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6th Grade - Vocabulary for game Monday.

 

abyss, adamant, affable, avarice, baleful, beguile, benevolence, boisterous, cant, caustic, celestial, congeal, corroboration, credulous, deference, deft, demur, desolate, despondency, destitution, diffuse, dirge, disdain, elicit, entreaty, execrable, feint, ferocity, flaunt, furrow, grate, gratis.

6th and 7th AC ELA ---11/29 - 12/3

Monday - Ad campaign presentations. Novel study vocabulary. Novel study scavenger hunt. HW - Study  vocabulary words.

Tuesday -  Checkpoint Test.  HW - study vocabulary.

Wednesday - Novel Scavenger Hunt. HW -  Study vocabulary.

Thursday - Study vocabulary.  Novel quiz on Friday.

Friday - Vocabulary quiz on Monday for 6th and 7th.

           6th - Complete Stave 1 and 2 by Friday.

           7th - Complete Chapters 1-19 by Friday.

6th and 7th AC ELA/Reading

November 15th - 19th  (2010)

Monday - Classical Roots Lesson 7 - Do Exercise 7A for homework.  There will be a chart quiz on Friday.

               6th Grade - One page of notes on Persuasion techniques for Fishbowl on Friday.

               7th Grade - Presentations for Ad Campaign due on Friday.

Tuesday - Classical Roots - Exercise 7B for homework.

Wednesday - Classical Roots -Exercise 7C for homework.

                   6th Grade - Complete Graphic Organizer for persuasive essay.

Thursday - Study for Classical Roots Chart Quiz.

                    6th grade - Complete persuasive essay to be turned in tomorrow.

Friday - Roots Chart Quiz. 

                    6th grade- Fishbowl on persuasion techniques.

                    7th grade- Presentations.

 

6th ELA AC and 7th ELA AC

November 8th - 12th , 2010

READING LOG DUE - 11/10 (Wednesday)

Monday - Fishbowl - I will return your notes.  Proganda Techniques given for Interactive Notebook (Ethos, Pathos, Logos). 

• Quiz over 8 Propaganda Techniques on Wednesday. 
• Examine advertising found on two of your favorite websites.  Identify the target audience and the propaganda techniques used by the advertiser. 

6th Grade - Please bring a magazine to class that we can use in a classroom activity.  It must be a magazine that can have pages removed.

7th Grade - Suppose you are a member of the school Technology Committee.  The committee has been asked to present the pros and cons of internet advertising to the PTSA.  Write a paragraph to explain your position either pro or con.  Be sure to use what you know about propaganda techniques and target audiences to support your position.

Tuesday - Study for quiz on Propaganda Techniques tomorrow.

Wednesday - After quiz, be ready to discuss the advertising that you found on your websites.

Thursday - Respond to Fishbowl if not completed in class.  Make sure you respond to all propaganda/persuasion information.

Friday -  6th grade - Be prepared to present your collages about propaganda.  7th grade - Turn in paragraphs to the PTSA.  Be prepared to present your paragraphs.