Language Arts for Feb. 7-Feb. 14, 2011/LaBarbera

Language Arts for Feb. 7-14, 2011/LaBarbera/6-1

Homework review:
a) Submit the completed cereal ad or new product ad final draft on Mon. Feb. 7.
b) Submit the 5 paragraph extended reading response due Monday, Feb. 7. The prompt for the remaining responses are posted in the Jan. 24-31. blog posting.
( Review: Feb. 7---If the main character received a financial windfall, how would that impact the character and the outcome of the story? Refer to your reading rubric so that you include what the author stated , what the author meant, and your own connection to the experience. )
c) Due Feb. 14--Five paragraph reading response: Describe at least 3 changes that occur in the story. What were the effects of these changes? Were there changes in the main character? Were there changes in the obstacles to the problems? Describe the effects of the problems fully . Include your connection to the story.
d) Vocabulary---Study the vocabulary /definitions for the test on Feb. 16. We will continue reading the Poetry Collections in the Literature text.
Note: Students have a username and password into pearsonsuccess.net This information should be in your child's assignment planner. We wrote them in there quite awhile ago.
Most usernames is the child's full name in lower case letters and the password is la (followed by the last 4 digits of your child's ID number)
e.) Students will be reading mysteries in class. Preliminary activities will include an introduction to mystery vocabulary .

Additional assignments will be posted here.
With two snow days...... there are reading projects that need to be presented by the students and the persuasive compositions are being graded by the teacher.

Up and coming:
Introduction to expository writing.
Mysteries
Grammar
Technology integrated in the research project.
Vocabulary for the research project: note taking, opinion, paraphrase, bias, quotation, documentation, plagiarism, online database, search engine, primary source, thesis statement.
( We will have guidance for this project by our teacher-librarian , Ms.Nelson. between March 14-April 5. The students will work on this project over a period of 6 weeks. Assignments will be completed at home and at school.) More information to follow.