1. Welcome to English
Enter at your own risk…

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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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: pages a week
We need your help at home!! Stress the importance of pleasure reading.
Shakespeare Stealer

8. Technology Emphasis on technology this year. Wordle Animoto
Presentations
Grammar

9. 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!

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

11. 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