Today in ELA 10/30

Iceman Murder Mystery

Today in ELA 10/29

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:
Share Details/Changes-
Turn and quietly share with neighbor
Chart Sensory Details/Anchor Words
Blackout Poetry Prezi
Imagery Connection

Homework:
Create black out poem

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/28

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:
Share Details/Changes-
Turn and quietly share with neighbor
Chart Sensory Details/Anchor Words
Blackout Poetry Prezi
Imagery Connection

Homework:
Create image in pencil 

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/27

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:

Share Details/Changes-
Turn and quietly share with neighbor

Chart Sensory Details

Narrative Prompt- (Skip Lines)
Weather can affect your life. Think about a time in your life when you have been affected by some kind of weather.  Tell about your experience so that other people can understand what it was like.

Narrative Tools


Homework:
Add sensory details to piece  

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/26

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Tool Box (Notes)
Writing Prompt (Choose One)
1. Think about the scariest moment of your life.  Describe what happened and why you were so scared.
2. Think back to a time when your fears prevented you from doing something you wanted to do. Describe if your fear helped or hurt you and why?

Homework:
Add Detail to Prompt

Today in ELA 10/23

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Biome Summary
Finish Typing Summary
 Outline
Letters
Typing Tutor

Resources:
Go to the Classroom

Homework:
Finish Summary if not completed in class

Today in ELA 10/22

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Biome Summary
Finish Note Cards
Begin Typing Summary
 Outline

Resources:
Go to the Classroom

Homework:
Type

Today in ELA 10/21

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Biome Summary
Finish Note Cards
Begin Typing Summary
 Outline

Resources:
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html
http://www.tundraanimals.net/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/

Homework:
Type Summary

Today in ELA 10/20

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Biome Summary
Set-Up Note Cards on EasyBib
Research Biome
Hand out Outline

Resources:
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html
http://www.tundraanimals.net/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/

Homework:
Work on Note Cards

Today in ELA 10/19

I Can...
~write an informative piece, which examines a topic.
~use facts, definitions, details and quotations to develop the topic. 

Writing Workshop
Biome Summary
Set-Up Note Cards on EasyBib
Research Biome
Hand out Outline

Resources:
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html
http://www.tundraanimals.net/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/

Homework:
Work on Note Cards

Today in ELA 10/15

I Can...
~write a real narrative with descriptive details and effective technique 
~organize a logical event sequence and incorporate thoughts and feelings
~use dialogue, descriptions, and pacing to develop events and characters

Writing Workshop

Story Mountain
Review Parts of a Story
Notes in MePad

Thank You Mr. Falker- Patricia Palocco
Read Aloud & Complete Events in Story Mountain

Exit Ticket
Describe 2 out of the 5 parts of a story

Homework:

Fill out the problem

Today in ELA 10/8

I Can...

~Write a real, or imagined, narrative with descriptive details and effective technique.


Writing Workshop Activities:
Word Study

Narrative Challenge- 
Object Narrative- Writer's Choice

Rubric

Conference and Type

Writing Reminders
*Stay in First Person POV
*Be descriptive
*Make it tricky!
*Don't share your object...Shhh
*Use a lead from your notes

Homework:
Type object narrative in iLab. (Due Tomorrow)

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/7

I Can...

~Write a real, or imagined, narrative with descriptive details and effective technique.


Writing Workshop Activities:
Word Study

Narrative Challenge- 
Object Narrative- Writer's Choice

Rubric

Write Piece and Conference

Writing Reminders
*Stay in First Person POV
*Be descriptive
*Make it tricky!
*Don't share your object...Shhh
*Use a lead from your notes

Homework:
Type object narrative in iLab

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/6

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:

Narrative Challenge- 
Object Narrative- Writer's Choice

Rubric

Write Piece and Conference

Writing Reminders
*Stay in First Person POV
*Be descriptive
*Make it tricky!
*Don't share your object...Shhh
*Use a lead from your notes

Homework:
Word Study Words Due Wednesday
Continental- a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent
Arctic- very cold regions around the North Pole
Tropical- very hot and humid regions near the equator

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/5

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:
Graphic Organizer- 4 Square

Narrative Challenge- 
Object Narrative- Writer's Choice
* Get Object Approved 

Writing Reminders
*Stay in First Person POV
*Be descriptive
*Make it tricky!
*Don't share your object...Shhh
*Use a lead from your notes

Homework:
Word Study Words Due Wednesday
Continental- a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent
Arctic- very cold regions around the North Pole
Tropical- very hot and humid regions near the equator

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/2

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:
Word Study- Highlands & Temperate
Leads

Narrative Challenge- 
Object Narrative

Writing Reminders
*Stay in First Person POV
*Be descriptive
*Make it tricky!
*Don't share your object...Shhh
*Use a lead from your notes

Homework:
Finish typing graded narrative or work on typing tutor in iLab
Have a Great Weekend!  Keep track of those memories!

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6

Today in ELA 10/1

Learning Goals:

~Write your best personal narrative, or personal story, using memory of a person or place.
~Study the strategies for generating personal narratives.
~Write a variety of exciting leads for narratives. 

Writing Workshop Activities:
Word Study- Highlands & Temperate
Leads

Narrative Challenge- 
Respond to the following prompt:  "I was so mortified, I wanted to crawl in a hole!"  (Write a short narrative where this is your first sentence.)

Writing Reminders
*Write a beginning for your story.
*Use details to help readers picture your story.
*Concentrate on a small moment.
*Insert dialogue appropriately.
*Write an ending for your story. 

Homework:
Finish typing graded narrative or work on typing tutor in iLab

Aligned CCS Standards: W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.10, RL.6.3, RL. 6.6, SL.6.1, SL.6.6, L.6.1, L.6.2, L.6.3. L.6.6