Have a great Summer!
Have a wonderful Summer! I have enjoyed teaching every one of you this year! Good luck in 7th grade and come visit often!
ACLA Week of 5/18/2009
Can you believe we have made it to the last week of school??? I can't! It seems like just yesterday we were composing our personal narratives and creating our mystery boxes. Here is what we have in store for the week:
Monday/Tuesday:
1. Free-Write
2. Fractured Novels
3. Rising 6th Grade Picture Books
Wednesday:
Olympics
Thursday/Friday:
6th Grade Collaborative Plans
I have truly enjoyed every minute of this year! I hope each one of you realizes what wonderful students you are! Keep writing and reading over the Summer Break and always keep that desire to LEARN!!!
ACSS Week of 5/18/2009
WOW!!! I can't believe it is the last week of school! I have really enjoyed teaching all of you this year, and I hope you have learned more about the wonderful world we live in through Social Studies :)
Monday:
1. Learning Log
2. Socratic Seminar: Immigration
Wednesday:
Olympics
Thursday:
6th Grade Collaborative Plans
Enjoy your Summer break and remember to KEEP READING!!!
ACLA Week of 5/11/2009
I am having so much fun seeing how creative you all are throughout this Fractured Novel/Play unit!!!
Congrats to 4th period!!! They completed the daunting task of reading an average of 50 books each!!! We will have our reading celebration for 4th period on Friday the 15th!
Monday/Tuesday:
1. Free-Write Warm Up
2. Fractured Novels/Play
**Presentations will begin today!**
Wednesday
1. Free-Write Warm Up
2. Fractured Novels and Plays
Thursday/Friday:
1. Free-Write Warm Up
2. Fractured Novels and Plays
***Anchor Activity for the Week: Rising 6th Grade Picture Books***
ACSS Week of 5/11/2009
I thought this picture was pretty interesting because it really shows how tough the terrain is on the Arizona/Mexico border.
Monday:
1. Learning Log
2. Crossing the Wire
Wednesday:
1. Learning Log
2. Finish Crossing the Wire
Thursday:
1. Learning Log
2. Preparation for Socratic Seminar
***Discussion Questions and Comic Strips Due by the end of the week***
ACLA Week of 5/4
Wow...we are off to a great start with our Fractured Novels and Plays! I am so excited to see what twists you take with these group writing projects!!!
Monday/Tuesday:
***Book Fair***
1. Free Write Warm Up
2. Fractured Novels and Plays
Wednesday:
1. Free Write Warm Up
2. Fractured Novels and Plays
Thursday/Friday:
1. Free Write Warm Up
2. Watch the Phantom Tollbooth for inspiration for our Fractured Novels and Plays!!!
ACSS Week of 5/4
We are off to a great start with our novel study! Remember, you need to be thinking of your questions for our Socratic Seminar over Immigration Issues in America! This is NOT a debate...
Monday:
1. Lerning Log
2. Reading of Crossing the Wire
Wednesday:
1. Learning Log
2. Reading of Crossing the Wire
Thursday:
1. Learning Log
2. Crossing the Wire
3. Preparation for Socratic Seminar
Download the Discussion Questions for the novel here: Download Crossing the WireDiscussion Questions
Notebook Busters
We will meet for our FINAL Notebook Busters of the year on Tuesday the 5th! Come and get organized for the rest of the year :)
Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project Summer Camp
The Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project Camp is an awesome academic opportunity for those long summer days!!! Don't waste away in front of the TV...WRITE :) You can review the brochure here...Download Ywc-flyer-09-schools-1
ACLA Week of 4/27/2009
We have a lot of fun activities planned, so we all need to stay on task to get to everything!
Monday/Tuesday:
1. Freewrite Warm Up
2. Fractured Fairy Tales (everyone should have a working rough draft by the end of the class)
Wednesday:
1. Writing Fiction Warm Up
2. Fractured Fairy Tales
3. Group Writing Assignment: Fractured Novels
Thursday/Friday:
1. Writing Fiction Warm Up
2. Group Writing Assignment: Fractured Novels
