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NOTE THAT WEEK ONE IS THE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 8/24/2020. EACH SUCCESSIVE WEEK IS IDENTIFIED BY THE DATE FOR THE MONDAY OF THAT THE SCHOOL WEEK.
All 6th Grade ELA classwork and assignments, both LITERATURE and GRAMMAR , are listed on this "Schedule of the Week-6" sub-page. For the full text and instructions of a specific assignment, GO TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM, Literature or Grammar as appropriate, and click on the assignment.
WEEK ELEVEN: 11/2/2020
Mon: ALL SOULS' DAY - mass readings; Words To Go ANALOGIES review Know How; Verbs - review conjugating (review Subject-Verb Agreement)
Tues: Grammar VERBS conjugating; Literature Silver Sword Test (Final)
Wed: Grammar, VERBS: Literature The Silver Sword class read Ch 18 (Trial of Edek by US army of occupation)
Thurs: Grammar, Possessive Nouns - RAMNP, write in planners Thurs 8 Oct,
Fri: Grammar, RAMNP, Parts of Speech review, NOUNS Pre-Test:
WEEK SEVEN: 10/5/2020
Mon: PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES - Students work on per class discussion 10/2
Tues: Mass Readings - for 10/4 assignment: Grammar, Parts of Speech review and Nouns unit review WC p319-323 Common/Proper; Plurals & Collectives; Possessives
Wed: Grammar, Possessive Nouns - RAMNP, write in planners, NOUNS Pre-Test: Literature The Silver Sword class read Ch 18 (Trial of Edek by US army of occupation)
Thurs: Grammar, Possessive Nouns - RAMNP, write in planners Thurs 8 Oct,
Fri: Grammar, RAMNP, Parts of Speech review, NOUNS Pre-Test:
WEEK EIGHT: 10/12/2020
Mon: PICTURE DAY ((photos) Grammar, Possessive Nouns - RAMNP read from planners and review; Literature read through and explain Ariel's Song - review printed out hard copies of poem and notes, ALLITERATION etc
Tues: Literature, Silver Sword Ch 21 (Orders) class read, and students have time to write their chapter notes for Chs 14-21; Grammar review collective nouns and review Possessive nouns RAMNP = Rule About Making Nouns Possessive;
Wed: 7th Grade Activity Day Vocabulary WTG Lesson 2; Grammar Possessive Nouns WC Review Ex 6 p328 in-class assignment on google doc created and attached to assignment, NOUNS Pre-Test.
Thurs: Grammar review NOUNS Pre-Test (postpone review) Silver Sword Chs 14-21 Quiz
Fri: Grammar NOUNS Mastery Test (postpone)
WEEK NINE: 10/19/2020
Mon: Grammar Collective Nouns as Subjects and Subject-Verb Agreement review VERB CONJUGATION (students need to be able to recognize different forms of the verb TO BE in sentences; all students complete 3 basic tense VERB CONJUGATION TABLE
Tues: GRAMMAR Workbook Review and Cumulative Review pp71-74 inclusive in-class WRITE ANSWERS IN WORKBOOK. Nouns review and Nouns Pre-Test review
Wed: 8th Grade Activity Day
Thurs: Re-scheduled
Fri: Re-scheduled
WEEK TEN: 10/26/2020
Mon: Grammar Collective Nouns as Subjects and Subject-Verb Agreement review VERB CONJUGATION (students need to be able to recognize different forms of the verb TO BE in sentences; all students complete 3 basic tense VERB CONJUGATION TABLE
Tues: GRAMMAR Workbook Review and Cumulative Review pp71-74 inclusive in-class WRITE ANSWERS IN WORKBOOK. Nouns review and Nouns Pre-Test review
Wed: 8th Grade Activity Day
Thurs: Re-scheduled
Fri: Re-scheduled
WEEK ONE: 8/24/2020
Mon: Mass Readings Review for Sun 8/23 ("You are the Christ, the son of the Living God"); Grammar Writer's Choice (WC) Textbook Unit 8, Subjects, Predicates, Sentences: WC p297 Lesson 8.1 Kinds of Sentences, Ex 1 & Ex 2 students do VERBALLY in class. Literature - Class review/discussion of summer reading The Silver Sword (SS)
Tues: Grammar Parts of Speech Handout review HOW TO CREATE GOOGLE DOC AND ATTACH/SUBMIT review; Sentences and Fragments WCp299 L8.2 - start; Review students' Book Extracts from last week; Review again mass readings - how to cite from Bible etc - shortest Bible verse (MT Gospel "Jesus wept.")
