Monday 8-13 First reading due

Silver quiz on “Water”,  a personal narrative by Helen Keller on 8-13 Silver quiz on ” The Market Square Dog” 8-17 Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary 8-21 All students were given a Unit 1 handout Academic Vocabulary   Gold Test __8/21_______ Narrative, Personal narrative, Autobiography, Memoir diary First person point of view Fiction Non-Fiction Writing Process Homonymns: […]

Our “Marketing My Book” project rubric has been posted in Google Classroom. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ez-oj9rIOttUkiAKeWCfHhndecqtu7W7tPh5NlS0Bs4/edit Name                                      per. My grade   Item                                        […]

Week beginning 3/16

Practices, games and Fortnite took a chunk out of several student’s grades the third 9 week period.  I was careful to give only reading assignments that would take 20 minutes or less per night to read. The remaining reading check date is 3-20 for May and June. We will have a gold test on March […]

Gold test 3/7

Gold test on 3/7: novel: definition and characteristics drama: definition and characteristics I have given students a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts novels and dramas.  If they have lost their copy they will be able to get a new one on Monday. This will be the best review for that portion of the test […]

Analysis of September and October (WW)

I am enjoying listening to the comments about our new book and its characters.  The WASAPS (wonders, sparks, and predictions) were especially entertaining and inciteful. Wednesday Wars On Monday we will continue to analyze “September” and on Thursday we will take a reading vocabulary quiz on  “September”‘s  and “October”‘s vocabulary and a reading check quiz on […]

6th grade drama over—well literature drama week of 10/25

All students should have their personal copy of The Wednesday Wars.  I have 4 remaining that I purchased and can resell to students.  Students must have their novel, journal, and grammar workbook with them each class period. Grammar workbook assignment due Tuesday: Ex. 1 on pages 101, 103, 105 Novel independent reading assignment: “September”  We will also […]

New edition week of 1/12

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zpFT6r3DgsATOwaQhb6CGhYXJMi7Q9C9IG-Tq8RjK9w/edit Normally we listen to “Ballad of Birmingham” and read “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” In observance of The MLK holiday. I am disappointed we will not be able to do so this week but we will have this lesson in May.  If you have never visited the Civil Rights Museum web site, I urge […]

Historical fiction one page report (Silver Independent reading grade)

Due typed Google Docs using Shelbyed.org Dec. 5 Typing may be done in class Dec. 4 if necessary Name_______________________Period___________ Grade______________ Title Of Book: Author: In one sentence, this book is about: 4 main characters including protagonist and antagonist: Name and description  of each using 6 single words ( adjectives, character traits) and 5 prepositional phrases […]

Week of 11/3 and Highest class average results first nine weeks

Congratulations to my 3rd  period class for having the highest class average for the first nine weeks. They had an average of 91.35.  Other averages were: 89.17, 88.99, 87.97 and 85.84 I cannot post the highest overall average.  There are 6 students with an average over 100. Seventy-one students had an “A” average.   Next […]