6th Grade English
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August 14-18 Map Testing Starts this Week Wed. and Thurs.
Monday Objective: Students will learn the class rules and expectations for this school year.
LWD- Students will take a tour around the school and practice expected behaviors.
Tuesday Objective: Students will set up their work folders.
LWD- Students will choose a color, design, and learn where and how folders are placed at the end of the class period.
Wednesday Objective: Students will review parts of speech.
LWD- Students will write examples of the different parts of speech and the different types of sentences. Students will play
a game involving the different types of sentences.
Friday Objective: Students will review singular, plural, Proper, and possessive nouns.
LWD- Students will play an identification game.
August 21-25 Map Testing Continues this week for Language
Monday Objective: Students will identify the verbs in a sentence.
LWD- Students will write sentences and identify nouns and verbs.
Tuesday Objective: Students will identify and write present, past, and future verbs.
LWD- Students will write present, past, and future tense verbs in sentences.
Wednesday Objective: Students will take their Language MAP test.
Friday Objective: Students will identify helping verbs in a sentence.
LWD- Students will use their chrome books to find a list of helping verbs.
August 28-Sept.1
Monday Objective: Students will learn about linking verbs.
LWD- Students will write and identify helping and linking verbs in sentences.
Questions- What is the difference between a helping and a linking verb?
Tuesday Objective: Students will show what they know about nouns and verbs.
LWD- Students will complete a review quiz.
Wednesday Objective: Students will learn about adjectives and adverbs.
LWD- Students will write and identify adjectives and adverbs.
Question How can you remember that adjectives describe objects and adverbs describe verbs?
Friday Objectives: Students will learn to write and identify 4 types of sentences.
LWD- Students will complete an activity that practices identifying types of sentences.
September 5-8 There is no school on Monday.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write sentences using the 8 categories of adjectives.
LWD- Students will practice writing longer sentences with adjectives.
Wednesday Objective: Students will learn what an adverb is and how it is used.
LWD- Students will write sentences with appropriate adverbs.
Friday Objective: Students will write longer sentences while identifying the nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
LWD- Students will participate in a writing game.
September 11-15
Monday Objective: Students will identify and write conjunctions.
LWD- Students will watch a short video and write sentences on white boards.
Tuesday Objectives: Students will identify and write pronouns.
LWD- Students will watch a short video and practice writing sentences with pronouns.
Wednesday Objectives: Students will review conjunctions and pronouns.
LWD- Students will complete an activity page.
Thursday Objective: Students will identify and write interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, and declarative sentences.
LWD- Students will write peer sentences on whiteboards. Students will play a game with types of sentences.
September 18-22
Monday Objective: Students will review conjunctions and learn about the 4 types of sentences.
LWD- Students will complete a writing activity.
Tuesday Objectives: Students will practice writing and identifying the different types of sentences.
LWD- Student s will complete a challenge activity with peers.
Wednesday Objective: Students will write a 7 sentence perfect paragraph.
LWD - Students will write a 7 sentence paragraph with no errors.
Friday Objective: Students will tell me at least 10 different facts about a sentence.
September 26-29 There is no school for students on Monday
Tuesday Objective: Students will identify and write independent and dependent clauses.
LWD- Students will watch a short video, take notes, and play a writing white board game.
Wednesday Objective: Students will identify and write simple, compound, and complex sentences.
LWD- Students will write sentences that peers will identify. Students will practice writing sentences on their white boards.
Friday Objective: Students will show their understanding of types of sentences.
LWD- Students will complete a review worksheet.
October 2-6
Monday Objective: Students will write a "hamburger" paragraph that includes at least 10 sentences.
LWD- Students will write a 10 sentence perfect paragraph.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write another hamburger paragraph that includes at least 10 sentences.
LWD- Students will write another hamburger paragraph with a peer that makes sense.
Wednesday Objective: Students will learn how to set up a multi-paragraph paper.
LWD- Students will take notes and set up a five paragraph paper. Students will write the beginning and end.
Friday Objective: Students will complete the Moby Max pretest for English.
October 9-13 (Wed., Oct. 11th, is a late start day.)
Monday Objective: Students will complete the second part of the Moby Max prestest for Language.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write a hamburger paragraph time order paragraph.
LWD- Students will choose a topic to write a time order paragraph on that shows the steps in order.
Wednesday Objective: Students will complete their time order paragraph.
LWD- Students will work on their time order paragraphs from Tuesday.
Thursday Objective: Students will be writing two paragraphs about a favorite cereal or morning food.
LWD- Students will set up their outline and write the rough draft of their two paragraphs.
October 17-20 October 16th is a Teacher Conference Day
Tuesday Objective: Students will make corrections to their how-to paragraphs to complete their final draft.
