tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60623728838256814362011-09-05T23:49:08.593-07:00Use this site to review important information about our sixth grade Language Arts class.virginianoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-41751475609164721632010-09-02T16:02:00.000-07:002010-09-02T16:04:46.109-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#333399;"><strong>FRIDAY, 9/3/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6633ff;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and complete log and connections for week 2. Reading log due Tuesday</li></ul><p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Quiz coming up next week--probably Wednesday!</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We discussed the literary elements of plot and applied it to the short story "Stray."</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-4175147560916472163?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-34906437514278284872010-09-01T17:01:00.000-07:002010-09-01T17:03:53.835-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><strong>THURSDAY, 9/2/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed. Complete connections! </li><li>Complete "Greyling" Homework worksheet (if not done in class)</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We continued to review the literary elements of fiction and nonfiction through the comparison of the fictional story "Greyling" to the nonfiction speech "My Heart is in the Highlands" by Jane Yolen.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-3490643751427828487?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-58903747746532735502010-08-31T15:57:00.000-07:002010-08-31T15:58:47.768-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>WEDNESDAY, 9/1/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and complete log plus connections</li><li>Complete "Jimmy Jet" Worksheet practicing the concept of theme</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We discussed literary elements of prose: fiction and nonfiction. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-5890374774653273550?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-77078189616494891572010-08-30T16:58:00.000-07:002010-08-30T17:00:08.951-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#339999;"><strong>TUESDAY, 8/31/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We took the Course Outline mini-quiz and went to the Media Center.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-7707818961649489157?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-90060507471068268212010-08-29T17:22:00.000-07:002010-08-29T17:24:21.036-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"><strong>MONDAY, 8/30/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed</li><li>Study for mini-quiz tomorrow on class procedures, rules, cooperative groups, and course outline (10 questions, true/false)</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We continued our discussion of literay genre applying what we know to the rewriting of a realistic fiction story. We also began the discussion of fictional elements. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-9006050747106826821?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-76564353163539890442010-08-26T16:18:00.000-07:002010-08-26T16:20:30.954-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>FRIDAY, 8/27/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed. (Reading requirements for this week should total no less than 90 minutes). LOG DUE MONDAY! </li><li>Quiz next Tuesday. Use the QUIA quiz review game to help you study! </li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We discussed literary genre. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-7656435316353989044?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-67610347993048015122010-08-25T16:59:00.000-07:002010-08-25T17:01:27.911-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>THURSDAY, 8/26/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;"><strong>Homework:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed. Do connections! Log due Monday for week 1.</li><li>Signed course outlines due Friday.</li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We discussed and agreed on rules for our classroom writing them down using the Cornell style of notes; We discussed appropriate group interactions and worked together reading and understanding a poem. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-6761034799304801512?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062372883825681436.post-53562252517595950082010-08-23T10:35:00.000-07:002010-08-24T16:35:06.859-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"><strong>WEDNESDAY, 8/25/10</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#6666cc;"><strong>Welcome to Mrs. Chilcott's Language Arts Class!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;"><strong>HOMEWORK:</strong></span><br /><ul><li>Read for 30 minutes and get log signed</li><li>Complete the "Awesome Anaconda Quiz Show" on Mrs. Chilcott's Blackboard--QUIA Web link. Play until you are a millionaire! Bring in a screen print of the final page OR have parents write a short note to receive tickets! :) </li><li>Print out a copy of the Course Outline (off Mrs. Chilcott's Blackboard). Sign and get your parents/guardians to sign! </li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"><strong>Today in class:</strong></span> We discussed how our class will be operated. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6062372883825681436-5356225251759595008?l=anacondalanguage.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>virginianoreply@blogger.com0