Book Reports!!!!!

REMINDER: CALLING ALL 6TH GRADERS

DON'T FORGET, YOUR DECEMBER BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY!!!

Writing Prompts for free-write

When you are done with your work in the computer lab OR if you are bored at home, try out these sites for fun writing topics and prompts!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm

http://www.gkbledsoe.com/articles/process/writing_prompt_generator.html

http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

SALT trip, fantastic behavior, and other things...

Hopefully you have all received the letters and permission forms for our 6th grade SALT trip.

First of all, please forgive me, students and families for writing the incorrect dates on SALT trip letters.

The official dates of our SALT trip are: Wednesday, February 23 - Friday, February 25.

And the parent permission forms are due...Tuesday, December 7, 2010.

Thank you for your grace in this!


Secondly, fantastic behavior and participation for last rotation:

Iron Kids
Bill
Charlie
Dhvani
Esther
Gud
John
Keshu
Mann
Mil
Nina
Paula
Su Jin
Yae Chan
Yiam

Tsunamis
Alycia
Drew
Anna
Gino
Jana
Jimmy
Min
Molly
Pack
Pow
Shyam
View
Yohan

Cobras
Inhye
Jean
Lila
Michelle
Oam
Poom
Trin

And the homeroom with the best behavior/participation last rotation...
The Tsunamis!!! Great work!

Reading excellence!!

Here are a list of 6th graders who earned 100% on their last reading comprehension/vocabulary quiz about the story, The Bracelet.

Alycia
Gino
Anna
Drew
Pran
Pann
Keshu
Jason
Daniel

Spectacular work!!

New Vocabulary and December Book Report Info!!

Here is the scoop on the December Book Report, due Monday, December 13th!

Follow this link to see the handout passed out to students this week:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1JRhibhFv5iZDc5ZTI4ZDItZTJhZi00YTI3LThlNDItYmQyZGZmNmMyZWVi&hl=en


This week's vocabulary does not correlate with our reading story, but it does have to do with what we're talking about in Language Arts -- character development in stories!

Voc. nov. 23

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The Latest! Vocab slides and behavior points!

Students and families, here are the slides about this week's story, The Bracelet. These slides include the story's historical context, and the four vocabulary words students should know and understand.

The bracelet vocab and context

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Also, here are the 6th graders who kept ALL their behavior/participation points last rotation!!

Iron Kids
Bill
Dhvani
John
Keshu
Mann
Mil
Nina
Paula

Tsunamis
Andrew
Jana
Jimmy
Yohan

Cobras
Bekah
Bright
Daniel
Inhye
Jason
Jean
Lila
Mew
Michelle
Poom
Sarah
Pun Pun

And as you can probably tell from the lists, congratulations to the Cobras, who earned 20 bonus points with the highest behavior/participation point average!

What are you saying?!

Here are the slides to help you remember the rules and ways of dialogue in our writing!! Enjoy!

Using dialogue!

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The scoop on reading logs...

Hi students and families, just wanted to announce that there will not be any more reading logs for 2nd quarter! Students should still be reading at home, and I plan to assign students a book report in the next week.

More info to come soon!

New vocabulary, Fantastic Behavior, and Superstar Students!!

Here is this week's vocabulary from our Elements of Literature story, The Bridegroom.

The bridegroom vocabulary

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And now, to honor some spectacular 6th graders! The following students earned all of their behavior/participation points from last rotation:

6T Tsunamis
Andrew
Gino
Jana
Jimmy
Min
Molly
Pack
Sarah C.
View
Yohan

6H Cobras
Bekah
Jean
Lila
Peter

6M Iron Kids
Bill
Charlie
Dhvani
Fay
Gud
Ji Woo
John
Keshu
Mann
Mil
Nina
Pann
Paula
Su Jin
Trevor
Chan

As is probably clear by the lists, congratulations to The Iron Kids who received 20 bonus points for the top behavior/participation points this week!

Last of all, I want to recognize students who received the highest scores on our recent quizzes. Congratulations Mil in 6M for getting 100% on the recent grammar quiz (plural nouns) and Paula from 6M for earning 100% on the recent reading/vocabulary quiz! Great work, ladies!

New vocabulary and other news...

Here is the vocabulary for the week, from our short story, All Summer in a Day.

All summer in a day vocab.

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Also, we have a couple book reviews up on the "Language Artists" page...our first samples of excellent 6th grade writing. Go check it out! Thanks to Jana and Keshu for letting me publish their work!

Plural nouns!!

We will probably have a plural nouns quiz in the next week or so. Here are the notes from class if you need to see them again:

Plural nouns power point

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And here are some great links to online explanations and games:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/nouns1.html

http://www.mcwdn.org/grammar/singpluralhome.html

Short Story Inspiration!

Hi all! If you're looking for some great inspiration/examples for short story writing, here is a website with a collection of short stories! They may not all be good, but it's a resource you can use!

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/childrenindex.html

Grammar Quiz this week!

Students, don't forget, we are going to have a grammar quiz on complements: subject complements and objects of verbs... THIS WEEK!!

