Pierce's Poetry and Prose

Fiction book report

ELA6RC1 When visiting the media center on October 25, students chose a fiction novel.  After reading the novel, they will be completing a compare/contrast visual organizer during the week of November 12.  Students will also be preparing a formal paper where they pretend one of the characters from their novel is visiting them for a dinner at the student's home.  Students will be writing this paper using sensory details and vivid verbs to describe what this dinner would be like.  This paper will be due on November 14, and it should be in ink or typed.

Myths, folktales, and fairy tales

ELA6R1.i and j standards are about mythology from different cultures.  Students will be studying a whole range of myths, folktales and fairy tales;  they will even pick from a large number of books which stories they want to study further.  Students will need to identify characters, plot, and theme from their chosen tales.  We will be discussing storytellers and methods of storytelling. Students in AC classes will be presenting oral stories using changes in voice and body movement on November 12.  The standards for this activity are ELA6LS2.a, ELA6SV2.b, and ELA6LSV2.c.