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September 25, 2007

Narratives--reading and writing

ELA6R1 Students have begun reading some narratives in our literature book and working with plots, characters and settings.

ELA6W2  Students will use these examples to begin writing an autobiographical narrative.  With all steps in the writing process, students will be using the general topic of "Celebrations" to prewrite and compose a narrative piece with an emphasis on creating plot, characterization, and setting in their writing.  A packet of information for the students will include a proofreading checklist, a narrative writing assessment, a plot diagram, a sensory details chart, transition words, and a rubric.  The writing will be mostly completed in class with a peer editing session.  The final piece will be finished at home either in ink or typed with proofreading a must.

September 13, 2007

Nonfiction book report

Students are reading a nonfiction book from our media center and preparing an oral presentation that will be due on October 1, 2007.  They have several options for the oral presentation and should prepare note cards, practice presentation, and perhaps create a visual for their presentation.  More information is available in the download.Download nonfiction_book_reportoral_presentation2.doc

Parts of speech

Students have been reviewing the parts of speech in the ELA6C1.a standard.  We will continue working with the parts of speech and soon will be working on sentence diagrams.  The diagrams will help students with more difficult concepts; identifying predicate adjectives and predicate nominatives as well as compound and complex sentences will be our goal.

McCleskey Middle

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