6A ELA-6A Assignments

Complete “Noredink”
Forming comparative adjectives: compare 2 or more nouns to each other
Ex. Big apple ==== bigger apple
Delicious apple ==== more delicious apple

Forming superlative adjectives: compares one or more nouns to all the other members of a group
Ex. big apple === biggest apple
Delicious apple ==== most delicious apple

"Noredink"
1. Using adverbs and adjectives
2. Is the word an adverb or adjective?
3. Forming adverbs and adjectives

Go to "digital.greatminds.org" We will be working on Day 17. Download the worksheet and watch the video.

I Corinthians 13: 4-5
"How you walk and talk love? Live "love" out?

Noredink: You have two assignments:
1. What does the adverb describe?
2. Identifying adverbs of time, place and manner.

Assessment 16 - After completing Bud, NOT Buddy we will now do a ToSEEC paragraph.

We will be using yesterday Assignment.

Jan. 6, 2021
What are your goals? Write a letter to God asking for help to reach your goals.

Go to: www.digital.greatminds.org
stroll to the bottom and sign in with google
Use you school account
Handout 15B you can write on it and submit
Complete Handout 15B:
1. In what ways is Bud transformed?
2. Which characters influenced Bud's transformation?
3. Which experiences influenced Bud's transformation?

Vocabulary: Add to the Vocabulary Journal: part of speech, meaning, and synonyms/Examples
commencing
practical
compromise

Using "noredink" you have 2 assignments to complete by Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
1. What does the adjectives describe?
2. Identifying adjectives before nouns.

Chapel Reflection:
Describe the inside storms you are carrying that should be on the outside. How are you keeping your mind on Jesus?

Vocabulary Quiz on Chapter 6-12

What are your struggles in this moment and how are these struggles building and preparing you? How are you holding on?

Complete the two assignments:
What does the adjective describe?
Identifying adjectives before nouns

-Handout 12A
-Deep Dive
Homework: Annotating how Bud's journey has changes with a "J" and evidence of the transformation with a "T"
Classwork:
The son in “Mother to Son” is similar to Bud. For Example, he was not born into an easy life. In addition, he has a caring mother. However, he is not the same as Bud in other ways. For example, the son wants to quit or “turn back.” In contrast, Bud never wants to sit down or quit like the son in the poem does. Furthermore, Bud no longer has a family to watch out for him. In conclusion, there are similarities and differences.

In Your RESPONSE Journal:
1. Does this transition help the reader understand the connection between two sentences?
2. Does this transition help guide the reader through the piece of writing?
3. If I read the sentences aloud with and without the transition, does it sound better with the transition?
4. Is the same transition repeated too often?

Re-write the above paragraph, either by removing, changing, or adding transitions.

Nov. 18, 2020
2 Timothy 4:7
Running the Race:
Who are you running the race for? Who or what makes you run a little longer and harder?

Bud, Not Buddy novel
Poem "Mother to Son"

You have two assignments to complete this week.
1. Identifying action verbs
2. Identifying verb in a sentence

You will need your red spiral notebook, vocabulary notebook and Assessment 10

We will finish up this week looking at the GM Sit-Down Strike (Handout 9A)
You also have a take home test (Assessment #10)

USING "noredink" complete the following grammar assignments:
Practice: Using Subject and Object Pronouns
Practice: Using "He," "She," "Him," and "Her" in Compounds

- Complete Handout 8A
-Handout 7A
Homework: Review/reread Chapter 12
-Write an example of both a simile and a metaphor- be prepared to share

You have two assigned topics:
1. Identifying concrete nouns
2. Identifying common nouns

Quiz

Noredink- Recognizing Strong Topics

Bell Talk: After reading Chapters 8-9, what are some questions you have about Hoovervilles, make a T chart.
Materials needed:
2 colored pencils
Handout "Life In Hoovervilles"

Newsela articles:
1. Lakers are NBA champs
2. Picking apples during pandemic

Complete the following assignments in Noredink:
Contractions
Identifying the relationship between ideas

Read the following articles and complete the quiz on a Google Doc (share with Mrs. Davis)

go to NOREDINK and complete the following assignments:
a. Identifying common nouns
b. Identifying action verbs
c. Identifying the verb in a sentence
d. Identifying verbs in simple, progressive, and perfect tenses
All assignments must be completed by Thursday @ 4:00 pm

Read the following articles from Newsela, and on a GOOGLE DOC answer the following questions for the quiz. All articles must contain the TITLE of the article and be numbered to receive CREDIT.
Monday: Supreme Court Justice Ruth B. Ginsburg dies at 87.
Tuesday: 1 officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case: not for her death.
Wednesday: Teen siblings sends cards to tell health workers they're heroes.
Thursday: Chadwick Boseman didn't just play icons; he was one.

View a painting and observe its beauty. Students will determine is happening in the Painting: (Review using the “notice and wonder”)
*explore color, line, and shape in the Painting to tell a story (answering questions by words and drawing )
*distill meaning from the Painting (think-pair-share)
Exit ticket: In your Knowledge Journal, Which routine was most challenging? Which was the most helpful in building your understanding?”

View a painting and observe its beauty. Students will determine is happening in the Painting: (Review using the “notice and wonder”)
*explore color, line, and shape in the Painting to tell a story (answering questions by words and drawing )
*distill meaning from the Painting (think-pair-share)
Exit ticket: In your Knowledge Journal, Which routine was most challenging? Which was the most helpful in building your understanding?”

Looking at the poem "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long" choose a scene that you like and draw a picture of it.
In your response journal, answer the question Why is reading important to the speaker in "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long".
In their Knowledge Journal, in the reflection section, "How has reading about reading built your knowledge?"
Complete the exit slip.

Looking at the poem "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long" choose a scene that you like and draw a picture of it.
In your response journal, answer the question Why is reading important to the speaker in "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long".
In their Knowledge Journal, in the reflection section, "How has reading about reading built your knowledge?"
Complete the exit slip.

Your choice to either finish with Newsela articles or work on Noredink.

Your choice to either finish with Newsela articles or work on Noredink.

Choose one of the articles to read and answer the questions and turn in. Question and answer sheet is on Wednesday instruction.

In their RESPONSE Journal: 3-2-1 response:
3 things the speaker associates with reading
2 ways Mrs. Long helps the speaker with her reading
1 reason reading is important to the speaker

Exit ticket: Rewrite their 3-2-1 response on index cards (1 per card)
What went well?
What was challenging?

Go to "Noredink" complete the section labeled Grammer:
a. Recognizing Titles of Long-For and Short-Form Works
b. Capitalizing and Formatting Titles I
c. Comas with Introductory Phrases and Clauses
d. Commas Separating Adjectives
e. Commas with dates
You have until next Monday morning to turn it in, after that its is late.

Write a poem about someone who did something nice for them
Must be at least 10 lines or more, must have a title.

Using the poem, student will explore a speaker's relationship to their work.
Student will use their RESPONSE Journal to complete a 3-2-1 assignment. All virtual students will use the notebook paper provided for your journal response.
*** If you complete all your assignments for the week for class, you may work on your Noredink assignments, Newsela or Epic.

Using the poem, student will explore a speaker's relationship to their work.
Student will use their RESPONSE Journal to complete a 3-2-1 assignment. All virtual students will use the notebook paper provided for your journal response.

Sign into NoRedInk and complete the diagnostic assessment

Choose one of the topic to write a one page essay about:
A. The Pandemic and its effect
B. Black Lives Matter