May 22

Persuasive essay - rough draft Due Fri

May 14

The Pearl Ch. 6 RRL questions: pick four questions from the handout I gave you in class today, write the question, skip a line and write a full, well thought-out answer. Five sentences as a response with strong evidence from the text is an "A"; three to four sentences with some evidence is a "B"; two or three sentences with little evidence will earn you a "C" Due Fri

Monster words "inept", "subsequent" Due Fri

Week of May 7

The Pearl - Ch. 1-4 crossword puzzle (partner work) Due by Fri 5/11. I have given you an extension, because some of you were absent and/or have had computer/printer issues!

The Pearl - Ch. 5 RRL questions. Pick four questions from the green handout, write the question, skip a line and write a full, thoughtful answer. You may choose an extra question for five (5) extra credit points. Due Fri

Grade of "A" = five sentences for each question with strong evidence from the text.

Grade of "B" = three to four sentences with some evidence from the text

Grade of "C" = two to three sentences with little evidence from the text.

** Please bring $5.00 for your 6th grade memory book and a clear presentation folder for your folklore (story summaries) from around the world on Thu 5/10 **

Monster words "depict" "adhere" Due Fri

April 30 - Schedule for Wed. 5/1:

8:48 - 10:32 STAR Test - Math Part 1

10:32 - 10:47 Break

10:50 - 12:04 4th Period

12:04 - 12:44 Lunch

12:47 - 1:59 6th Period

2:02 - 3:10 7th Period

The Pearl Ch. 4 -- be sure you have read up to page 52 by Wednesday. We will finish Ch. 4 on Wednesday, May 2 and you will be given a crossword puzzle assignment for Ch. 1-4.

April 25

The Pearl: Ch. 3 handout and Ch. 4 vocabulary. Due Fri On Thursday in class, we will begin Ch. 4

Monster words "pessimist" and "contemporary" Due Fri

April 23

Please bring an SSR book to school! STAR Testing starts tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

The Pearl Ch. 3 handout that was passed out in class today Due Fri

Monster words "pessimist" and "contemporary" Due Fri

April 19

Quiz tomorrow on monster words: giddy, glum, conferred, commemorate, arid, clarity, sage, resourceful. Know the part of speech and how to use each word. Due Fri

The Pearl - Ch. 3 Write in your RRL "The five most important sentences in this chapter were ..." and choose five sentences in Ch. 3 that really stand out to you. Then write three to five sentences explaining why you chose each sentence. Did the sentence make you think about something in particular? Was it surprising or shocking? Did it remind you of something? Or, make you wonder?

Ch. 3 vocabulary (in RRL): Choose 12 unknown words from the list I handed out in class, and for each word, write:

• word
• what you think it means
• the dictionary definition
• a sentence showing you understand the word - underline the word, please

Due Mon

Note: STAR Testing for Language Arts will be next Tuesday, April 24 and Wednesday, April 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

April 16

Welcome back! Finish answering questions for The Pearl Ch. 1-2. We will summarize The Pearl Ch. 1-2 in class on Tuesday. American Dream paragraph (typed or handwritten is okay) Due Wed

Monster words "sage" and "resourceful" Due Fri

April 6

Great job on your poster presentations today! When we return from break, we will continue reading Ch. 1-2 in The Pearl, summarize, do some literature response, take a quiz on Ch. 1-2 and begin vocab. for Ch. 3

Be sure to do your RRL responses from earlier this week, plus Ch. 1-2 vocabulary!!

April 3

The Pearl mini research project - poster due Thu. Be prepared to present your poster as a group on Friday.

Vocabulary: Ch. 1 and 2 - choose 10 words from the list, write the part of speech for each word and a well-constructed sentence for each word. Due Fri

Monster words "arid" and "clarity" Due Fri

April 2

The Pearl - pre-reading activity. Finish questions #1 and #2 in your RRL, and choose one of the prompts we discussed in class. Your response must be one page to one and half pages. Due Tue

Vocabulary: Ch. 1 and 2 - choose 10 words from the list, write the part of speech for each word and a well-constructed sentence for each word. Due Fri

Monster words "arid" and "clarity" Due Fri

March 26

Walk Two Moons - Ch. 34-44 vocab. sheet (blue), packet, Journal Prompt #4 (denial), Response Questions Ch. 34-44 all Due Tuesday

We will work on our study guides in class on Tuesday. Final Test = Wed.

