Language Arts for 6-1/LaBarbera/March 3-March 10,2010

Language Arts for 6-1/LaBarbera/March 3-March 10, 2010

1. All students must complete their note cards this week. The cards should be shuffled into categories and details. As soon as the cards are organized by Category and Detail, the student is ready to create the outline for the paper.
Options: a)Use http://www.mywebspiration.com/
This site helps students create their outline for the research paper. Click on Outline, rather than Diagram.
b.) Use Research Basics, Page 16-----Format the outline so that there is a title, an introduction, a body which will have categories in line with the 5 questions that were to be answered in the paper.

2. March 8-12----Students will be writing the research paper in the spiral designated for the project. Please encourage your child to do the work. Checking for grammar, spelling, punctuation, or capitalization errors is acceptable. Avoid embellishing your child's written draft to "flawless perfection."
3. The written draft of the research paper must be completed no later than March 15.
Students may peer edit first typed drafts.
4. The teacher will accept and grade ALL of the final typed drafts on March 18 and no later than March 22. The paper is encased in a clear plastic folder... with a title page , the outline, the paper, the Works Consulted page, and blank page..... typed in a 12 or 14 pt. font that is NOT handwriting.

We will resume our Language Network and pilot Literature text program during the week of March 8-12. It will be important that students recognize the writing of the paper should be 90% completed by Monday, March 15.