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Sixth Grade:
Spelling Words - Pre-test will be given on Monday, May 6, 2002. Actual test will be given on Friday, May 10, 2002. Students who ace the pretest on Monday
will be exempt from taking the final test on Friday.
The spelling words have Greek and Latin roots:
1. graph
2. vision
3. autograph
4. television
5. photograph
6. telephone
7. biography
8. telescope
9. geography
10. microphone
We are still in the process of reading the novel Black Beauty. We are just about two-thirds finished with book and expect to have it read before the AR deadlines in reading class are due. Students will continue to have vocabulary quizzes over the words in the novel, as well as quizzes over the material read. Students are still expected to keep up with their chronologs and to make up any reading missed during absences. We have also been writing several journal entries that revolve around the various themes of the novel, such as cruelty and oppression and seeing situations from different points of view.
The next vocabulary test will be on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 on #16-30 on the Black Beauty vocabulary list. The test will be matching and will be worth 100 points.
Character logs for Black Beauty will be collected on Thursday, May 9th. The character log must feature 12 major characters from the novel and will be worth 120 points.
7th Grade: (Accelerated)
Spelling words: Pre-test will be on Monday, May 13th and actual test is on Friday, May 17th. Students who ace the pretest are exempt from taking the final test.
Spelling words: Focuses on the suffixes -ance and -ence.
1. brilliance
2. eloquence
3. excellence
4. attendance
5. assurance
6. independence
7. prudence
8. significance
9. consequence
10. alliance
Vocabulary:
We will be finishing the last unit in the Vocabulary Workshop books (Unit 15) this week. The work will be due on Wednesday, May 8th and the test will be on Thursday, May 9th. After that, we will be completing the cumulative review units in the back of the workbook in order to prepare for the last final exam.
Reading/Writing:
We have just finished reading the novel Jacob Have I Loved and have had several reading activities to explore this novel more fully. Students have been and will continue to be writing in order share their responses to the themes and concepts presented in the novel and to demonstrate their understanding of the material covered. Students have been assigned an essay which will be due on Tuesday, May 7th. They have been given class time to work on this essay, which involves analyzing one of the major themes in the novel, and comparing/contrasting this theme with one of the related stories or poems at the end of the novel. The essay is worth 200 points, and will be graded for grammar, usage, mechanics, effective word choice, elaboration, support for assertions given, and the level of critical thinking displayed in discussing the novel. The final essay test for Jacob Have I Loved will be given on Thursday, May 9th. During this test, students will be allowed to use their novel and any notes to answer the questions, and may bring their tests home to work on. The test will be due on Monday, May 13th when students walk into the classroom door. After this, we will practice more writing strategies before the school year is over in order to prepare students for the eight grade more fully. We will cover how to improve writing through the use of "voice" and effective word choice.
It's a busy few weeks, but the good news is, it's almost over!
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