March 22

Walk Two Moons - Finish reading Ch. 39-44. Begin working on your packet (the completed packet is due next Tuesday). Due Fri

March 21

Walk Two Moons - Read Ch. 34-38 and finish vocab. for Ch. 34-44. Due Thu

March 15

Limericks were due today! Please turn yours in if you have not done so.

Walk Two Moons - Read Ch. 23-33. Do packet, postcard, vocab. for Ch. 23-33 Due Tue

March 13

Walk Two Moons - Read Ch. 23-26 (or you may read to Ch. 33), begin vocab. packet for Ch. 23-33 Due Wed

Limerick - type up at least one limerick and draw a border Due Thu

March 12

Walk Two Moons - Ch. 12-22 packet, vocab., journal response #2 (how do others "see" you?) response questions Due Tue - we will do response questions in Lang. Arts

Be prepared to share your packet with your small group during 4th period!!

Limerick - type up at least one limerick and draw a border Due Thu

March 7

Walk Two Moons - Vocab. Ch. 12-22. Read Ch. 14-18 Due Thu

Autobiographical Incident - Final draft due Fri. 3/9 (typed, DOUBLE SPACED, Times New Roman 12, proper WH heading, title centered) Please print out two copies - thank you!

March 5

Walk Two Moons: Be ready to turn in vocab. sheet, packet + postcard and journal response for Ch. 1-11. We will do some response questions as a group in class on Tuesday.

Autobiographical Incident - Final draft due Fri. 3/9 (typed, DOUBLE SPACED, Times New Roman 12, proper WH heading, title centered) Please print out two copies - thank you!

March 1

Autobiographical Incident - we will continue the peer revising/feedback you started in class today. You will complete the worksheet and give verbal feedback to your partner. We will make a "revision plan" for you in class. Final draft due Fri. 3/9 (typed, DOUBLE SPACED, Times New Roman 12, proper WH heading, title centered)

Isis/Osiris summary + picture (typed, Times New Roman 12, proper heading, title underlined) Due Fri

Walk Two Moons - finish reading Ch. 1-11 and fill out the packet/do postcard you started in class today. Be prepared to discuss the book with your peers on Tuesday. Packet, Ch. 1-11 vocabulary and postcard are all due Tue 3/6.

**This looks like a lot but if you have kept up in class, you should have no more than 30 minutes of Lang. Arts homework tonight **

February 27-29

Make a list of 10 possible titles for your Autobiographical Incident. Due Tue

Isis/Osiris summary + picture (typed, Times New Roman 12, proper heading, title underlined) Due Fri

Autobiographical Incident: work on your conclusion/reflection. Ask yourself why was this event important? What lesson(s) did I learn? What did I discover or learn about myself? Due Fri

Walk Two Moons: Vocab. Ch. 1-11; read Ch. 1-11 ... we will go over the "packet" tomorrow in class. Due Wed 3/7

February 16

Rough draft of Autobiographical Incident (hook, beginning, middle, end) typed, Times New Roman 12 and double spaced. Due Fri

Monster words "conferred" "commemorate" Due Fri

February 15

"What's in a Name?" research your name (first, last, middle) and write a paragraph Due Thu

Add an "end" (conclusion) and type up your Autobiographical Incident - double spaced, please! Times New Roman 12 Due Fri

February 13-14

Autobiographical Incident - rough draft (hook, beginning, middle) Please SKIP LINES!!! Very important! You will see the importance of this when we peer edit Due Wed 2/15

"What's in a Name?" research your name (first, last, middle) and write a paragraph Due Thu

Monster words: "conferred" and "commemorate" Due Fri

February 8

Autobiographical Incident - these three papers should be completed:

1. "Narrowing the Choices" worksheet

2. Write three different "hooks" (3-4 sentences) for your topic - for example "My First Time Skiing" using the techniques you learned in class (action, dialogue, reaction) Put a * next to the hook you will use.

3. Group Evaluation of sample student papers (completed in class)

On Thursday, we will make a Table of Contents and have a homework check!

February 7

Monster words "giddy" "glum" Due Fri

January 30-31

Great job on your Tuck Everlasting final projects! Wow!! They are fantastic! Bring your Tuck book to school so we can return them to the library.

Monster words: "designated" "extinct" - Due Fri. Test Friday on these words: wither, encounter, mortal, synopsis, engulfed, ingratitude, designated, extinct

January 20

Final projects for Tuck Everlasting (one written, one art/drama/creative) due Mon 1/30 We will have two work days next week - Thu. 1/26 and Fri. 1/27.

