6^th Grade Language Arts Assignments

Week 18 – February 5, 2008

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

LC	Skip all of p. 200, but do the exercises on pp. 201 and 202 to review previous chapters. Have a parent check them and review with you.
WS1	Do Lesson 12: Details of a Narrative Event on pp. 12-2 and 12-3. Do all the exercises on p. 12-3.
Roll of Thunder	Read chapter 3. Plan for an in-class quiz tomorrow, so read carefully. Begin a reading response journal on a piece of paper. Write Chapter 3 at the top and write 5 sentences that summarize what happened in this chapter and your response (emotional or otherwise) to these events. Who are the “Night Riders”? What other name is their group called in history?
Bible Memory	Spend 5 minutes working on memorizing Matthew 7:12 (The Golden Rule). If you know it, have a parent sign it off on your sheet.
CS3	Read p. 438-439 in the GCB. Do #5-7 on p. 45. Mr. DePangher covered the memory verse questions on p. 44 in Laudes about a week ago. What is Jesus saying here? Complete Lesson 14.
Poetry	Read over “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus. This will be our next poem to memorize. Last chance on “The Road not Taken” tomorrow.

Friday, February 8, 2008

LC	Have a parent review your chapter with you and check that you have completed all lessons using the check sheet sent home. There is no diagramming on this test. Review Pronoun Cases (Objective, Nominative and Possessive), Kinds of Pronouns (Personal, Interrogative, Demonstrative, Compound, and Indefinite), Uses of Pronouns(identifying S, PN, DO, IO, OP) and agreement of pronouns and verbs.
WS1	Complete Skill Builder 12, Day One on pp. 12-9 through 12-11 any that we did not do in class. Try to think of an event in your own experience that you can write about and write it down on p. 12-5 with the main character(s) and minor character(s) you will include.
Roll of Thunder	Read chapter 4. Make another entry in your reading response log and answer: “Who does Stacey feel he has to fight? Why? Do you think he should have fought?” Then answer this question: “Who does Mama feel she has to fight? Why? How does she do it?”
Bible Memory	Be sure you have memorized and signed off both Matthew 7:7 and 7:12 for this week.
CS3	Read “The Last Supper” on pp. 440-443 in GCB up to “Do as I Have Done to You.” Do #1 -5 on p. 47.
Poetry	Memorize the first two lines of “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus.

Monday, February 11, 2008

LC	Make sure your check sheet is signed, then find a quiet, undisturbed place to take the Pronoun Test #7 sent home on Thursday. Bring both to class tomorrow to turn in.
WS1	Do Skill Builder Day Two on pp. 12-11 to 12-12. Finish the Narrative Planning Worksheet on pp. 12-5 through 12-6. If possible, begin your sequencing on p 12-7 (#8), but don’t begin writing your paper yet.
Roll of Thunder	Read Chapter 5. Add a 3-sentence summary of this chapter to your reading response log.
Bible Memory	Begin memorizing Matthew 28:18-20 (The Great Commandment) today. Spend at least 5 minutes reading it over or memorizing the first verse.
CS3	Read the rest of p. 443 in GCB. Do #6-8 on p. 47. Finish lesson 15.
Poetry	Memorize the first four lines of “The New Colossus.” We will recite this on Thursday, February 28.