ELA 6

	6th grade ELA picks the best books to relax with this summer!
	Holes Small Steps From the Mixed Up Files The Teacher’s Funeral The Giver Gathering Blue The Midwife’s Apprentice The Westing Game Inkheart Inkspell Eragon	Throwing Stones Hoot Flushed The Egypt Game The D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths Poppy Poppy Returns The Harry Potter series The Ghost’s Grave The Chronicles of Narnia
	links to summer reading lists for rising 6th & 7th graders
	Buckley 7th grade	LuHi Middle School* this is the 2006 list*
	Friends Academy
	Welcome to the Middle Ages! We have traveled from the 7th century BC to the 14th century AD
	In class we read The Midwife's Apprentice and The Door in the Wall	Try to read the Canterbury Tales in the original English
	Watch online from NOVA: Life in a Medieval Castle	Get in the mood for some great middle ages literature by listening to O Come O Come Emmanuel - this piece was originally written in Latin during the 12th century (probably in France not England) and was not translated into English until 1851!


	For Independent Reading each of us will read a different book from these choices and report back to each other...


		scroll down to look, or click here for a pdf of the vocabulary & spelling list
	Our Essential Question: What can we learn about what the Ancient Greeks believed made a good person by exploring the heroes in their myths?	Calliope, Muse of Eloquence: A Greek mythology inspired vocabulary hunt!

		"The Goddess Oblivia" - a writer's workshop project
		Mythweb - an excellent source for information and stories
		Greek Gods Family Tree from Ludios.org
This Week's Schedule		"Antigone" - read along with us
M - lit circle/vocab
T - lit circle/grammar	We have read and recommend:		Brianna puts together a book of memories from Westbury Friends School! Good luck at your new school Brianna!
W - lit circle/focused writing	D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingi and Edgar Parin D'Aulaires
Th - Writer's Workshop	The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Coyle
F - Poetry Friday	The Giver by Lois Lowry "All Summer In A Day" by Ray Bradbury
	From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

we are working on:	Step #1: Draft Your Page	List of pages to include
"My Memoirs"	Step #2: Peer Review -> consider the comments as you correct for Focused Correction Areas	Peer Review Sheet
This project was suggested by Read◦ Write◦Think and makes extensive use of resources from the Independent Reading Association website -- check these resources out!	Step #3: Self Revision -.> make your final revisions	Self Revision Sheet
	Step #4: Meet with your publisher
	Step #5: Final copy	Printable Rubric

Visiting Author

Ryan's grandfather, Dr. Arthur Dobrin, visited our class...

Read from his memoir, Seeing Through Africa...

about beauty

and food

and how to tell a story

Discussing a draft memory page.

Thank you Mr. Dobrin!

Poetry

Friday Poetry Corner

Or Own Writing

IR Book List April Reading: Plays	We are currently working on photo collages celebrating the lives of our biography subjects - look for them at PrimeTime!	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Zealy	PrimeTime: Friday May 18th!!	Bridge to Terabitha by Katherine Paterson Holes & Small Steps by Louis Sacher
Zealy	January IR theme: challenging fiction of your choice - out of true serendipity we have a theme this month-- "sequels" We are each reading a selection and its sequel or a related piece	Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Martin the Warrior by Brain Jacques
Our IR artifacts are on display in our classroom and in the school library - come visit! Scroll down or click to see more	December's theme was Short Stories. Where do you find short stories? In books called "collections" labeled SC in our library, in anthologies, and in great literary magazines like Cricket and Muse!	Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry The Anybodies & The Somebodies by N.E. Bode

Unit 7	"A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with." This is a good guideline, but not a hard & fast rule, as we shall see....	Help yourself - you can sing your way through some of the best prepositions to the tune from "Yankee Doodle"
Prepositions	prepositions worth using brain teasers using prepositions in idiomatic expressions preposition practice	about, above, across, after, along, among, around, at before, beside, between, against, within, without, beneath, through during, under, in, into, over, of, off, to, toward up, on, near, for, from, except by, with, behind, below, down!

Vocabulary from "The Twelve Labors of Hercules" and "Antigone"
delusion remorse expiate confluence iridescent dank devour divert battalion shrewd course brazen indication thrashing consciousness		aqua (water) audi (hear) cent (hundred) creat (create) equ (same) fract (break) gress (step, go) ject (throw) liber (free) loc (place)	manu (make) mem (in mind) mare (sea) miss (go, send) oct (eight) ped (foot) port (carry) scrib (write) uni (one, single) vis (see)	ruin rites proclaim resolve decree compelled loathe lament omen		ominous yoke pillared profane monetary treasonous engulf plough scourge fledgling interrogate obdurate tempestuous		hatch treachery despise nurture foundation Magnificence volatile frenzy catastrophe carrion thrive capsize prerogative	provision corrupt enthrone wretched accursed reverence piety prompt
folktales & fables unit
Everyone's List: folktale fable mythology Cinderella legend madrigal cultural history oral history tradition fairytale epilogue prologue trait	Brianna’s List heroine maltreated malevolent benevolent snake worthy bountiful temper kindness		Jordan’s List intervention generations seemingly distinguishing spindle thimble betrothed ogre bound		Ryan’s List characteristic quality tale moral		Thomas’s List being abundant contrapuntal secular pirate sash barge din will (n)		Crystal’s List lyric amatory preliminary verifiable
	- www.dictionary.com -http://www.bartleby.com/
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Spelling & Vocab	Writing & Grammar	Literature Circle	Independent Reads	Poetry
Literature Circle	meets Monday - Wednesday each week		Assignments/Resources

Simile & Metaphor	"Willow and Ginko"	Haiku & Tanka	Traditional Haiku & Tanka poetry Our tanka poetry
Figurative Language		Poetry Attack: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot
Setting and Development	"The Cremation of Sam McGee"	What do you "see" when you read this poem?

Independent Reading "artifacts" on display in the WFS library

Inkheart	The Egypt Box	Hoot	My Teacher Is An Alien

Page	multiply by	4	3	2	1	total points
Memoir Pages completed	x 7	12-13 well written memoir pages. Each page related well to the chosen picture	9-11	7-9	6 or fewer	28
Photographs from different times in your life		10-15 photos with different ages well represented	7-9	5-6	4 or fewer	4
Name Meanings		Describe at least 4 different feelings All required information	3 feelings. All required information	2 feelings. Most information	1 feeling. Most required information missing	4
Cover		Creative art out of your name All required information				4
Forward /Introduction	x2	Dedication with explanation Your Summary statement Compare/contrast your memoir to The Giver	Explanation, summary statement or comparison weak			8
Table of Contents		well laid out, complete				4
Six Illustrations	x 2	A 6 illustrations show are relevant to your memoir AND show a relationship to The Giver	4-5 relevant illustrations	2-3 relevant illustrations	0-1 relevant illustrations	8
Writing Process	x 9	All drafts, peer edits, and self revision sheets turned in All drafts and worksheets are well organized				36
Use of Vocabulary		20 or more vocabulary words - correct usage	15-19 vocabulary words - correct usage	11-14 vocabulary words - correct usage	6-10 vocabulary words - correct usage	4

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