Q3W6: 2/6 – 2/10

To continue to prepare students for 7th grade, Grace Periods for late assignments to be turned in will be strictly followed for the rest of the year. Most of my assignments have a 7-calendar day Grace Period. Please see Gradebook for specific dates for each assignment.

Remind Code for 6th ELA:
@k7ekhab

TeacherMerriann Frederick
Subject AreaELA
Grade Level6
Week #6
Unit of InstructionThrough an Animal’s Eyes – What can you learn from seeing the world through an animal’s eyes?
Standard(s) Taught

• Explain how individual texts sections and/or features convey meaning in texts. (ELA.6.R.2.1)
• Analyze the central ideas(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout a text. (ELA.6. R.2.2)
• Identify rhetorical appeals in a text. (ELA.6.R.3.4) – logos, ethos, pathos
• Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level. (ELA.6.C.3.1)
• Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of word and phrases in grade level content. (ELA.6. V.1.2)

Learning Targets and Learning Criteria

Learning Target
• Explain how individual texts sections and/or features convey meaning in texts. (ELA.6.R.2.1)
• Analyze the central ideas(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout a text. (ELA.6. R.2.2)
• Identify rhetorical appeals in a text. (ELA.6.R.3.4) – logos, ethos, pathos
• Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of word and phrases in grade level content. (ELA.6. V.1.2)

Learning Criteria
Students will:
• Understand how text sections/features convey meaning
• Analyze central idea & how it’s developed throughout a text
• Understand logos, ethos, & pathos
• Use Greek & Latin roots to help understand the meaning of words/phrases

Classroom Activities

Greek & Latin Root Packet, Unit 2: cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete pgs 337-338 and 340-341 from HMH textbook: Read, analyze, & collaborate “from Animal Snoops: The Wondrous World of Spies” (Informational Text)
HMH textbook: Read, analyze, & collaborate from “Animal Wisdom” and “The Last Wolf” (Poems)
Complete pgs 348, 351-352 and 354

Block scheduling:
Collaborative work on figurative language = simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, allusion, idiom.
Collaborative work on paraphrasing, summarizing, and text evidence

Assignments Due

HMH Textbook: pg 337 #1-3, pg 340 #1-4, and pg 341 #1-3 (formative)
pg 338 #1-4, (formative)
All classes Due 2/6 – Grace period ends 2/13

HMH Textbook: pg 348 #1-3, pg 351 #1-3, pg 352 student chooses 3 out of 5 questions to complete, pg 354 student chooses 2 out of 4 questions to complete
All classes Due 2/8 – Grace period ends 2/15

Greek & Latin Root Vocab Packet Unit 2
1st & 2nd period Due by 2/9
6th & 8th period Due by 2/10

Additional Resources

MUST HAVE WIRED EARBUDS/HEADPHONES EVERY DAY
MUST have a blue and red pen or colored pencils every day for essay writing

Information to log into HMH’s site:

Your HMH login information:
hmhco.com/ui/login/
United States
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Volusia Charter Schools Dist.
Username: 1alpha code or 2alpha code (depending on your personal alpha code)
Password: Date of Birth: mmddyyyy

*Accommodations:
ESE – Special Considerations based on IEP
504– Special Considerations based on Accommodation Plan
ESOL – Appropriate printed material, pre teaching activities, various instructional approaches, student engagement and thinking activities, differentiation, check for content comprehension, resources for assistance, reinforce study skills, linguistic modifications, specific vocabulary, alternative assessment.

Remind Code for 6th ELA:
@k7ekhab

To continue to prepare students for 7th grade, Grace Periods for late assignments to be turned in will be strictly followed for the rest of the year. Most of my assignments have a 7-calendar day Grace Period. Please see Gradebook for specific dates for each assignment.