LWD- Students will make needed corrections to their paragraphs.
Wednesday Objective: Students will write a descriptive paragraph.
LWD- Students will work on an identification activity using their descriptive paragraphs.
Friday Objective: Students will complete the identification activity using their descriptive paragraphs.
LWD- Students will identify an object based on a peer's descriptive paragraph.
October 30-Nov.3
Monday Objective: Students will practice good writing skills.
LWD- Students will complete their letters to Veterans.
Tuesday Objective: Students will identify an example of a legend.
LWD- Students will watch Disney's "Sleepy Hollow" and identify beliefs of people years ago.
Wednesday Objective: Students will write a descriptive paragraph.
LWD- Students will describe a sucker without the wrapper by writing a descriptive paragraph.
Friday Objective: Students will learn about different types of figurative language.
LWD- Students will complete a writing challenge using similes, metaphors, and personification examples.
November 6-9 (Students have no school Friday, Nov. 10.)
Monday Objective: Students will learn the difference between a hyperbole and an idiom.
LWD- Students will identify and write examples of hyperboles and idioms.
Tuesday Objective: Students will identify and write examples of alliteration.
LWD- Students will identify and write examples of alliteration by playing an alliteration game.
Wednesday Objective: Students will show their understanding of the different types of figurative language they have learned.
LWD- Students will work in groups to complete a figurative language poster.
November 13-17
Monday Objective: Students will review what makes up a personal narrative. Students will read a personal narrative.
LWD- Students will read as a class the personal narrative "The Circuit", and participate in a class discussion.
Tuesday Objective: Students will reread "The Circuit" and show their understanding.
LWD- Students will questions on key ideas and details, and figurative language using the text examples.
Wednesday Objective: Students will choose a personal narrative experience to write about.
LWD- Students will choose an experience and check it against the requirement list it should fill to help them write a good narrative.
Friday Objective: Students will write an outline and the first paragraph outline of a personal narrative.
LWD- Students will chose a topic and write a rough draft of the first paragraph which we will set up as a class.
November 20-21 (There is no school Wed., Thurs., or Friday)
Monday Objective: Students will write the second paragraph outline of their personal narrative.
LWD- Students will follow their outline to write their third paragraph.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write the third paragraph rough draft of their outline of their personal narrative.
LWD- Students will complete their personal narrative rough draft.
November 27-Dec.1
Monday Objective: Students will read and discuss a personal narrative written by a known author.
LWD- Students will complete a writing activity in the Springboard book
Tuesday Objective: Students will choose a topic and create an outline for their papers.
LWD- Students will complete an outline for thier narratives.
Wednesday Objective: Students will practice their writing skills.
LWD- Students will choose a topic and write an introducaiton for their paper.
Friday Objective: Students will follow directions to complete their first three paragraphs of their personal narrative
LWD- Students will write their first three paragraphs after their introducaiton.
December 4-8
Monday Objective: Students will write the last two paragraphs of their personal narrative.
LWD- Students will use their outlines to complete the last two paragraphs of their narratives.
Tuesday Objective: Students will reread their personal narratives and make corrections.
LWD- Students will add/delete/ and make changes to their personal narrative rough draft.
Wednesday Objective: Students will add a title to their personal narrative.
LWD- Students will complete and submit their final personal narrative.
Thursday Objective: Students will distinguish between homophones and homographs.
LWD- Students will take notes and play a game using homophones and homographs
December 11-15 Wednesday is a late start day!
Monday Objective: Students will review story elements.
LWD- Students will listen to a short story and fill in a story elements worksheet.
Tuesday Objective: Students will work with a group of 3 to identify story elements of a book they read together.
LWD- Students will complete a story plot map with their group.
Wednesday Obj: Students will show what they know about story plots.
LWD- Students will complete a quiz.
Thursday Objective: Students will practice using their knowledge of story plots.
LWD- students will listen to an oral story and identify story elements
December 18-22
Monday Objective: Students will show their knowledge of story elements.
LWD- Students will listen to a story read orally and identify the story elements.
Tuesday Objective: Students will show their knowledge of story elements.
LWD- Students will listen to the end of a story read orally and identify the story elements.
Wednesday/Thursday Objective: Students will show their knowledge of genres and story elements.
LWD- Students will complete a quiz.
Friday Objective: Students will participate in various activites throughout the 6th grade.
LWD- Students will rotate to the various chosen activities that they chose on Monday.
January 9-12 (There is no school on Monday.)
Tuesday Objective: Students will review genres and figurative language.
LWD- Students will complete a review sheet.
Wed. Objective: Students will learn about different types of pronouns.
LWD- Students will identify and write subject and object pronouns.
Friday Objective: Students will learn about intensive and reflexive pronouns.
