SIXTH GRADE ROCKS Upcoming Important Dates 01242020 Add

SIXTH GRADE ROCKS! Upcoming, Important Dates: 01/24/2020 Add these dates to your agenda, if they apply to you: • • • Tuesday (01/28) – PTSA Talent Show Rehearsals Wednesday (01/29) – PTSA Talent Show Rehearsals (continued) Friday (01/31) – PBIS School Store - PTSA Talent Show – 6: 00 Go get your breakfast NOW. Do not wait. Turn in any signed paperwork to the first period bin. If you are not eating, you must read something. HOMEROOM = SILENCE

Language Arts – Warm Up 01/24/20 Panther Practice – Week 21 �First, turn in any of past due Panther Practice for Week 20 if you still have it. � This week’s Panther Practice is due Friday MONDAY (01/27). �Use the prefixes and suffixes to form your own �Use the examples to help you form your own. �Finished early? Read silently. � BUSINESS class) words. LAB ALL THIS WEEK! (Across from Dr. Mwangi’s

Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/20 � Essential Questions: � Why do we have controversy in society? � How do we communicate in order to convince others? � � Standards: ELAGSE 6 W 1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. �a. Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. �b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. �c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. �d. Establish and maintain a formal style. �e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

Language Arts – Work Session 01/24/20 Final Drafts � Step 1: Finish your “Persuasive/Argument Writing Map” It is past due. �Hints: ○ Reasons = Opinions ○ Evidence = Facts (Cite evidence from your News. ELA articles!) � Step 2: Bring your writing map to me and have it approved. 3: Write your rough draft on a sheet of notebook paper using the information from your writing map. Elaborate your details. Add text evidence. Cite your sources (News. ELA articles-which one? ). � Step 4: Use the Writer’s Checklist on the back of your writing map to check your rough draft. Missing something? Add it to your next draft! � Step 5: Begin typing your final draft and make necessary edits. � All final drafts are due via Office 365 TODAY!

Language Arts – Closing Session 01/24/20 Final Drafts � Step 1: Finish your “Persuasive/Argument Writing Map” It is past due. �Hints: ○ Reasons = Opinions ○ Evidence = Facts (Cite evidence from your News. ELA articles!) � Step 2: Bring your writing map to me and have it approved. 3: Write your rough draft on a sheet of notebook paper using the information from your writing map. Elaborate your details. Add text evidence. Cite your sources (News. ELA articles-which one? ). � Step 4: Use the Writer’s Checklist on the back of your writing map to check your rough draft. Missing something? Add it to your next draft! � Step 5: Begin typing your final draft and make necessary edits. � All final drafts are due via Office 365 TODAY!

Language Arts – E. L. T. 01/24/20 Reading � Read your book silently for 20 minutes. � You’ll need to finish 3 books this 9 weeks. � Once you finish reading your book, write a book recommendation (see the front table for these) and take your picture with the book. � Your first book should be finished by next week!

Language Arts – E. L. T. 01/24/20 “Soccer Speaks Many Languages” – Due by Monday � Read annotate the text. � Answer all questions and use complete sentences to answer number five. � Once you finish, submit your work to the third period homework bin (located on my cart today). � Finished early? Read or catch up on your other work.

Language Arts – E. L. T. 01/24/20 CNN 10 – M/W/F CNN 10 � These completed sheets are due at the end of every third viewing. � �Example: If we watch on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it would be due that Friday. https: //www. cnn. com/cnn 10 � Add your new sheets to the next available page in your ELT notebook and put today’s date on it. � After the third viewing of CNN 10, leave your notebook open to the completed CNN 10 page and stack it on the workstation table near the computers to be graded. If you do not do this, it will not be graded. �

Language Arts – E. L. T. 01/24/20 Catch Up � Utilize this time to get caught up on any missing assignments from this class or your other classes. � All caught up? Read silently.

Language Arts – E. L. T. 01/28/20 Journaling – Every Tuesday �Choose a green journal. �Write at least one paragraph as your response. (One paragraph = 5 sentences. ) Yes, you must use complete sentences. �You will need to complete 9 journals this 9 weeks. �You should submit your first set of 3 journals to me today! Be sure your name is on your paper.