January 17

Tuck Everlasting compare/contrast five-paragraph essay (Times New Roman 12, proper heading, title, single spaced OK) Due Wed 1/18

Monster words "mortal", "synopsis" Due Fri

January 6-10

Tuck Everlasting rough draft - Intro. paragraph, paragraphs #1 and #2 Due Wed 1/11

Sentence Imitation exercise - typed, with proper heading in Times New Roman 12, LARGE font (size 24) for rest of passage. Draw a one-inch border all around your paper. Due Tue 1/10

Monster words "wither" "encounter" Due Fri

January 4

Finish Tuck Everlasting character maps #1 and #2 (yellow and orange sheet). Write 2-3 quotes/evidence for each category with page numbers! Due Thu

January 3, 2012

Welcome Back! Think of an academic goal you would like to accomplish this year. Be specific: "I want to be more organized. I plan to clean out my binder at least once a week during Connections" or "I want to raise my math grade from a C to a B. I plan on studying for 20 minutes uninterrupted each night." Due Fri

Monster words "enumerate" and "perishable" - quiz on #17-24 Fri

December 14

Tuck Everlasting - Begin filling out character map #1 and #2. You should have three pieces of evidence from the text for EACH category (eight categories total). Pick three of these categories (example: character traits, actions, views on immortality) to focus on. These three categories will be the criteria you will use to compare/contrast your two characters when we return from break. Due Fri

December 12

Tuck Everlasting Ch. 11-16 most important sentence and why for each chapter + vocab. in RRL Quiz Tue.

Read Ch. 17-20 and begin to fill out character map #1, using the information from your sticky notes. Revenge of Ishtar typed summary Due Wed.

Monster words "mangle", "disinterested" Due Fri

December 7

Typed summary of Revenge of Ishtar. Be sure to have the title (underlined), author, origin CENTERED with a proper WH heading. Times New Roman 12, single spaced, with a hand-drawn picture at the bottom. Due Wed 11/14

Monster words "amiable" "partition" Due Fri

December 6

Do vocabulary in your RRL (part of speech, definition, use in a sentence): outrage, adored, earnestly, gestured, illiterates, ordeal, teeming, searing, ghastly, lingered. Due Fri

December 5

Tuck Everlasting - Read Ch. 11-16. Record the most important sentence from each chapter, and why you think so in your RRL. Due Wed.

December 2

Tuck Everlasting - Quiz on Ch. 7-10 - vocabulary and questions Mon

Do vocabulary in your RRL (part of speech, definition, use in a sentence): scornful, receded, vigorous, colander, solemnly, indomitable, hoarding, embankment, wedged

Please bring in a magazine for an activity next week!

November 29

Bring in your favorite kid's magazine - Fri.

Monster words "allegiance" and "impact" Due Fri

November 28

Tuck Everlasting - Vocabulary quiz Tue! You will be given a sentence and have to fill in the correct missing word: tranquil, meager, tolerantly, reluctantly, melancholy, irrelevant, faltered, burly, intrusion, ambled, perversely, immense.

November 21

Tuck Everlasting - vocabulary: irrelevant, faltered, burly, ambled, immense, perversely, intrusion. Please write the word, part of speech, definition and use it in a sentence in your RRL Due Wed

November 15-16

Tuck Everlasting -Prologue worksheet, vocabulary: tranquil, meager, melancholy, tolerantly, reluctantly. Please write the word, part of speech, definition and use it in a sentence in your RRL

Gilgamesh summary - typed, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 with proper heading. Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman (Mesopotamia) should be your title. Please attach your drawing to the lower 1/2 of your paper. Due Fri

Monster words "fidelity" and "cascade" Due Fri. Quiz #9-16 (jovial, misrepresent, inevitable, stealthy, append, rotund, fidelity and cascade) on Friday. Know part of speech, synonyms, and how to use in a sentence.

November 7

"Emperor's New Clothes" story summary - typed, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 with proper heading as shown in class. Reserve top half of your paper for the summary. The bottom half should be a picture, drawn by hand. Make it school appropriate, please. All of your summaries will eventually go in a binder, as we begin our study of folklore from around the world. Due Wed

Movie summary - typed, Times New Roman 12 with proper heading and small picture of the movie is also Due Wed

Monster words "append" and "rotund" Due Fri

November 3-4

Movie summary - typed, Times New Roman 12 with proper heading and a small picture of the movie is Due Wed 11/9

November 1

Monster writing - your typed final draft of the description of your monster is due NOW! Please turn in your yellow folder.