LWD- Students will identify and write intensive, reflexive, subject and object pronouns.
January 16-19 (There is no school on Monday.)
Tuesday Objective: Students will review subject/object pronouns and possessive adjectives/pronouns.
LWD- Students will complete a review matching game.
Wed. Objective: Students will write a paragraph following given guidelines.
LWD- Students will write an outline for their paragraph.
Thursday Objective: Students will complete a perfect paragraph.
LWD- Students will use their outline from Wed. to write a perfect paragraph
January 22-26
Monday Objective: Students will analyze a narrative citing figurative language examples.
LWD- Students will work on a Springboard book assignment.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write examples of descriptive language.
LWD- Students will complete pages 34 and 35 in their Spring board book
Wednesday Objective: Students will begin writing their own narratives.
LWD- Students will complete a thinking map in their Spring board book.
Friday Objective: Students will continue to work on their outline for their narrative.
LWD- Students will complete their outline in their Springboard book.
January 29-Feb.2
Monday Objective: Students will write the opening and closing of their personal narrative.
LWD- Students will work on their narratives.
Tuesday Objective: Students will continue writing their rough draft.
LWD- Students will write the middle parts of their narrative.
Wednesday Objective: Students will type out their personal narratives.
LWD- Students will type and add to their personal narrative.
Friday Objective: Students will read their groups' narratives and give feedback.
LWD- Students will take turns reading their personal narratives to their group peers
February 5-9
Monday Objective: Students will practice identifying the parts of a story.
LWD- Students will complete a story map on a story that is read to them.
Tuesday Objective: Students will identify story elements.
LWD- Students will read a story and identify the story elements.
Wednesday Objective: Students will work in groups to present a story and elements to peers.
LWD- Students will work on their story presentations.
Friday Objective: Students will work on their presentations with peers.
LWD- Students will complete the work on their presentations.
February 12-16 (Late start Wed.)
Monday Obj. Students will organize their thoughts about their persuasive essay topic.
LWD- Students will write an outline for their persuasive essay.
Tuesday Objective: Students will write the introduction and ending of their persuasive essay.
LWD- Students will use their idea sheet to write their intro and ending paragraphs.
Wed. Objective: Students will write the first paragraph of their persuasive essay.
LWD- Students will use their outlines to help them write their first paragraphs.
Thursday Objective: Students will write the last and second paragraphs of their essays.
LWD- Students will use their outlines to help them write the paragraphs.
February 26-March 2
Monday Obj. Students will work on writing quotation marks correctly.
LWD- Students will watch a short video and play a game using quotation marks.
Tuesday Obj. Students will practice writing sentences with quotes in them.
LWD- Students will complete a quotation writing activity.
Wednesday Obj. Students will show what they know about writing using quotation marks.
LW D- Students will complete an activity and a quiz using quotation marks.
Friday Obj. Students will practice the grammar skills they have learned.
LWD- Students will complete a group challenge called, "Fix the Paragraph".
March 5-9 (There is no school Monday due to a Professional Development day.)
Tuesday Obj. Students will practice grammar skills they have learned.
LWD. Students will complete a partner challenge called, "Fix the Paragraph."
Wednesday Obj. Students will be introduced to the novel they will be reading.
LWD- Students will go over the rubric and complete an assignment.
Friday Obj. Students will begin their information story element sheets.
LWD- Students will read and fill in their story element sheets and questions.
March 12-16 (Wednesday is a late start day.)
Monday Obj. Students will identify types of sentences and parts of speech as they read This Side of Wild.
LWD- Students will fill in their reading journal pages as they read as a group.
Tuesday Obj. Students will show their understanding of the class novel.
LWD- Students will participate in a group discussion and answer 3 questions.
Wednesday Obj. Students will visualize a scene from the novel This Side of Wild.
LWAD- Students will draw what they think a scene from the book looked like.
Thursday Obj. Students will show their understanding of the class novel.
LAWD- Students will complete a game of scene charades using scenes from the book.
March 19-23 (PWL Carnival Friday 6:00 - 8:00)
Tuesday Obj. Students will work on types of sentences, parts of speech, and figurative language recognition.
LWD- Students will read pages in the class novel and fill in pages in their journals.
Wednesday Obj- Students will citing examples from the text.
LWD- Students will complete an activity page to practice citing examples from the text.
Friday Obj.- Students will show their understanding of This Side of Wild.
LWD- Students will complete a quiz.
March 26-30
Mon. Obj. Students will practice using correct punctuation, grammar, and figurative language in their writing
LWD-Students will write the beginning and ending of an expository essay.
Tuesday Obj. Students will set up the three middle paragraphs of their essay.
LWD- Students will write their 3 main differences and supportive details
Wednesday Obj. Students will begin to type their expository rough drafts.
