comprehension skills by reading for information • Students will find evidence from text to support answers to questions Students will notice the techniques, patterns, structure and effects of exemplar sentences • Students will practice reading and analyzing graphs and charts • Discuss & Review the following (2) articles in Science World magazine: • “Bright Future”, p. 8 • “Up in Smoke”, p. 20 • Check related reading comprehension skill sheets handouts • Turn in for a grade at end of the hour

  10. ELA Agenda – Thursday 04/17 ½ Day AM Only • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Review and discuss “The Secret Shortcut” (20 mins) • Independent writing (25 mins)

  11. ELA Agenda – Friday 04/18 • WCS Holiday Observance – no school

  12. ELA Agenda – Monday 04/21 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Review “They’re Made Out of Meat” & discuss using dialogue to tell a story (25 mins) • 5 minute Quick Write/ Share & Discuss (15 mins) • Independent writing time (10 mins) • Try writing a fiction story: • Continue the dialogue you started in the quick-write • Continue any fiction story you started • Start any new fiction story

  13. ELA Agenda – Tuesday 04/22 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Read aloud “The Sneeze” & discuss (30 mins) • 5 minute Quick Write & Share (15 mins) • Write a humorous story starting with the sentence “It started with a sneeze.” • Independent writing (10 mins) • Continue the humorous story you started in the quick write today. • Continue a fiction story you started before today. • Start any new fiction story.

  14. ELA Agenda – Wednesday 04/23 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Partner confer (25 mins) • Read your fiction stories to one another • Talk about each other’s stories: What did you like about your partner’s story? What suggestions do you have to improve their story? • Mini conferences with Mrs. Duddles while class reads silently (30 mins)

  15. ELA Agenda – Thursday 04/24 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Work on Analogies activity WS (10 mins) • Get a laptop and log on • Go to www.readtheory.org and log in using the following: • Username: first initial last name or first initial last name ms2tc (all lowercase & no spaces) • Password: section6a or section6d • Complete the critical thinking quiz after you log in; this is for diagnostic reasons so try your best but do not stress out • Read your assigned reading passage and complete the quiz for that reading passage • When complete, log off, put away laptop and read or write silently • Mini conferences with Mrs. Duddles while class works on critical thinking quiz (30 mins)

  16. ELA Agenda – Friday 04/25 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Discuss the character of Zyphilb4b Xebloom from “The Sneeze”(15 mins) • What is the character of Zyphilb4b Xebloom like? What does he say or do in the story that makes you think that? • What is his problem in this story? How does he solve it? What does that say about his personality? • Independent writing (30 mins) • Write a brief essay about the character of Zyphilb4b Xebloom. Describe what he is like and how his personality helps him solve his problem in this story. Use examples from the story to support your ideas. • Essay is due on Monday, 04/28. You may type or write neatly on lined paper.

  17. ELA Agenda – Monday 04/28 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict and resolution in fiction plots. • Turn in essay on “The Sneeze” about the characterization of Zyphilb4b Xebloom for grading • Pick up a Scholastic book order form from the wire basket if you would like one – 6D • Read and discuss Thank You, Mr. Falker (25 mins) • 5 Minute Quick Write about conflicts – list some ideas for conflicts that you could write about in a fiction story • Independent writing time: (20 mins) • Develop a story around a conflict that you just listed. • Work on a story you started earlier.

  18. ELA Agenda – Tuesday 04/29 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict and resolution in fiction plots. • Students will explore suspense in a story. • Pick up a Scholastic book order form from the wire basket if you would like one – 6A • Read and discuss “Echoes Down the Rails” part 1 (30 mins) • Discuss conflict and suspense in the story • Independent writing time: (25 mins) • Work on a story you started earlier. • Start a new story. • Think about the main character’s conflict in the story.

  19. ELA Agenda – Wednesday 04/30 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict and resolution in fiction plots. • Students will explore suspense in a story. • Review “Echoes Down the Rails” part 1 (15 mins) • Explore character, plot and setting • Read and discuss “Echoes Down the Rails” part 2 (20 mins) • Discuss conflict and suspense in the story • Explore character, plot and setting • Independent writing time: (20 mins) • Work on a story you started earlier. • Start a new story. • Think about the main character’s conflict in the story and how the conflict will be solved.

  20. ELA Agenda – Thursday 05/01 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict and resolution in fiction plots. • Students will explore suspense in a story. • Review and discuss “Echoes Down the Rails” parts 1 & 2 (25 mins) • Discuss conflict and suspense in the story • Explore character, plot and setting. Create a character/plot/setting chart for one of the fiction stories that you have written or started. • Independent writing time: (30 mins) • Work on a story you started earlier. • Start a new story. • Think about character, setting, and plot. Choose one of the three elements (character, setting, or plot) that you will focus on during writing today.

