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MEMORIES OF SIXTH GRADE

Dear Students,

As you come to the end of the school year, what are your memories of your first year in middle school? Write about the following events and/or people:

• Most memorable
• Most difficult
• Most fun/favorite
• Most embarrassing
• Most Influential
• Most helpful
• Best
• Worst
• Scariest
• How I did
• How I have grown
• Lessons I have learned
• What I look forward to next year

4TH QUARTER

Dear Students,

This our fourth and final quarter for this school year! Below are the standards and tasks to accomplish this quarter:

STANDARDS

 

ELA 6R1.i & j: FICTIONAL NARRATIVE

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE/MYTHS/LEGENDS -SWBAT…. compare traditional literature (Myths and Legend) from different cultures

…Identify and analyze similarities and differences in mythologies from different cultures

 ELA6W3/ESOL6.6.17-20: RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY - SWBAT….Use Research and Technology to support writing to create a portfolio for FUTURE CAREER 

 ELA6LSV2: MEDIA TEXT/MESSAGES - SWBAT…Listen to and view various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information …and express ideas.

 T.ELA6LSV2.18 -SWBAT…. Plan, create, and Analyze simple multimedia products ….to communicate concepts.

ELA6W2/ESOL6.8.4:EXPOSITORY WRITING- Description and Explanation. SWBAT …Produce a multi paragraph that describes or explains ideas or concepts.

 ESOL6.4.2/ELA6W1: Writing Organization -SWBAT…  Use traditional structure for conveying information in chronological order 

 ESOL 6.6.5 /ELA6C1:  Writing Conventions -SWBAT… Apply grammatical and mechanical conventions in writing.

 ESOL6.7.16/ELA6RI:  COMPREHENSION/LITERARY TEXT - SWBAT …Recognize, read, comprehend, and analyze various literary forms (myths and legend)

 GRADING SCALE

Summative Assessment:    40%                                                 A     -       90 – 100%

Formative Assessment:     30%                                                 B      -       80 – 89%

Class work/Homework:      20%                                                 C      -      74 – 79%                     

 Participation:                    10%                                                 D      -      70 – 73%

                                                                                                F      -       69 and below

 Any class work not completed at school becomes homework in addition to the weekly homework assignments. Students will use planner to keep up with all homework as well as class work and due dates for projects.

TASKS

1. Creative Writing: Traditional Literature/  Picture book

 2. Research: CAREER PROJECT

• Video
• Resume
• Career Research
• Presentation on one of the following:

 ü  Develop a Career Portfolio for your future career (Questionnaire, Essay, Resume, photographs, etc).

 ü  Create a PowerPoint to explain your chosen career (What, when, where, how, how much, why). 

 ü  Write an essay to describe your future career: (What, when, where, how, how much, why?) 

 3. Narrative Writing: MY LIFE AS A SIXTH GRADER

•  Most memorable
• Most difficult
• Most fun/favorite
• Most embarrassing
• Most Influential
• Most helpful
• Best
• Worst
• Scariest
• How I did
• How I have grown
• Lessons I have learned
• What I look forward to next year

 

CREATIVE WRITING: ORIGINAL TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Dear Students:

What is traditional literature, and what is the structure of your tradtional literature? Think about these questions as you write yours, and below is the rubric to guide your creativity!

Download Traditional Literature Creative Writing Rubric

 

STUDENTS' SAMPLES

Download Presentation1

Download The Mouse And The Owl

Download The Legend Of Who Once Was Almost Smart

Download The golden treasure

Download The Fantastic Hero

Download Princess Katharina

Download The wolf that killed people

STUDENTS' PERSUASIVE WRITING SAMPLES

Download Is Credit Card Better than Cash

Download SAVE MONEY FOR A

PERSUASIVE WRITING TASKS

The Reading-then-Writing tasks for this unit is attached

Download PERSUASIVE WRITING UNIT

PERSUASIVE WRITING UNIT

Below are the standards for this Pesruasive Unit

LANGUAGE ARTS

• ELA6W2: WRITING GENRE: PERSUASIVE: SWBAT…Complete a multi-paragraph persuasive paper.
• ELA6LSV2/ESOL6.10.4- PERSUASION: SWBAT… Recognize and use various forms of Persuasive and Propaganda Techniques and  Recognize Bias and Stereotyping

CONVENTIONS

• ELA6C1.b: SENTENCE PARTS: SWBAT…Identify the parts of a sentence
• ELA6C1.c/ESOL6.6.9  SENTENCE FUNCTIONS:SWBAT…Identify sentence functions: Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, and Imperative.
• ELA6C1.c/ESOL6.6.9  SENTENCE TYPES:SWBAT…Identify and write different sentence types: simple, compound and complex sentences and avoid run ons.

READING

• ELA6R1.h: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:SWBAT…Identify, and Analyze the effect of figurative language. 

 VOCABULARY

ELA6R2, ESOL6.4.1, ESOL6.7.1: SWBAT…

• Understand, Acquire and correctly apply new vocabulary in Reading and Writing.
• Use reference skills to determine meaning, and alternate word choices (Antonyms and Synonyms)
• Identify and interpret words with multiple meanings (Homonyms)

 SOCIAL STUDIES

• SS6E1a SS6E5, SS6E8: The Student will analyze different Economic systems
• SS6E2: The student will understand the benefit of voluntary trade between countries
• SS6E4: The student will explain personal management choices in terms of income, spending credit savings and investing

 

STUDENTS' EXPOSITORY WRITING SAMPLES

Download The three Major Religions in Europe

Download There are three major religions in Europe which are Christianity

Download Outline patty guierrez

EXPOSITORY WRITING TASKS

Dear Students,

Below are the tasks to complete for this unit and you will be required to

• Communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in both 6^th Grade Language Arts and SS

• Demonstrate competence in the use of research and technology to produce a multi-paragraph expository writing and/or illustration with the appropriate organizational structure.
• Apply knowledge of common textual features (e.g., Headings, Sub-headings, Graphics, and Captions).

TASK 1

Read (Expository Text: ELA 6W1) and illustrate to show your comprehension of the location of selected features of Europe (SS6G8)

TASK 2

Illustrate/write about the Environmental Issues in Europe (SS6G9), and include the following graphic features (Headings, Sub headings, Graphic, and Captions)

(Grade: 1-70%,  2- 80%,  3-90%, Neatness-10%)

Use these questions to guide you:

_{What is the Issue/problem?}

Where is the Environmental issue?

What are the causes?

What are the effects?

What are some of the solutions?

TASK 3 

Compare and contrast (ELA 6W1) the three major religions in Europe (SS6G11)

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CELEBRATION WALL

Download Esol

Download Esol2