Welcome to English Enter at your own risk…

An everyday guide to 6th Grade English Ms. Kirby Room 306

What they need Binder Agenda Pleasure Reading Book (PRB) Pen or pencil

When the Students Enter ASAP Homework/Agendas English Notebooks Writing Prompts Take a look at what they are writing!

Homework Expectations Unless otherwise stated on my board, I expect all homework to be completed and presented the following day. What if… student forgets it at home student does not do it student forgets or does not do homework for three consecutive assignments

Tests/Quizzes Quizzes will be given during and after studying part of a unit. I will sometimes have pop quizzes… Tests will be given after each big unit of study. For example when we complete all of grammar we will have a grammar test containing all parts of the units. Quiz/Test folders

MARs MARs is an extra reading and math class Four day cycle Leveled classes, cross clustered Emphasis on learning skills to improve reading comprehension Book of the Week program Homework: 40 -80 pages a week We need your help at home!! Stress the importance of pleasure reading. Shakespeare Stealer

Technology Emphasis on technology this year. Wordle Animoto Presentations Grammar

Fall Curriculum Parts of speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives) Conflicts in literature Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen in October Elements of Fiction Figurative Language E.T outline!

Fall- Winter Curriculum Personal Narrative / Memoirs Sensory Details Dialogue Punctuation Fever 1793 (new!) Historical fiction

Winter- Spring Curriculum Greek Mythology (MARs) Characters, presentations, research MCAS prep Poetry Unit Create own poetry book with formula poems Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Group project