  21. ELA Agenda – Friday, 05/02 • Objective: • Students will practice reading comprehension skills by reading for information • Students will find evidence from text to support answers to questions • Students will practice reading and analyzing graphs and charts • Read the following article in May 5, 2014 edition of Science World magazine: • “Take the Plunge”, p. 8 – 11 • Complete related reading comprehension and analysis & graphing skill sheets • Ask teacher for graph paper • Turn in all skill sheets and graph for a grade at end of the hour

  22. ELA Agenda – Monday 05/05 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict and resolution in fiction plots. • Students will explore suspense in a story. • Finish Science World magazine assignments and turn in for a grade (15 mins) • Learn about author Kristi Holl and her writing process and discuss (20 mins) • Review your fiction drafts that you have written and select one to develop and publish (10 mins)

  23. ELA Agenda – Tuesday 05/06 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Review your fiction drafts that you have written and select one to develop and publish (10 mins) • Reread fiction draft critically finding: (15 mins) • One place in the story that you really like • A place in the story where you describe, or could describe your main character (character) • A place where you first start to learn about your main character’s problem (conflict) • Character Development Modeling (15 mins) • Start Direct vs. Indirect Characterization Practice packet (10 mins)

  24. ELA Agenda – Wednesday 05/07 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Finish and Discuss “Direct vs. Indirect Characterization” Practice packet (45 mins)

  25. ELA Agenda – Thursday 05/08 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on Illustrating Character Traits activity (50 mins) • Read and follow directions in activity handout • Each group (table pod) will be responsible for creating posters that illustrate the meaning of each of your assigned character trait words • Assigned words are listed by table pod numbers in the activity handout • You will have today and Friday to finish the activity; whatever work is not complete by Friday, you will have to complete for homework. You will need to divide the unfinished work equally within your group. Due by Monday 05/12!

  26. ELA Agenda – Friday 05/09 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on Illustrating Character Traits activity (45 mins) • Read and follow directions in activity handout • Each group (table pod) will be responsible for creating posters that illustrate the meaning of each of your assigned character trait words. • Assigned words are listed by table pod numbers in the activity handout. • Finish for homework; Due on Monday 05/12! • Shortened class period for basketball

  27. ELA Agenda – Monday 05/12 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Discuss Character Traits poster assignment (15 mins) • What were some different character traits from each group? • How did the groups illustrate each character trait? What would you have done differently? • Review Direct vs. Indirect characterization packet (10 mins) • Start Direct/ Indirect Characterization activity using story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto (15 mins) • Continue developing your fiction drafts (15 mins) • Add information to tell about your character and the character’s conflict • What ideas did you have for describing your character today? • What ideas did you have that were creative or original?

  28. ELA Agenda – Tuesday 05/13 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Read Aloud “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto (10 mins) • Work on Direct/ Indirect Characterization activity using story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto (25 mins) • Discuss and review “Seventh Grade” Direct/Indirect Characterization activity (10 mins) • Continue developing your fiction drafts (15 mins) • Add information to tell about your character and the character’s conflict • What ideas did you have for describing your character today? • What ideas did you have that were creative or original?

  29. ELA Agenda – Wednesday 05/14 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Discuss and review “Seventh Grade” Direct/Indirect Characterization activity (25 mins) • Exploring character trait and conflict with the Hunger Games movie clip and short story Ta-Na-E-Ka (30 mins)

  30. ELA Agenda – Thursday 05/15 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Discuss and review how character traits of character influence conflict in short story Ta-Na-E-Ka (30 mins) • Discuss and review narrative (fiction) writing assignment and grading rubric handouts (20 mins) • Start writing your narrative story

  31. ELA Agenda – Friday, 05/16 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Finish discussion on Ta-Na-E-Ka; turn in Characterization WS (15 mins) • Work on developing your fiction story for narrative writing assignment (45 mins) • Complete your draft; be sure to reference the rubric & assignment handout • Add information to tell about your character and the character’s conflict • What ideas did you have for describing your character today? • What ideas did you have that were creative or original? • You may start typing your story. • Be ready for partner conferring on Monday and Tuesday

  32. ELA Agenda – Monday, 05/19 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on developing your fiction story for narrative writing assignment (45 mins) • Complete your draft; be sure to reference the rubric & assignment handout • Add information to tell about your character and the character’s conflict • What ideas did you have for describing your character today? S-T-E-A-L • What ideas did you have that were creative or original? • Rewrite your story after you partner confer. Retype your story • Be ready for partner conferring Tuesday if you have not done so today • Narrative Writing Assignment due end of hour on Thursday 05/22!

  33. ELA Agenda – Tuesday, 05/20 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on developing your fiction story for narrative writing assignment (55 mins) • Your draft should be finished. Be sure to reference the rubric & assignment handout • Partner Confer if you did not do so Monday • Rewrite your story after you partner confer; retype your story • Narrative Writing Assignment due end of hour on Thursday 05/22!

  34. Self-Assessment Questions for Narrative Re-Writing & Editing Process • Ask and answer the following questions as you rewrite your story: • In the story, does something interesting happen to someone, somewhere in time? • Does the main character act, think, and speak in a way that shows what he/she is like? Remember S-T-E-A-L • Is there a conflict in the story that gets resolved? • Does every sentence of the story make sense? • Have you referenced the narrative writing assignment directions and grading rubric? Does your story follow these directions & criteria?

