Assignments and Projects
for 6th Grade Language Arts
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
-Rene Descartes
 
 May
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
**No Class Due To Field Trip

Thursday, May 2, 2002
**No Class Due To Field Trip

Friday, May 3, 2002
Activities:  Free Writing and Free Reading

Monday, May 6, 2002
Activities:  Planner, Monday Meeting, & Read/Discuss "Midgets, Jujubes, and
        Beans."
Homework:  Plot Worksheet

Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Due:  Plot Worksheet
Activities:  Tuesday Trivia, DOL 61, & Read/Discuss "President Cleveland,
        Where Are You?"

Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Activities:  DOL 62 & Finish Stories
Homework:  Plot Worksheet

Thursday, May 9, 2002
Due:  Plot Worksheet
Activities:  DOL 62, DOL Collection, & Read and Discuss "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"  and "Whatif"
Homework:  Spelling 25

Friday, May 10, 2002
Activities:  Free Write Friday, Point of View Discussion, Read/Discuss "The
        American Slurp"
Homework:  Spelling 25

Monday, May 13, 2002
Due:  Spelling 25
Activities:  Planner, Monday Meeting, & Read "Eleven"

Tuesday, May 14, 2002
Activities:  DOL 64, Tuesday Trivia, & Read "The Gold Cadillac"
Homework:  Plot Diagram

Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Activities:  DOL 65, Finish and Discuss "The Gold Cadillac"
Homework:  Finish Plot Diagram

Thursday, May 16, 2002
Due: Plot Diagram of "The Gold Cadillac"
Activities:  DOL 66 & Read "Mowgli's Brothers"
Homework:  Spelling 26

Friday, May 17, 2002
Activities:  Finish "Mowgli's Brothers"
Homework:  Spelling 26

Monday, May 20, 2002
Due:  Spelling 26 & Short Story Note Sheet
Activities:  Planner, Monday Meeting, & Review Short Story Terms
Homework:  Study Terms for Test

Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Activity:  Short Story Test

Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Activity:  Explain News Broadcast Final Project

Thursday, May 23, 2002
Activity:  Work Day

Friday, May 24, 2002
Activity:  Work Day

Monday, May 27, 2002
Memorial Day -- No School

Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Activity:  Presentations for News Broadcast Project

Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Activity:  Presentations for News Broadcast Project

Thursday, May 30, 2002
Activities:  Book Turn In, Exit Survey, & Wrap Up