Tsunamis: Thursday
Cobras and Iron Kids: Friday

Here are some sites that may help you study:

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/subject_complement.htm

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/grammar/BetaExer/predicatenouns.htm

http://www.classwithahclaxton.com/predicateadjective.htm

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/direct_objects/quiz546.html

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/indirect_objects/quiz548.html

Just Once Vocabulary

Here are the vocabulary slides for this week. Happy studying! Remember, the quiz is always on Day 1 (or Day 2 for the Cobras)...the first time I see you every rotation!

Just once vocabulary

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Vocbulary for Dragon, Dragon!

Here are the slides for this week's vocab. words. Enjoy!!

Vocab. dragon dragon

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October Reading Log

Students are receiving new reading logs this week, but if they forget or lose theirs, here's a link to print off a new one:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1qPmJmkNm1sUDFIuEROc23ly52NrnFGDB4pMk48mIXhY

Book Reviews!!

Book review slides

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Links to view!

Students, if you have free time in the computer lab (during LA) OR at home, check these links out!

Grammar practice:

http://www.englishmedialab.com/grammar_games.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

http://www.grammar-cat.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=1&ALEVEL=1

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/nvaap1mmm.htm


OR, if you'd rather read some great book reviews (and maybe write another for fun), see these sites:


http://library.thinkquest.org/4155/

http://flamingnet.com/

http://www.tempe.gov/youthlibrary/middleschool/msbkreviews.htm

http://middleschoolbookreviews.wordpress.com/

Persuasive Essays...Final drafts

Hi all!

As I've been reading students' persuasive essays (rough drafts), I've noticed some common mistakes...

Check out these slides and see if they're mistakes you've been making!

Persuasive essays common mistakes

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News from this week!

Hi everybody! Thanks for working so hard this week!


First order of business, many of you were wondering how team points are working out this month. Here are the current totals:

Cobras...346 points
Tsunamis...412 points
Iron Kids...415 points

Wow, it's a close one! Can't wait to see who wins the ice cream party!!

Here are some important slides from things we've learned recently, namely voice in writing and finding the subject in sentences.

La notes on voice and grammar sept.24

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If you want to learn more about using strong voice in your writing, check out these websites:

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/voice.htm

http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/writing/features/write4kids/original.voice.html


Have a great weekend; see you Monday!!
Miss Holly

Vocabulary from Project Mulberry, Ch. 13-14

This week we only have six vocabulary words. Here they are:

Vocabulary words proj. m 13-14

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Behavior/Participation!!

Here are the students who earned ALL of their behavior/participation points in class this last rotation (Sept. 14-20):

Iron Kids:
Bill
Dhvani
Esther
Fay
Gud
Mil
Nina
Paula
Trevor

Tsunamis:
Alycia
Andrew
Anna
Anvi
Jimmy
Lilly
Molly
Sarah
Tae
View
Yohan

Cobras
Daniel
Eric
Inhye
Jason
Jean
Lila
Lyon
Mew
Michelle
New
Sam
Sarah
Pun Pun
Trin

Aaaaand, the class with the highest average points is...

...
...
...

6H again! Well done, Cobras!

Persuasive Writing: Great Beginnings and Fantastic Finishers

Here are the slides for the "Great Beginnings" and "Fantastic Finishers" that we talked about this week, including my examples (in case you were absent OR if you needed to see them again). Make sure the start of your essays captures people's attention and makes them want to read more!! And make sure the ending leaves people wanting to make a change!

Remember that by Day 1, you should have an edited draft of your five paragraph essay ready for me to read over. I will help you make any other corrections before we make it into a final draft.

Please remember to...SKIP LINES!!!!

Great beginnings, fantastic finishers pp

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Linking Verbs

Wow, linking verbs are very confusing! I even had some trouble with them this week! Here is a GREAT website that explains when a verb is linking, and when it is action.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/linkingverb.htm

And check out this online quiz about linking verbs, if you need some extra practice.

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/linking_verbs/quiz522.html


Remember, action verbs tell what the subject does.
Linking verbs tell what a subject is or is like (is, were, will be, am, etc.). Linking verbs can always be replaced by a form of is (or they already are a form of is).

New vocabulary and some other things!

Hello fantastic 6th graders!! Here is some helpful info:

• If you enjoyed this week's listening comprehension story about Jesse Billauer, check out these websites about his story and the foundation he started:
  
  
  http://www.liferollson.org/site/pp.asp?c=egLLKTNJE&b=242310
  http://www.liferollson.org/site/pp.asp?c=egLLKTNJE&b=79342

• The winning homeroom this week for behavior points is...The Cobras!!!
  
  
  

And now for this week's vocabulary:

Project m vocab ch.11 12

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This week's vocabulary!

Vocabulary for the week of September 6th.
Project Mulberry, Chapters 9-10

Project mulberry vocab ch. 9 10

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Superb Behavior/Participation!!

The following students earned ALL of their behavior/participation points this week. Way to go!!

6T Tsunamis
Andrew
Alycia
Anna
Jimmy
Lilly
Pow
Shyam
Yohan

6M Iron Kids
Bill
Dhvani
Gud
Ji Woo
Mil
Nina
Paula
Pete
Su Jin

6H Cobras
Bekah
Eric
Jean
Sam
Michelle


And the homeroom with the best overall behavior/participation this week is...

