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English 6

 

Each English Unit is divided into two main sections:

bulletGrammar
bulletSix Traits of Writing Focus

Below the Assignment Examples is a link to this week's tentative assignments.  To allow flexibility for further reinforcement, re-teaching, extension, and/or enrichment, the specific assignments and due dates MAY CHANGE.*

*Students should be writing the day's objective and assignment in their notebook under their Daily Language Review (daily warm-up).  Keeping independent track of assignments and deadlines is a very important life skill for them to practice and master.

 

Grammar

The Objective:  
bulletIdentify the parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection) 
bulletUse the eight parts of speech correctly in writing.

Assignment Examples:

bulletDaily practice sheets for each part of speech
bulletParts of Speech Poster (a visual representation of each part of speech)

Evaluation:  Test

- Assignments for the Week -

 

Six Traits of Writing

Ideas and Organization

The Objectives:

bulletUse a rubric to assess and write an effective answer to an essay question.
bulletIdentify the six traits of writing.
bulletIdentify the attributes of idea development and organization in writing.
bulletApply the attributes of idea development and organization to a short story summary, personal narrative, and other written work.

Assignments (click on each to see a sample):

bulletWriting an effective essay answer
bulletHow-To-Be Poem
bulletFocus the Binoculars Writing
bulletShort Story Summary
bulletPersonal Narrative

- Assignments for the Week -

 

D.C. Everest Standards and Benchmarks

bulletLA.1.6.1 - LA.1.6.4
bulletLA.2.6.1 - LA.2.6.10
bulletLA.4.6.1 - LA.4.6.7
bulletLA.5.6.3
bulletLA.7.6.3
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