Monster words "inevitable" "stealthy" Due Fri.

October 26-28

Hershey's Kiss poem - typed or neatly written inside the BIG kiss template Due Fri.

Monster words "jovial" "misrepresent" Due Fri.

Monster writing - make changes and type up new draft (Times New Roman 12, double spaced, proper heading, please) Due Mon (Halloween)

Halloween poem (memorize) by Mon 10/31 - you'll be graded on speed, volume, pitch & tone

October 24-25

Monster writing description Due Tue. Hershey's Kiss poem Due Fri.

Monster words "jovial" "misrepresent" Due Fri.

Halloween poem (memorize) by Mon 10/31

October 20

Memorize one Halloween poem "I Am a Ghost Who's Lost His Boo" by Jack Prelutsky, or "This is Halloween" by Dorothy Brown Thompson by Mon 10/31

October 19

Please turn in your writing journal tomorrow (Thu.) I need to grade them.

October 18

Timeline narrative FINAL DRAFT - typed, Times New Roman 12, double spaced with proper WH heading Due Wed 10/19.

October 11

Timeline narrative: replace five (5) boring verbs and five (5) adjectives Due Fri

October 10

Be descriptive worksheet (extra credit for the words "cool" and "awesome") Due Tue

Monster words: puncture, adverse Due Fri. Quiz on monster words #1-8 Fri.

October 5

Timeline Narrative - Begin making revisions to your 1st draft (using five senses to describe events: sight, sound, taste, touch, hearing) Make sure you have a clear beginning, middle and end. Due Mon.

Monster words: initiative, deter Due Fri.

September 27

We will be working on our personal narratives (timeline events) next week. Experiment with different leads to bring the reader right into the action. Write a beginning, middle and end for your story on three separate sticky notes, as discussed in class. Due Tue

Monster words "expressly" "infuriate" Due Fri

September 20

Finish "Just Once" questions and vocabulary in RRL Due Wed

September 19

Fill out 10 events on your timeline (in "Notes/Seed Ideas" section of writing journal) Due Tue

September 15

Giggles grammar character: name, definition, character drawn using colored markers or pencils Due Fri

"Where I'm From" poem, typed Times New Roman 12 with a one inch (1") border all around and hand drawn items from your poem. Due Fri.

September 12

"Where I'm From" poem - rough draft Due Wed.

Final draft - typed, Times New Roman size 12, 1" border colored with a design of your choice. Due Fri

September 6

Conduct an interview of someone who remembers the events that took place on September 11, 2001 (any adult you know will remember where they were and what happened that day). Sample interview questions: Due Fri.

1. Can you tell me what you remember about September 11, 2001?

2. Where were you when the World Trade Center was hit by terrorist planes?

3. How did you feel about what you saw on T.V.?

4. What can you recall about that day? (Sights, sounds ... etc.)

5. What choices did you have to make?

6. How did the events impact your life?

You may also think of your own interview questions. Type up the interview using Times New Roman 12 and a proper heading. "September 11 Interview" should be your title. You may also record or film your interview.

The second part of this assignment is to observe Sunday, September 11 as a "Day of Service and Remembrance" You will do a good deed, charity work or volunteer on this day. Be prepared to tell me your plans by September 9. Some suggestions are: clean up a neighborhood park/beach, volunteer at an animal shelter, do a good deed for an elderly neighbor or relative, collect toys/books/sports equipment for a homeless shelter or youth organization, volunteer or donate food to a food bank, etc. You may want to take a photo of your work so that we can display our good deeds on a big poster.

September 1

"Writerly Introduction" - type up. Choose a nice font, size 14 or 16, please. Proper heading and Writerly Introduction as the heading, centered. Due Fri. 9/2

August 30

11 Questions About Reading - Due Wed. 8/31

Letter to Mrs. Hirsch - Due Thu. 9/1 (it's okay to use the same one you wrote for your classmate!)

August 25

Please have your parent/guardian email me at randronico@rossvalleyschools.org so that I may add them to my group email. Thank you!

You must have (3) spiral notebooks, 70-80 pages each, for math, reading and grammar. Bring in another spiral notebook on Monday, August 28 so we can begin our grammar/vocabulary work.

Welcome to 6th Grade at White Hill!

Week of August 22

Please bring a book to class for SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), Letter to my classmate Due Thu

All About Me poster Due Fri