Mrs. Barsuhn's 6th Grade Class 2020-2021 Assignments

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4/27/21: Read enough pages to achieve your reading goal. Then, create a T-chart and track the issues and possible groups that your character or characters might belong to. Refer to the "Social Groups Can Be Based on..." chart.

4/28/21 - 4/29/21: As you read, contiue to notice groups to which your character(s) belong, and any power imbalances that you notice between groups. Refer to the "Thinking about Power Imbalances between Groups" chart and include evidence to support your reasoning.

4/30/21 - 5/3/21:  Read enough pages to achieve your reading goal. Then, in your reading notebook, brainstorm ideas for possible themes. Be sure to inlcude evidence from the text to support your thinking. Refer to the "Thought Prompts to Grow Ideas about Themes" chart to guide your writing.


5/4/21 - 5/5/21:  Continue to think about a character as a member of a group and also as a unique person. Think about the group's challenges and responses to those challenges, along with the character's traits and motivations. How does the character respond in individual ways to the group's challenges? Are there lessons that can be learned from this?  Refer to the "Characters are complicated" chart and jot down your ideas, along with evidence from the text. You might also want to think about the vocaulary we discussed. (Refer to the "Vocabulary for Group-Related Issues" chart.)


5/5/21 - 5/6/21: Think through if this story/book is more negative or positive overall, ask..."Are there more examples of negative or positive moment
s across the story?" and "Are the strongest moments more negative or more positive?" Refer to the "Negative or Positive" chart and jot down your notes, along with evidence from the text.


5/7/21 - 5/10/21:  Analyze the images you encounter in your daily life for possible stereotypes, just as we did in class today. You might take note of billboards or ads in stores or bus stops. You can probably find plenty of images just by looking at social media. Even your own Instagram might be worth a study. Notice the pictures and other images that get a ton of likes and those that don't get as many. Think about why certain images are more appealing than others. Push yourself to notice not only the images that reinforce common assumptions, but also those that challenge them. What sets these pictures apart? What challenges people to think harder and in more careful ways? Take and upload pictures of what you find and then do some writing about your findings.

Review the first 5 slides. 
Then, complete slide 6.

Try writing a poem about your past. Where are you from? What has made you who you are today? Write an imitation poem based on George Ella Lyon's poem, using your memories.

*Add or Create a Document on which you will type your poem.

Follow the link to complete your Flocabulary assignment

**IN YOUR NOTES, BE SURE TO INCLUDE IMPORTANT FACTS & DETAILS, AS WELL AS QUOTES (EXACT WORDS).

Please complete this assignment by the specified due date.

Type your responses using a different color than black. (Be sure the color isn't too light to read.)

I changed the Personal Challenges, so please watch the videos of the exercises first.

Add info to slide #3: personal best.
Add info to slide #8.

DO NOT TURN IN UNTIL THE END OF THE UNIT.
SET TENTATIVE DATE FOR ACHIEVING YOUR GOAL AS SEPTEMBER 18.

Each person in the group will highlight (using the appropriate color) an element of a personal narrative.

GRADES HAVE ALREADY BEEN INPUTTED FOR THIS QUIZ.

Revise slide 4 using the information on the Nervous System Definition Cards.

Revise slide 3 using the information on the Nervous System Definition Cards

1) Click on Add/Create
2) Click on Slides
3) Create a colorful and engaging presentation that really highlights your partner.

Remember that your activities must add up to a total of about 50 minutes.

1) Click on Add or Create.
2) Click on Doc.
3) Use a 14 point font that is legible (clear and easy to read).
4) Double space.
5) Write 1-2 pages.
6) Turn it in when done.

1) Open the P.E. Log.
2) Slide 1: Type your name on the line.
3) Slide 2: Click on PRESENT and read the instructions.
Click on the link for an activity.
Choose your activity/activities that add up to about 50 minutes.
Exit presentation mode.
4) Slide 3: Type your responses.
5) Turn in your P.E. Log by 8:59 A.M.

Below are sentence stems you could use in your response for slide 7.

Claim: In both investigations... This is shown by...
Evidence: In both investigations...
...which is the definition of...
In this first investigation...
This led to...
...which we could observe as...
_____ energy was transferred from ____ to ___.
This was shown by...
In the second investigation...
When the ball collided with the pennies,...

I'm really eager to understand what you can do as writers of narratives, of stories, so today, will you please write the best personal narrative, the best true story, that you can write? Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on just a scene or two. You'll have only forty-five minutes to write this true story, so you'll need to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one sitting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.

In your writing, make sure you:
-Write a beginning for your story.
-Use transition words to tell what happened in order.
-Elaborate to help readers picture your story.
-Show what your story is really about.
-Write an ending for your story.

Follow the example and create your own I Am Poem.
You may add appropriate images that go along with the words or ideas in your poem.