  35. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 05/21 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on developing your fiction story for narrative writing assignment (55 mins) • Your draft should be finished. Be sure to reference the rubric & assignment handout • Rewrite your story after you partner confer; retype your story • Narrative Writing Assignment due end of hour on Thursday 05/22!

  36. ELA Agenda – Thursday, 05/22 • Objective: • Students will explore theelements of fiction through hearing and discussing fiction stories. • Students will learn how to write engaging stories. • Students will explore character, plot, & setting. • Students will explore conflict, resolution, & suspense in fiction plots. • Work on developing your fiction story for narrative writing assignment (55 mins) • Edit, reread, retype your story! Spellcheck! Check your formatting! • Print it out and submit with the rubric sheet for a grade. • Read silently when you have turned in your story to me. • Narrative Writing Assignment due end of hour today!

  37. Self-Assessment Questions for Narrative Re-Writing & Editing Process • Ask and answer the following questions as you rewrite your story: • In the story, does something interesting happen to someone, somewhere in time? • Does the main character act, think, and speak in a way that shows what he/she is like? Remember S-T-E-A-L • Is there a conflict in the story that gets resolved? • Does every sentence of the story make sense? • Have you referenced the narrative writing assignment directions and grading rubric? Does your story follow these directions & criteria?

  38. ELA Agenda – Friday, 05/23½ Day PM Only • Objective: • Students will know how kinetic and potential energy are related. • Students will be able to describe different types of simple machines. • No ELA or Math classes today. • Rube Goldberg Day #14 for PM session • Take attendance and go to Lab 136 for instructions • Set up, Connect, and Film

  39. Science Agenda – Monday 05/26 • Memorial Day – WCS no school

  40. ELA Agenda – Tuesday, 05/27 • Objective: • Students will understand pronouns and antecedents. • Students will understand subject and object pronouns. • Pronouns and Antecedent notes & practice • Subject & Object Pronouns notes & practice

  41. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 05/28 • Objective: • Students will understand possessive pronouns and use them appropriately in sentences. • Students will understand reflexive & intensive pronouns and are able to use them appropriately in sentences. • Possessive & Indefinite Pronouns notes & practice • Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns notes & practice

  42. ELA Agenda – Thursday, 05/29 • Objective: • Students will understand reflexive & intensive pronouns and are able to use them appropriately in sentences. • Students will learn to avoid shifts in pronoun number. • Students will be able to apply the correct pronoun based on the antecedent • Go to www.readtheory.org and log in using the following: • Username: first initial last name or first initial last name ms2tc (all lowercase & no spaces) • Password: section6a or section6d • Read as many assigned reading passages as you can and complete the quizzes • When complete, log off, put away laptop and read or write silently

  43. ELA Agenda – Friday, 05/30 • Objective: • Students will understand reflexive & intensive pronouns and are able to use them appropriately in sentences. • Students will learn to avoid shifts in pronoun number. • Students will be able to apply the correct pronoun based on the antecedent • Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns notes & practice • Correcting shifts in pronoun number notes & practice • Avoiding vague pronoun references

  44. ELA Agenda – Monday, 06/02 • Objective: • Students will be able to apply the correct pronoun based on the antecedent. • Students will understand how to avoid vague pronoun references. • Students will understand that commas have many uses. • Correcting shifts in pronoun number notes & practice • Avoiding vague pronoun references • Take notes on the “many uses of commas”

  45. ELA Agenda – Tuesday, 06/03 • Objective: • Students will understand that commas have many uses. • AM Class • Watch junior class physics research presentations (40 mins) • Practice applying commas correctly in a number of situations (Finish for HW if not done in class) • PM Class • Practice applying commas correctly in a number of situations • Review & discuss comma usage

  46. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 06/04 • Objective: • Students will read for comprehension. • Students will use evidence to support hypothesis. • Do “Making Light of Science” interactive reading activity • Go to Mrs. Duddles’ web page to find e-sheet for activity with live links to interactive reading assignment • Read and follow directions in hand-out or e-sheet • Answer questions in hand-out

  47. ELA Agenda – Wednesday, 06/04 • Objective: • Students will read for comprehension. • Students will use evidence to support hypothesis. • Go to www.readtheory.org and log in using the following: • Username: first initial last name or first initial last name ms2tc (all lowercase & no spaces) • Password: section6a or section6d • Read as many assigned reading passages as you can and complete the quizzes • When complete, log off, put away laptop and read or write silently

  48. ELA Agenda – Thursday, 06/05 • Objective: • Students will read for comprehension. • Students will use evidence to support hypothesis. • Review and Discuss “Making Light of Science” interactive reading activity • Review questions • Watch demo on waves and answer critical thinking questions

  49. ELA Agenda – Friday, 06/06 • Objective: • Students will know how kinetic and potential energy are related. • Students will be able to describe different types of simple machines. • Bowling at Regal Lanes • Apply the laws of motion and forces

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