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November 30-December 4 LANGUAGE ARTS (Scroll way down for spelling words and nonfiction book report information). COUNTRY REPORTS - Students should start receiving materials from their country embassies. Unfortunately, in the past, there have been some students who have not received anything back. If this happens, there are other places to obtain materials, such as the library, bookstores, World Market, etc. The Festival of the Nations is scheduled for December 18th, where students will display their country report projects here at school. The written report will be due in January, after the winter break. Dates are included in the letter that was sent home to you last week. Students were supposed to write down the due dates on their planner calendars. We are scheduled to start going to the library twice a week to do research for the projects. COUNTRY REPORT TABLETOP DISPLAY (due Dec. 18) - For FESTIVAL OF THE NATIONS (half-day right before break) - Dec. 18th Grading on the display will be based on neatness, creativity, design, thorough and interesting work. Ideas for the tabletop could include pictures, maps, recipes, sample items, and be sure to be creative and neat with your design:) I will show some examples of tabletop displays so students know they are on the right track. The guidelines below should provide plenty of ideas as you prepare your tabletop display and your written report. COUNTRY REPORT - WRITTEN (due in January, AFTER the break) - The rubric below is for the WRITTEN REPORT, which is DUE IN JANUARY, after the break. Much of the guidance, research, and examples will be done in class or in the school library, but some is to be done at home or the public library as well. ORGANIZATION AND IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS FOR TABLETOP DISPLAY AND WRITTEN REPORT: Note: The words that are ALL CAPITAL LETTERS are required sections (which would also be great as major headings on the tabletop display). The lower case words are suggestions as to what you might include in those sections. I. INTRODUCTION - Introduce the country and give a little history of the country (example: when it was founded, how it came about, etc) - 5 pts II. LOCATION - 1)RELATIVE - WHERE IS IT LOCATED IN RELATION TO OTHER PLACES? 2)ABSOLUTE - PHYSICAL CHARACTARISTICS, like vegetation, landforms, lakes, mountains, desert, soil, beaches, wildlife habitats, dry(?), moist(?) - 10 pts III. CULTURE - population, form of government, people, ethnic groups, languages, religious beliefs, sports, holidays, lifestyle (small towns? big cities? clothing styles, foods, buildings, homes, transportaion, communication, etc.) - 10 pts IV. MAJOR RESOURCES - industry (production); agriculture - what is grown there? foods?; tourists? - 10 pts V. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY - man-made features? Major natural or physical features? - 10 pts VI. NOTABLE PEOPLE OF THE PAST AND/OR PRESENT - political heroes, war heroes, sports figures, literary giants, composers, writers, artists, etc. - 10 pts VII. CONCLUSION AND RESPONSE - Wrap up your country report in a short but interesting way. Then share your personal thoughts, what you especially liked learning about the country, and any questions that you still have about it. - 5 pts The paper was well organized. 30 pts Facts/relevant details/examples were clear, well - researched, and enhanced the report. 30 pts The writer followed the rules of convention by capitalizing proper nouns, inserting paragraphs, using correct grammar & punctuation, and writing/typing neatly. 30 pts Total Points 150 pts _____________________________________________________________________________ SPELLING WORDS FOR THIS WEEK - ("a" words in alphabetical order). In the next few weeks, spelling words will be taken from a list of words that 6th graders should learn to spell. We will be doing several activities (some challenging) with these words and hope to have fun with them. abbreviation, ability, absence, accept, accidentally, account, achieve, acquainted, acreage, activity, addition, addresses, admire, adult, adventure, advice, afford, agreement, alter, altogether, ambulance, amphibian, amuse, anchor, ancient HOMEWORK (Reminder: Don't forget to turn in your reading log Tuesday) Monday and Tuesday - (Due on Wednesday) For this activity, you may get started in class to make sure you understand the assignment and to give you a headstart. Look each word up in a dictionary. Write each word with syllable separations and accent marks as it is written in the dictionary, write the parts of speech, a synonym (syn.) and antonym (ant.) if mentioned, and one of the definitions. You may use a book or a dictionary