Wed: Grammar Parts of Speech EXAMPLES of each of the 8 PoS, submit on google stream; Sentences and Fragments WCp299 L8.2 - students learn definition of sentence (has subject & predicate and expresses complete thought); Literature - SS background, students to know dates WWII, Pearl Harbor, map of Central & Eastern Europe, Class read SS Chs 1,2
Thurs: Grammar WC p301 L8.3 Subjects and Predicates - review textbook and start exercises 5 & 6 WC p302 in class verbally; more time needed STUDENTS REVIEW HOW TO IDENTIFY VERBS IN A SENTENCE; review PoS Glencoe definition of a verb - verb the essential PoS in sentence, look at most important verb in English the verb "to be"
Fri: Mass Readings Preview - for Sun 8/31 ("Get Behind Me Satan"), one verse from each reading on google doc submit gclsrm as graded assignment; Grammar WC p303 L8.4 Finding Subjects- review textbook, supplemented by whiteboard examples, all sentences in 2 parts subject-part and predicate-part, default rule about placement; Finding Subject in different kinds of sentences Exs 7 & 8 WC p304 in class verbally (some); more time needed; WC p304 Ex 8 qs 6-10 in class create google doc answer qs 6-10 and post to google stream (Note: grammar ran-over into PE, so PE will be in Monday's English class); brief SS finish Ch 6
WEEK TWO: 8/31/2020
Mon: Grammar Finding Subjects recap Review Mass Readings from Sun 8/31 ("Get Behind Me Satan"), check work (one verse) and read over the full readings, review Bible citations and using school Bible, abbreviations etc; HOW TO CREATE GOOGLE DOC AND ATTACH/SUBMIT review (HW not turned-in correctly)
Note: PE for 1/2 hour in today's English class to make up for last Friday missing PE
Tues: Grammar WC p305 L8.5 COMPOUND Subjects and Predicates - review textbook and verbally answer Ex 9 (part) and HW WC p306 1-10; review completed Planner quizzes - address any questions/issues; Literature poem ARIEL's SONG;
Wed: Literature, class read in roles SS Ch, discuss historical background end of WWII - more on note-taking, class handout with chapter notes sample; Writing exercise - paragraph re Book Extract students wrote in mid-August
Thurs: Grammar WC p307 L8.6 COMPOUND Sentences and COMPLEX sentences - review textbook and verbally answer Ex 10 (part) and HW WC p308 part Exs 10&11 depending on understanding per class session;
Fri: ZOOM MEETING Student Council Elections (9:00);
STAR TEST - READING;
Silver Sword Ch 7 (Summer & Winter Homes, Warsaw; ghetto, Jewish persecution, Edek arrest black-market smuggling)
WEEK THREE: 9/7/2020
Mon: HOLIDAY
Tues: Review Mass Readings from Sun 9/6;
Grammar WC p307 L8.6 COMPOUND Sentences and COMPLEX sentences - review complex sentences - CLAUSES as part of a sentence (main/subordinate);
Literature poetry, review and learn ARIEL's SONG background info, line numbering and ALLITERATION (literary device), meaning of some archaic language
Wed: Literature Silver Sword chapter notes and map; STAR TESTING RE-TAKES (window closes 9/22); Literature review and discuss plot development; Grammar Writer's Choice (WC) Textbook Unit 8, Subjects, Predicates, Sentences - REVIEW EXERCISES depending on which areas class needs to focus on: Vocabulary (start workbook) WORDS TO GO, Contents and Know How - Base words and roots of words.
