Welcome

Here is some student created animation, from The Adventures of Ulysses.

Intrinsic:

Human

Belonging naturally

Essential

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

In your group divide your poster paper in two.

Here is some student created animation, from The Adventures of Ulysses.

At the top of the left side write the question "Why write?"

At the top of the right side write the question "Why read?"

You will have a few minutes to brainstorm answers with your group, then we will share with the class.

Make money

Show gratitude

Express love

Look and look again

Imagine

Sympathize

Apologize

Argue

Explore

Play

Petition

Parody

Convey information

Discover what you know about a subject

Work through sad times

Recreate happy times

Why write?

Entertainment and enjoyment

EMPATHY?

Focus and concentration

Increase verbal ability

Why read?

Quick & Painless Grammar Exercise

barked

1. Bigfoot ran across the highway.

All three verbs are action verbs since they show

action.

Find the verbs in the following sentences.

Verbs show action or being.

Lesson 1 - Verbs

3. The dog barked at bigfoot.

sit,

2. Sit down, Bigfoot!

ran,

Answers:

Students will "add a chapter", writing

a chapter in the style and voice of one

of the characters in the book.

Full Tilt

An extremely engaging and exciting

tale, which follows the Hero's Journey template, in which a group of teens must escape a mystical amusement park ride.

The Adventures of Ulysses

Leads into a creative writing unit on the Hero's Journey.

• Provides the template for Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.

• A beautifully written prose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey.

Together we are going to read some great books.

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

• Cite textual evidence, support analysis, draw inferences.

• Determine a theme, provide a summary.

Community - Diversity - Immigration - Perspectives

I read a chapter, and model fluency.

Students respond to the text with a Quote & Note.

We are creating word pyramids to be fashioned into a booklet.

We are creating a Storyline style bulletin board.

• Engages multiple intelligences.

• Promotes engagement with the text.

We are going to make some beautiful

Perhaps we'll have a poetry slam.

Read and write some...

Welcome...

...to 6th Grade Language Arts.

• Engage multiple intelligences.

• Use technology to produce writing.

• Interact and collaborate with others.

• Provide a summary and analysis of the book.

• Document the process and rationale behind the creation of the Seedfolks Booklet and Garden Bulletin Board.

We will create a Ken Burns style documentary using iMovie and Garage Band.

• Figurative language; meaning and tone

• Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres.

This is book about a high school poetry class that turns into a poetry slam is an engaging entry into a unit on poetry, and into a student created poetry slam/performance of their own.

Bronx Masquerade

Nikki Grimes

And of course, I will play music for them every

Friday.

Time and logistics permitting, we will coordinate with Ms. McBride on a play.

I will teach your students how to use Prezi, and possibly PowToon.

We will also do a research project, essay, and presentation.