Sixth Grade ENGLISH Mrs. Dori Madigan Team 6B

COMMUNICATION Pinnacle Gradebook Check website regularly with child. Encourage student accountability. “Z” = working zero Assignment is missing but can still be turned in for a grade.

COMMUNICATION Voic Homework: check teacher website Signed Tests Planner: never blank Progress Reports: week of Sept. 30 Conferences:week of Dec. 2

DAILY SCHEDULE Daily Bingo Page Grammar/Writing Mini-lesson Writing Workshop Weekly Homework (alternating) Spelling Unit (2/month) SPARK Writing Prompt (1-2/month)

GRAMMAR UNITS Sentence Structure Fragments & Run-ons Subject-Verb agreement Variety (length & type) Punctuation Commas, Capitals, Contractions Dialogue Parts of Speech

CURRICLULUM Writing Process Writer’s Notebook-Mentor Texts Descriptive Novel-The Watsons go to Birmingham Folklore Poetry

WRITING PIECES Memoir Family Tradition Persuasive How to… Harris Burdick Folktale/Fable

TYPES of WRITING Narrative/Imaginative description (character, place) dialogue Informational sequential development Persuasive/Argumentative urging action forming or changing an opinion

How can a parent help a child with a writing assignment? discuss the assignment with the child in order to help the child explore ideas answer only questions that are specific “Does this paragraph make sense?” “Is my punctuation right here?” ask questions which direct a child to a problem rather than correcting the error “Does this idea fit in this paragraph?” “Is there a better word to use here?”

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