on-line. If you have neither of these at home, you may borrow a book from me. Here is an example: ab'-sence n. 1. failure to be present - Ant. Presence Wednesday - For each spelling word, write other forms of the word (unless there is no other form of the word). Write as many as you can think of. (Hint: Look in a dictionary for help with ideas and correct spellings). Example: amuse - amusing, amusement, amused, amuses Thursday - Be ready for your spelling test. Friday - No homework _____________________________________________________________________________ BOOK REPORT information: A book report will be assigned for each quarter. For 2nd quarter, students will read and write a report on a nonfiction book. The due date for this report will be Tuesday, December 1st. THAT IS TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK. SUGGESTIONS: There are many terrific nonfiction books to choose from, either from the public library, the classroom, the school library, or online. One of my favorite places to go to purchase a book is amazon.com (bargain books). Here you can find used books that are like-new quality and VERY reasonable. Some of my suggestions are as follows (There are MANY others to choose from): *We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson *The Way We Work, by David Macaulay *Amazing Rubber Band Construction, by Mike Rigsby *Swords: An Artist's Devotion, by Ben Boos *Robots, by Clive Gifford *Octopuses: Animal Prey *Pirates, by John Matthews *BIOGRAPHIES OR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES (such as): Helen Keller Thomas Edison On the Bike With Lance Armstrong, by Matt Christopher Harriett Tubman Martin Luther King The Crocodile Hunter, by Steve and Terry Irwin Through Georgia's Eyes, by Rachel Rodriguez Henry's Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine Bill Peet's Autobiography NONFICTION REPORT RUBRIC (You have two options). OPTION A: Cover Page (title, author, your name, centered) 5 pts Paragraph #1 - Introduction 5 pts Paragraph #2 - topic sentence/supporting details (facts) 5 pts Paragraph #3 - topic sentence/supporting details (facts) 5 pts Paragraph #4 - topic sentence/supporting details (facts) 5 pts Paragraph #5 - Conclusion and Response 10 pts (Wrap it up, then share your response about the book. What did you learn? What questions might you have)? Neatness 5 pts Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar 5 pts Organization (indented, easy to understand, orderly 5 pts ______________________________________________________________ Total Points 50 pts Option B: (How-To Book, like a recipe or something you make) 1. Turn in a cover page (See above). 5 pts 2. Write approximately 1/2 page about what the book contains. Give examples. 5 pts 3. Make one or more of the items the book instructs you how to make. 5 pts 4. Write another half page (or more) about what you made, and what the experience was like. 5 pts 5. Neatness and Organization of written report 10 pts 6. Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar of report 10 pts 6. Show the finished product of what you made, OR a picture of you holding the finished product. 10 pts _______________________________________________________________ Total Points 50 pts Quarter One: fiction book (collected Sept. 25) Quarter Two: nonfiction book (due date December 1) Quarter Three: classic book Quarter Four: biography or autobiography ____________________________________________________________________________ SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS WORK AND ASSIGNMENTS: Monday - Friday We will begin chapter 8 on Classic Greece this week. Most of the work will be done in class unless a student is absent or does not complete assignments. Then it's important that the section is read at home on classzone.com. SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES: The following information will help you to be successful in Social Studies this year, and it will enable you to access the book's contents without bringing the heavy text book home. If you have access to the internet, please give this a try: World History Survey, On Line Book, 6th Grade Go to Classzone.com to get connected. Go to Book Online (at the bottom) Go to create student account Type information as directed. Your USER NAME is your first and last name (NO SPACES/lower case). Your password is your school student ID Number.(Try adding S to the ID # if your number is only 5 digits). Go to create student account again if necessary. Your code for getting started is: 2562731-20 Nora Johnston Language Arts and Social Studies 6th Grade Room A8 email njohnston@msd38.org phone 602-664-7608 ...and don't forget this teacherweb.com
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