Language Arts for April 14-April 20,2011/LaBarbera

Language Arts for April 14-20,2011/LaBarbera

1. -There is a quiz on Adjectives on Thursday, April 14. This quiz includes identifying adjectives, proper adjectives, possessive adjectives, and demonstrative adjectives, as well as articles. Study your practice sheets that you have completed .
2. The outline for the research paper is due Friday, April 15. Your outline is not the paper... It is a road map , a brief guide through the paper . Your outline is created using Webspiration or following the examples that have been provided. Your outline is NOT Roman numeral One, followed by 13 letters of the alphabet .
3. The final typed draft of the mystery is due Monday, April 18.
Attach the pink sheet/rubric to the final draft . All of the mysteries will be scored in a timely manner; they will be recorded in Power School .
4. We will be covering Adverbs next week. See chapter 16 of Grammar and Writing. Use your computer access.
5. The written draft of the research paper follows the completed outline. The final typed draft of the research paper is due April 25-27.

Up and Coming: The next genre(s) is Science Fiction and Fantasy.
We will be reading a variety of books for this unit.
---The third MAP test is scheduled for May 2 and 3 for grade 6.
---Students are assigned to read self selected novels for a minimum of 20 minutes per night through the last day of school.