LWD- Students will type their rough drafts for their personal essays.
Friday Obj. Students will edit their essays.
LWD- Students will proofread their essays and highlight anything they want to change or add.
April 2-6
Monday Obj. Students will review topics, subtopics, and details.
LWD- Students will complete an activity identifying topics, subtopics, and details.
Tuesday Obj. Students will write a letter correctly.
LWD- Students will write a letter to the kitchen staff and janitorial staff.
Wednesday Obj. Students will review types of sentences, parts of speech, and subjects and predicates.
LWD- Students will complete a group activity.
Thursday Obj. Students will complete the SBAC Language Arts test on their chrome books
April 9-13 (Wednesday is a Late Start Day)
Monday Obj. Students will be completing the SBAC Reading and Literature test.
Tuesday Obj. Students will be completing the SBAC Reading and Literature test.
Wednesday Obj. Students will read and discuss pages in This Side of Wild.
LWD- Students will listen to a part of the story read orally and discuss events.
Thursday Obj. Students will fill out their lab sheets for the exterior frog dissection.
Friday Obj. Students will fill out their lab sheets for the interior frog dissection.
April 23-27
Monday Obj. Students will set up their journal for the novel Freak the Mighty.
LWD- Students will be given the materials and information to make their journals.
Thursday Obj. Students will read the first few pages of Freak the Mighty to understand how to use the journal
LWD- Students will fill in their journal while reading the first few pages.
Wednesday Obj. Students will review and improve on grammar skills.
LWD. Students will use their chrome books to complete Moby Max Language lessons.
Friday Obj. Students will practice using their comprehension skills.
LWD- Students read and discuss pgs. in Freak the Mighty and complete a comprehension quiz.
April 30-May 4
Monday Obj. Students will read chapter 1 and 2 and have a discussion about self esteem.
LWD- Students will orally read the 1st and 2nd chapter and complete a sequence activity.
Tuesday Obj. Students will read chapter 3 silently. They will discuss the big change that occurs.
LWD- Students will discuss with a peer the main even of chapter 3 and what it means.
Wednesday Obj. Students will practice grammar skills, punctuation, and writing skills.
LWD- Students will write a perfect descriptive paragraph.
Thursday Obj. Students will read chapters 3 and 4 in Freak the Mighty.
LWD- Students will discuss first impressions and complete a quiz.
May 7-11 Wednesday is a late start day!
Monday Obj. Minden Airport fieldtrip for 1st period English. 3rd period English will be taking their
SBAC Math test.
Tuesday Obj. Students will read and discuss chapters 9 and 10 in Freak the Mighty.
LWD- Students will answer comprehension questions in complete sentences.
Wednesday Obj. Students will read chapter 11 in Freak the Might.
LWD- Students will identify character traits and fill in their character page.
Thursday Obj. Minden Airport fieldtrip for 3rd period English. 1st period will be taking their SBAC
Math test.
Friday Obj. Students will read chapters 12 and 13 in their class novel.
LWD- Students will complete circle maps about the 2 chapters.
May 14-18
Monday Obj. Students will read chapters 11 and 12 in Freak the Mighty.
LWD- Students will identify stereotyping and the consequences that can occur.
Tues.-Wed. Obj. The students will be completing the DCSD Family Life curriculum.
Thursday Obj. Students will read chapters 13 and 14 in Freak the Mighty.
LWD- The students will identify foreshadowing and complete an activity page.
Friday Obj. Students will read chapters 15 and 16 in Freak the Mighty.
LWD- Students will discuss the phrase, "There are a lot of nice people in the world, but
not everyone is a nice person."
May 21-25
Monday Obj. Students will identify examples of figurative language as they read.
LWD- Students will read and discuss Freak the Mighty chapters 16 and 17.
Tuesday Obj. Students will practice writing dialogue for a character in the book.
LWD- Students will read chapters 18 and 19 together and write dialogue for what they
think Max would like to say to his dad.
Wednesday Obj. Students will write a prediction for chapters 20-21 based on the title of the chapter.
LWD- Students will read and discuss chapters 20-21.
Thursday Obj. Students will answer comprehension questions on chapters 22 and23.
LWD- Students will read chapters 22 and 23 and complete an activity sheet.
May 29-June 1
Tuesday-Wednesday Obj. Students will work on their rough draft of their final essay.
LWD- Students will use their outlines to write their rough drafts.
Thursday- Students will start to type their final drafts.
June 4th-8
Monday Obj. Students will type their final drafts of their final essays.
Tuesday Obj. Students will type their final drafts of their final essays.
Wednesday Obj. Students will clean out their folders and take the papers home.
Friday Obj. Students will show their knowledge of this years concepts.
LWD- Students will play jeopardy.
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