Thurs: Grammar Writer's Choice (WC) Textbook Unit 8, Subjects, Predicates, Sentences - WC Review Exercises and also go through Pre-Test on Unit 8 as preparation for Mastery Test: Vocabulary WORDS TO GO, review Know How - Base words and roots of words Exercises A, B, C and D p2-3
Fri: STAR TESTING RE-TAKES; Grammar Finding the Subject in a sentence - review WC p303 (subject placement in different kinds of sentence); GRAMMAR MASTERY TEST
WEEK FOUR: 9/14/2020
Mon: Review Mass Readings - for Sun 9/13, Class Read Gospel and as assignment: One Verse from Each Reading (Literature) with assignment and page number. Review Bible citations and abbreviations; Silver Sword class read Chs 8 and 9 (historical background General Bor & the Warsaw Uprising)
Tues: Grammar Mastery Test RESULTS - address Unit 8 areas where more attention required, Parts of Speech review - learning definitions and examples; Silver Sword class read Chs 10 and 11 - review sample Chapter Notes on Stream
Wed: (ACTIVITY DAY? - postponed) Grammar Parts of Speech review - learning definitions and giving examples - complete in-class assignment; Literature, Silver Sword Class Read Ch 12 and start on Silver Sword Chapter Notes 7-13
Thurs: Vocabulary WORDS TO GO, review Contents and Know How - Base words and roots of words - Prefixes start pages 4/5; start Lesson 1 WTG p18
Fri: Mass Readings Preview - for Sun 9/20, Bible citations on stream: Grammar remedial work on Unit 8 per Mastery Test and Unit 9 NOUNS start - WC p319 Kinds of Nouns. Literature, Silver Sword class read Chs 13 - Chapter Notes on Stream - students addition to Chapter Notes
WEEK FIVE: 9/21/2020
Mon: Grammar catch-up from last week - NOUNS: also PARTS OF SPEECH assignment review - an exercise in FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS; Review Mass Readings - for Sun 9/20; Silver Sword class read Chs 14;
Tues: STAR TEST WINDOW CLOSES, Silver Sword Chapter notes review and Silver Sword Quiz Chapters 7-13.
Wed: MIDDLE SCHOOL (& 4/5) ACTIVITY DAY ON CAMPUS (weather/air quality permitting):
Grammar, Nouns Singular and Plural - SPELLING WC p321-322 Exercises 4,5,6 - CHANGE, instead reviewed grammar issues from Unit 8 Finding the Subject: Vocabulary WORDS TO GO, continue Know How section SUFFIXES; Silver Sword class read Ch 14 & 15
Thurs: Grammar Possessive Nouns - RAMNP, write in planners, Parts of Speech review assignment - learning definitions and giving examples; CHANGE review grammar problems Finding the Subject - additional assignment
Fri: Mass Readings Preview - for Sun 9/27 Class Read Gospel - post final verses of readings on stream: Silver Sword class read Ch 16 (start) - Chapter Notes on Stream - students addition to Chapter Notes
WEEK SIX: 9/28/2020
Mon: Words To Go review Know How - Suffixes, Homographs, review Lesson 1 Ex A; Silver Sword class read Ch 16 (Russian Zone)
Tues: Words To Go review Know How - Using Prior Knowledge, Context Clues, review Lesson 1 Ex B,C,D ; Silver Sword class read Ch16 continued and Ch17 etc, review chapters notes, 14-26 - students supplement; Grammar review Compound Subjects/Predicates and Compound/Complex Sentences
Wed: MIDDLE SCHOOL (&4/5) ACTIVITY DAY ON CAMPUS (weather/air quality permitting 9/28 BEING RE-ARRANGED) Silver Sword class read Ch17 continued, review chapters notes, 14-26 - students supplement; Grammar Compound/Complex Sentences and Grammar Pre-Test NOUNS (move to end of week)
Thurs: Words To Go review Know How - Context Clues and exercises, review Lesson 1 (finish) ; Silver Sword class read Ch17; review chapters notes, 14-26 - students supplement; Grammar Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences WC p307 and exercises p308
Fri: Grammar, review and re-teach Subjects, Predicates Sentences, review Unit 8 Mastery Test; Parts of Speech review assignment - learning definitions and giving examples; Literature Silver Sword Chapter 17 class read and finish - Timeline Assignment