LANGUAGE ARTS  CLASS

LANGUAGE ARTS-
Writing, English, and Spelling
"One must be drenched in words literally soaked in them to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment." by Hart Crane

CONTENTS BELOW... last updated: Mar. 24, 2008
Announcement: Join us as we pay tribute to our Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers and their families with a special program on Tuesday, May 20, at 7:00 in our school auditorium.
WRITING
     - writing modes, expression, writing process including editing and revising, presentation, and 6 Traits of writing are emphasized.

                    - LINKING THROUGH LETTERS - our PEN PAL PROJECT involves writing letters to our Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers currently deployed.
(Check out the pictures below)

English

     - kinds of a sentences, compound and complex sentences, parts of speech
      -  nouns, verbs, using homophones, possessives, dialogue taught with narrative mode

Spelling

     - Wednesdays are our spelling day, new lesson, test, and handing in assignments

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WRITING
  • Each student will receive a writing notebook to collect all of their writing.
  • We will be going to the computer lab often to work on typing our pieces.
  • Students will have lots of opportunity to present their writing in class.
  • Students will learn to write in different modes:
  1.     Personal Narrative
  2.     Narrative (story)
  3.     Descriptive
  4.     Research
  5.     Personal Essay
  6.     Persuasive Essay

COOL NEWS!  LINKING THROUGH LETTERS
This year our entire 6th grade class will be pen pals with soldiers from our very own Nebraska Army National Guard who are presently stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next year.  We sent 227 letters out to our soldiers the first week in October.  Each letter had a teacher-addressed stamped envelope so the soldier pen pal can send it back, hopefully quickly. 

ENGLISH

  • Students will be learning various grammar lessons that they will apply in their daily writing.
  • English assignments will be given often and may be homework.
SPELLING  
  • An in class assignment is given on Wednesdays to introduce the new list of words.
  • Assignment worksheets are given out on Wednesdays and due the following Wednesday.
  • Post tests are given on Wednesdays.
  • If assignments are late, 10% is taken off the grade.  If they don't turn in their assignment by the time the test is to be taken, they receive a 0% for not turning in their work.