englishpenquins06
Wallace Middle School English Teacher
http://wms.wcs.k12.va.us
 


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Course Description Welcome to Mrs. Sutton's homepage! Listed below are games you can play to reinforce the skills we've learned in class. If you need an assignment, please e-mail me using the link above. Sixth grade students will be reflective participants in classroom discussions. The students will present personal opinions and understand differing points of view, distinguish between fact and opinion, and analyze the effectiveness of group communication skills. The students will read a variety of fiction and nonfiction independently for appreciation and comprehension, including a significant number of classic works. Special emphasis will be placed on word origins, derivations, and inflections of words along with decoding and encoding skills and reference skills. In addition, a comprehensive review of parts of speech and basic grammar skills will be emphasized. Students will also plan, draft, revise, and edit narratives, descriptions, and explanations with attention to composition, and style, as well as sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.

Class Expectations Penguins will be expected to follow the rules in the Washington County Handbook with special emphasis placed on the following rules: 1. Bring the following materials to class: Literature textbook, Grammar textbook, English notebook, sharpened pencils, Arts & Craft box, Assignment pad,3-ring binder or Trapper Keeper. 2. Work to the best of your ability by completing classwork and homework in a timely fashion.

Weekly Instructional Objectives SOL 6.4 The student will read a variety of fiction and nonfiction. The following skills will be taught in the forthcoming week: character and plot development, first and third person point of view, similes and metaphors, long vowel sounds with spelling words, context clues SOL 6.8 The student will use writing as a tool for learning in all subjects. Summarizing and paraphrase what is heard or read. Sol 6.7 The student will write a narrative by generating and organizing ideas, establishing a central idea with emphasis o elaboration and unification of topic with details. The student will edit for mechanical errors in format, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling


Click here for Language Arts Pacing Guide
My Quia activities and quizzes
Parts of Speech
https://www.quia.com/jg/702262.html
Spelling Bee
https://www.quia.com/pop/104242.html
Synonyms - Houghton Mifflin Vocab. 7th units 2-3
https://www.quia.com/ba/55594.html
Synonyms - Houghton-Mifflin Vocab. 5th unit 1
https://www.quia.com/ba/55595.html
Practice the Idioms #1
https://www.quia.com/jg/702274.html
Word Stems Vocabulary Lessons
https://www.quia.com/jg/702279.html
"Hatchet": word Definitions
https://www.quia.com/jg/702286.html
History Through Literature
https://www.quia.com/quiz/645784.html
History Through Literature
https://www.quia.com/quiz/645785.html
Fiction
https://www.quia.com/quiz/645786.html
Character and Setting
https://www.quia.com/quiz/645787.html
Character and Setting
https://www.quia.com/quiz/645788.html
Challenge Board of Fun
https://www.quia.com/cb/120603.html
"Hatchet": word Definitions
https://www.quia.com/jg/702286.html
World War ii
https://www.quia.com/rd/45835.html
FIGURES OF SPEECH
https://www.quia.com/hm/232314.html
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/122860.html
Analyze the Analogy
https://www.quia.com/cm/133231.html
Analogies, Analogies, Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/153921.html
Analogies (Set 1)
https://www.quia.com/pop/153903.html
Grade 7 L.A. Roots, Analogies & Figurative Language
https://www.quia.com/rr/223749.html
Literary Devices
https://www.quia.com/jg/1090401.html
The Great War during 1914-1918
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322196.html
The Great War during 1914-1918
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322197.html
parts of speech
https://www.quia.com/cm/187800.html
Urban Roosts: Cause and Effect
https://www.quia.com/cz/141291.html
Cause and Effect Practice
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1328787.html
WHY??? What CAUSED it to happen?
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1328789.html
"If...then" Completions
https://www.quia.com/cb/284841.html
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
https://www.quia.com/cm/187718.html
prefixes, suffixes and text structure
https://www.quia.com/rr/318744.html
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/206355.html
Analogies (Set 1)
https://www.quia.com/pop/206356.html
6th ELA: Unit 3, Week 1 Vocab
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322306.html
7thgrade Lists 1 and 2
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322307.html
Analogies (Set 2)
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1328923.html
antonyms
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322308.html
Antonyms #4 Middle School
https://www.quia.com/rr/318747.html
Antonyms 1 for Vocab 3
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1328940.html
English 1 Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots (Oh My!) word analysis
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1328947.html
Grade 6 Wordmasters! Unit 1 2005-2006
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322283.html
Greek & Latin Roots Skills
https://www.quia.com/jg/1322284.html
GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS
https://www.quia.com/rr/318749.html
Greek Roots 1-3 Review
https://www.quia.com/rr/318759.html
Greek/Latin battleship
https://www.quia.com/ba/164028.html
Homonym rags to riches
https://www.quia.com/rr/318760.html
Jeopardy prefixes 1
https://www.quia.com/cb/284900.html
prefixes, suffixes and text structure
https://www.quia.com/rr/418281.html
Cause and Effect Test
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1645231.html
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/290564.html
Main Ideas!
https://www.quia.com/ba/250605.html
Reading: Finding the Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/pop/290566.html
Main Idea
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1670973.html
Main Idea/Supporting Details
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1670974.html
Main Idea II
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1670975.html
Main Ideas!
https://www.quia.com/ba/250606.html
Main Ideas!
https://www.quia.com/ba/250607.html
Context Clues
https://www.quia.com/pop/319808.html
Context Clues
https://www.quia.com/pop/319809.html
Context Clues
https://www.quia.com/pop/319810.html
Context Clues
https://www.quia.com/pop/319823.html
ELA: Context Clues (Middle School) Test # 2
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1809805.html
Inferences
https://www.quia.com/rr/461292.html
Inferences and Drawing Conclusion
https://www.quia.com/rr/461312.html
Inferences and Drawing Conclusion
https://www.quia.com/rr/461314.html
Analogies, Analogies, Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/319825.html
Analogies (Set 1)
https://www.quia.com/pop/319826.html
ANALOGIES CHALLENGE
https://www.quia.com/cb/456496.html
Grade 7 L.A. Roots, Analogies & Figurative Language
https://www.quia.com/rr/461317.html
Analogies- 2
https://www.quia.com/rr/461319.html
Analogies
https://www.quia.com/jg/1640632.html
Vocabulary 2B Spring List 1 Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/319843.html
Language Jeopardy
https://www.quia.com/cb/456499.html
7th Grade Chapter 3 Theme Challenge Board
https://www.quia.com/cb/456500.html
Which Reference?
https://www.quia.com/cb/736491.html
Reference Materials and Parts of a Book
https://www.quia.com/cb/756767.html
Reference Relay
https://www.quia.com/cb/756768.html
Reference choice 1
https://www.quia.com/hm/765273.html
Which Reference?
https://www.quia.com/cb/756769.html
Similes and Metaphors
https://www.quia.com/pop/506493.html
Similes and Metaphors Battleship
https://www.quia.com/ba/497117.html
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE JEOPARDY
https://www.quia.com/cb/756770.html
Literary Elements
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3125278.html
Glossary Examples in Literature
https://www.quia.com/hm/765262.html
Literary Elements
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3125261.html
Outsiders figurative language
https://www.quia.com/cb/756755.html
Figures of Speech
https://www.quia.com/jg/2250998.html
Poetic Terms Game I
https://www.quia.com/cb/756771.html
Using Context Clues
https://www.quia.com/rr/806813.html
Cold War Millionaire
https://www.quia.com/rr/806803.html
The Cold War
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3125265.html
Cold War Battleship
https://www.quia.com/ba/497111.html
Analogies, Analogies, Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/530750.html
Analogies, Analogies, Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/530751.html
Vocabulary 2B Spring List 16 Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/530752.html
Vocabulary 2B Spring List 2 Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/530761.html
Grade 7 Language Challenge
https://www.quia.com/cb/792602.html
Vocabulary 2B Spring List 14 Analogies
https://www.quia.com/pop/530762.html
Similes and Metaphors
https://www.quia.com/pop/545255.html
Similes and Metaphors Battleship
https://www.quia.com/ba/543191.html
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