Hi all,
We’ve moved!! We will no longer be posting on this blog. You can link to our new “wiki” via the following address:
http://www.oldsaybrook.k12.ct.us/groups/grade6la/
or through the Old Saybrook Public School website under our names – Mr. Walton or Mrs. Hanratty. This new site will make it easier for us to post documents, rubrics, long-term assignment sheets etc. The current poetry project and rubric are posted there now so check it out!!
Thanks, Mr. Walton and Mrs. Hanratty
We hope that you have “immersed” yourself in poetry this week. Check out the website http://poetryoutloud.org/poems/browsepoems.html. It is a great resource for poems and other information on the memorization and recitation of poetry.
Homework – Due Friday: Wordly Wise 7 – A,B,C,D & E and cursive sheet. There will be a spelling quiz and a vocabulary quiz on Friday.
November book project: The Poetry project was assigned today. Students received two worksheets outlining the due dates and expectations for this project. Over the next week, they should be “immersing” themselves in poetry. Students will be responsible for bringing in 3 poems by 3 different authors on Monday, November 15th. At this time, we will have individual conferences with each student to choose a poem for their project.
Poems must be memorized by Wednesday, December 1st. The remaining requirements for this project (decorated poster, poetic devices worksheet and 2nd copy of poem) are also due on 12/1/10. All students received a rubric that they can refer to for the expectations of all aspects of this project. We will be discussing memorization strategies and presentation techniques in lessons presented next week.
NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!!
We hope everyone enjoyed their extended weekend off. We were busy here at school creating new lessons and rubrics to go along with some of our upcoming projects.
Thanks to those students who have brought in music and lyrics that contain some of the poetic elements we have been learning about in class.
Today, we completed our October book project in class. As we mentioned before, there will not be a home project assigned for the month of October.
We will be assigning a long-term poetry project for the month of November on Monday. Details to follow…
Today, we examined poetic devices in song lyrics. We listened to “Wordplay” by Jason Mraz and found examples of of alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor and simile. Check out this song at (click “listen now” at the top of the page):
http://www.metrolyrics.com/wordplay-lyrics-jason-mraz.html
Our challenge to the students is to bring in their favorite songs that contain great examples of the literary devices we have highlighted. Lyrics must be school appropriate! This is not a required assignment, but we strongly encourage all students to take up this challenge and listen to their favorite songs in a different way.
Reminder – Monday and Tuesday are days off for students. When you return to school on Wednesday, November 3rd, you must bring your October book with you as we will be completing an in-school project for the month of October.
Students are reminded that they must be finishing up the October book that they self selected. There will not be a project that is assigned for home this month. Instead of the normal take-home project students will be working in class on an assignment. The book must be completed prior to Nov. 3.
Wordly Wise 6 was assigned- Complete A,B,C,and D and write a one-page story using ten of the fifteen words.
D.O.L. needs to be done on M, T, and Wed nights.
There will be a Tuck Everlasting quiz on chapters 20 – epilogue tomorrow. Review chapters and study vocabulary.
Homework: DOL 1&2 due Tuesday, DOL 3&4 due Wednesday, DOL 5&6 due Thursday – don’t forget parts of speech. There will be a DOL quiz on Thursday.
Wordly Wise 5 A,B,C,D & E and cursive – due Friday. There will be a spelling and vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Tuck Everlasting quiz on chapters 20 – epilogue will be on Wednesday – Review chapter summaries and learn vocabulary cards. We will have a quiz review on Wednesday morning at 7:40 for anyone who chooses to attend.
Don’t forget magazine and pie sales!!
There will be a D.O.L. quiz tomorrow. This will be based on this week’s D.O.L. homework.
Students should have Tuck vocabulary cards for chapters 20- epilogue and the chapter 20 summary done and ready for class tomorrow. If this was not finished in class, it should be completed for homework.
Class pictures and pie fundraiser forms were sent home this week. Look out for them in the backpacks.
We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather on their extra day off! No Wordly Wise this week.
Homework: DOL 1&2 – due Wednesday, DOL 3&4 – due Thursday, DOL 5&6 – due Friday. There will be a DOL quiz given Friday that will be based on this homework. Don’t forget that you are responsible for identifying the following parts of speech: N (noun), Pro (pronoun), V (verb), S/pro (subject pronoun), DA (definite article – the), IA (indefinite article), ADJ (adjective).
Tuck Everlasting quiz Wednesday – Chapters 14-19: Review summaries and study vocabulary cards!
**Bring October book to class on Wednesday.