The Iron Kids!!

Congrats on receiving 20 bonus points in this month's homeroom competition.

September Reading Log...if you lose yours!

Here is a link to the September Reading Log if at any time it is lost...


https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1qPmJmkNm1sUDFIuEROc23ly52NrnFGDB4pMk48mIXhY


Students will receive one copy in class next week.

Grammar Re-Test

Many students had trouble with our Parts of Speech grammar test this week. It is very important that students understand the parts of speech well, so that the new content in grammar does not get confusing.

Here are some online games/activities to helps students practice with adverbs vs. adjectives:

http://www.slidermath.com/literacy/Adverb.shtml

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/grammar/GammaExer/adjoradv.htm

This is a fantastic site with fun, online games for parts of speech review. Check out the other game options on the right side as well (under related activities)!

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Nouns.html

The grammar re-test will be this coming Monday (6T and 6M)/ Tuesday (6H)!

Happy studying!!

Persuasive Writing!?

This week, we started a unit on persuasive writing! Remember, persuasive writing is all about convincing or persuading people to think or do something.

Here is an example of a persuasive essay, written by a middle schooler:

http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/ws2k-summer.htm

More to come next week!

Project Mulberry Vocabulary, Ch. 7-8

Vocabulary words proj m 7-8

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No Missing Assignments!!

These 6th graders have turned in every Language Arts assignment so far this quarter! Way to go!!!

Iron Kids
Bill
Charlie
Dhvani
Esther
Fay
Gud
Ji Woo
John
Keshav
Mann
Mil
Nina
Pann
Paula
Pete
Su Jin
Trevor
Chan

6H Cobras
Bright
Daniel
Eric
Inhye
Jean
Lila
Lyon
New
Michelle
Mew
Oam
Peter
Sam
Pun Pun

6T Tsunamis
Andrew
Anna
Anvi
Art
Jana
Jimmy
Lilly
Min
Molly
Pack
Prairie
Pran
Sarah
Shyam
Tae
Tee
View
Yohan

Outstanding Behavior/Participation!

These 6th graders managed to keep all of their behavior/participation points this week.

Fantastic work!!

6T Tsunamis
Andrew
Anna
Gino
Jana
Jimmy
Molly
Sarah C.
Shyam
Tae
Yohan

6H Cobras
Daniel
Eric
Jason
Jean
Lila
Lyon
Michelle
New
Oam
Sam
Sarah

6M Iron Kids
Bill
Charlie
Dhvani
Esther
Fay
Gud
John
Keshav
Mann
Mil
Nina
Paula
Pete
Su Jin
Tin

Vocabulary for week of August 23rd!

These words are from the book we're reading, Project Mulberry, Chapters 4-6

Vocab proj m ch.4 6

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Parts of Speech Fun!

6th graders will be tested on all eight parts of speech next week. Students should know each part of speech and how to use them!

Here are some games to practice at home:

http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/speech.htm

Test dates:
Tsumanis and Iron Kids...Monday, August 30th
Cobras...Tuesday, August 31st

Outstanding 6th graders!!

Here is a list of 6th graders who had outstanding behavior this week! (These students did not lose any behavior/participation points in class this week!)

6T Tsunamis
Anna
Gino
Howard
Jana
Jimmy
Min
Molly
Pow
Tae
Yohan

6M Iron Kids
Charlie
Esther
Mann
Mil
Nina
Paula
Pete
Su Jin

6H Cobras
Bekah
Bright
Erix
Inhye
Jean
Lila
New
Oam
Sam
Sarah
Pun Pun
Michelle

Project Mulberry Vocabulary, Chapter 1-3

This slideshow is for the week of August 16th:

Project mulberry vocab ch.1 3

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Welcome new 6th graders!!

Hello ICS 6th graders!!

Welcome to Miss Holly's Language Arts blog! This site is for new information and sharing ideas/work. I will also be using Renweb's site, once it gets up and running.

Here is the list of books students may read for the Summer Reading Raffle (remember, this is optional!):

Charlie Bone (any in the series) by Jenny Nimmo
The Olympians (any in the series) by Rick Riordan ISBN # 0786838655
Dragon’s Breath by E.D. Baker 0439679524
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli 0679886370
Holes by Louis Sachar 0439244196
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater 0316058432
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 0439221889
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall 0375831436
A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff 0440238005
Sammy Keyes (any in series) by Wendelin Van Daraan 0679892648
Gregor and the Overlander (any in series) by Suzanne Collins 0439678137
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech 0064410323
A Single Shard by Park 0440418518
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck 0141303522
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville 0152052178
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 0763616052
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements 0689858027
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli 0440227798
Shakespeare’s Scribe by Gary Blackwood 0439372747
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff 0439577837
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath 0374422087
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 0439531659
Lion Boy by Zizou Corder 0439708621
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien 0689710682

The raffle will be held on August 31st!

Use this link to print your own copy of the book report:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1kcaYnrZ-KJgnQCfvFvhqdKhzyrIMd202lJvwIy3P6bE