HMS B. Herbert 6th ELA S.C.O.R.E. bherbert@shelbyed.org

Our exam will consist of a test on our book The Wednesday Wars. Students have a study guide we will work on in class but they are certainly welcome to review at home.

As a parent, grandparent, and teacher, I have found the following web site very helpful. It offers helpful tips by grade level.

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Students have been given their first 7th grade ELA assignments which involve reading 2 books over the Summer. Written assignments are due on August 13 and the tests are on August 14. This is a mandatory assignment and will be the first assignments for ELA 7th grade. This will make the first impressions for your 7th-grade students.

It is crucial that middle school students read prose, at grade level or higher, for at least 20 sustained minutes, using great concentration, every night.

I also recommend a good vocabulary series to bump vocabularies. A good series will have 3-5 exercises and essays using the words.

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For Tuesday , April 23: The questions for “November” and notes for “November” should be completed into your journal. We will have a quiz through Classroom on the first 3 months of Wednesday Wars in class, on Tuesday. We are working on our Argument Packet. Students should complete the Internet Research pages and the pre-writing […]

Homework for the remainder of the year will consist of what we have not accomplished of the planned work in class. By 4/18 Read and answer questions for  “October”  into your journal

Don’t forget to get your personal copy of The Wednesday Wars novel by April 8! Due April 4  Test cred /jur April 5 Gold test: Drama and Folktale terms April 5: Answers in journals.  Comprehension questions only.  Writing assessments  not required.  Letter answers only required for the following pages:  1003, 1004, 166, 167, 168, 169, […]

We will be reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmit beginning April 8th and each student is responsible for bringing a personal copy to class.  Students must obtain a copy by April 8th. Since the independent reading and vocabulary tests are carry-overs from last week, I am hoping we will all get “A”s! This week we are taking the tests […]

Monday is our book fair day. I am entering grades as fast as I can. We will be reading The Wednesday Wars beginning April 15 and each student is responsible for bringing a personal copy to class.  I have asked that the book fair carry the book but have not been told as of yet […]

Because of all of the absences, the re-do and make update has been extended to 2/20.  Tuesday mornings and Tuesday or Thursday afternoons. Also, the project which should only be opened in school will be due at the end of class on Monday 2/11. New dates: February 13 read Chapters 11-13 Feb 21: communication vocabulary test  

Today we read through Chapter 11 in The Watsons Go to Birmingham. We wrote sentences with all of our vocabulary words.  We read an essay titled “A Mason-Dixon Memory” by Clifton Davis.  That is not in the yellow book but is available in full on the net.

Progress reports go out next week.  Of course’ parents and students may check grades as often as they wish. Re-takes of tests are allowed next week Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and Tuesday afternoon. Due Feb 5 Chapter 9 in Watsons Go to Birmingham  In your journal, write 1 sentence for each vocabulary word for Ch9- […]

Due 1/23 Watsons Graphic Organizer given in class–complete   1/25  complete reading Chapters 6-8 in The Watsons Go to Birmingham Be safe and blessed as you observe the holiday.    

This week:  Welcome Back! I will check the homework that was due 1/11 on Monday. We took 2 tests this past week.  They will be on I-now by 3:30 Monday The next assignment is due 1/17 and it is to read Ch. 1-5 in The Watsons Go to Birmingham.  Each child checked out a copy from […]

Welcome to your second semester of 6th grade ELA. Some reminders: Most importantly, respect yourself,  your teacher and your fellow students by paying attention,  working hard and allowing other students and your teacher to pay attention and work hard. You must have your new journal for the 2nd semester with you each day.  Also, you should have it […]

Book Talks will be conducted on December 6&7 in a relaxed, conversational, panel format.  For those students who hate public speaking, this gives public speaking practice in a less intimidating atmosphere.  Students were given an 11 question list of things to think about while they read in preparation for the talks. Exams begin on Dec. […]

Test for Unit 1 academic words on 11/14: confirm, fact, fiction, fantasy, prove, investigate, evidence, opinion, unbelievable realistic, test, determine, decision          Students were given handouts with the definitions.  If you have lost them they can be accessed through Pearsonsuccessnet.com  User: helenamiddle    password: !Huskie1 Closely read “The All American Slurp” and complete 4 […]

Due for Tuesday: Complete all 6 handouts for “The King of Mazy May”.  Stop whining now; you had time in class to complete the assignments. Complete reading and taking your journal notes your journal notes including settings, characters and running action logs for the story.

Homework for 10/10 Complete the vocabulary quizzes for “pro” and “retro”.  They are on the reverse side of this week’s definitions.  You will have a test on 10/10 Story String Fall’18 Story String Book Project  due 10/29 8 Cards no bigger than 4”x6” when complete String or ribbon no longer than 38” Typed or written in […]

Due 10/2 Read page 166 and answer questions 1-8 in journal Read page 64 and answer questions 1-4 into your journal Study new words for prefixes non and il,im,in,ir  quiz 10/3 DUE 10/29 : story string project

Students have been analyzing and writing narration since school started.  We will have our second unit test on 9/19.  Students were given a handout with terms and explanations.  In addition,  pages 178-182 could be reviewed. The best test preparation is to do homework carefully and completely,   pay 100% attention in class, and give 100% to […]

Due for 9/14: Read pgs. 72-84 in your text Complete pages 33,34 and 113 Unit Test: Fiction Narration  9/19 including theme, plot, exposition, rising action complications climax, falling action, resolution, characterization (direct, indirect, flat, round), conflict(internal and external), dialogue Highest class average Contest:  First progress report 6th: 86, 3rd:84.5,  all classes are 80 and above so […]

Next Independent assignment Due Friday, Sept. 8 (Should be in your agenda) Read pages 22-28 in the yellow-lit book-() and complete handouts given in class which are pages 35, 36, 37 and 38 . You may also read online.  We practiced logging in to the text site in class.  You should have the codes in your composition […]