Mrs. Brubaker's Language Arts Cafe

NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4

2009-12-07T07:32:00.002-06:00

RAMP UP
Monday-Independent Reading; Read Wanted p. 136-145
Tuesday-Independent Reading; Read Wanted p. 136-152
Wednesday- Write Literary Letter
Thursday- Revise Literary Letter
Friday- Work from the Independent Menu

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-JGB Text Opener; Quiz over "Eleven"
Tuesday-Vocabulary Notes; Read Spit Nolan p. 20-31
Wednesday- Read Spit Nolan; Guided Notes
Thursday- Spit Nolan Choice writing assignment
Friday-Spit Nolan Shared Inquiry Discussion; Quiz over Figurative Language

NOVEMBER 9-13

2009-11-16T09:52:00.003-06:00

RAMP UP
Monday- Complete Children's Book
Tuesday- Complete Children's Book
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- Complete Children's Book
Friday- Read p. 84-91

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Introduction to Shared Inquiry
Tuesday- Read the House on Mango Street
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- Practice Shared Inquiry Discussion
Friday-Read "The Moth and the Star"

VOCABULARY TEST FRIDAY NOV. 20

2009-11-10T15:18:00.003-06:00

Desolate- a place with no people
Debtor- a person who owes soemthing to another
Strapping- a person with a strong build
Afflicting- causing pain or trouble
Sustenance- something that supports life
Despondency- extreme sadness
Singed- to burn slightly
Impressionable- easily influenced
Circumstance- a condition connected to an event
Creditor- a person to whom money is owed
Impartially- without favoring one side or the other
Solitaire- a person who feels lonely
Banished- to be driven away and ordered not to return

NOVEMBER 2-6

2009-11-09T07:08:00.002-06:00

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Revise/Edit How to... Rough Draft
Tuesday-How to... Final Copy
Wednesday-Type How to...
Thursday-Type How to..
Friday-Journal Assignment/Type How to... Paper

RAMP UP
Monday-Rough Draft Children's Book/Read p. 74-83 in WANTED
Tuesday-Rough Draft Childern's Book
Wednesday- Type Children's Book
Thursday-Type Children's Book
Friday-Type Children's Book

OCTOBER 26-30

2009-11-02T06:58:00.002-06:00

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Theme,Main Point;Read Chapter 12 in A Wrinkle in Time
Tuesday-Begin How to...paper;Study Guide for Unit Test
Wednesday-Complete Rough Draft; Study for Unit Test
Thursday-Study for Unit Test, How to Rough Draft Due
Friday- Unit Test over A Wrinkle in Time

RAMP UP
Monday-Read p. 33-41 in WANTED
Tuesday- Read "When I was Young in the Mountains
Wednesday- Begin writing Children's stories
Thursday-Read p. 58-66 in WANTED
Friday- Read p. 66-74 in WANTED

OCTOBER 20-24

2009-10-26T07:03:00.002-05:00

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-No School
Tuesday- 1st nine weeks awards; complete Reader's Theater
Wednesday-Book Talk Sign Up;Read Chapter 10- Wrinkle
Thursday-Read Chapter 11; Quiz over 10 & 11
Friday-Fieldtrip

RAMP UP
Monday- No School
Tuesday-Read p. 25-33 in WANTED
Wednesday-Read p. 33-41
Thursday- Form Questions about the text
Friday-Fieldtrip

Goals

2009-10-17T12:25:00.001-05:00

Middle school is very different from elementary school. A new nine weeks means a new opportunity to learn and set goals. What do you need to work on to be successful during the next nine weeks? What do you plan on doing to get there?

OCTOBER 12-16

2009-10-16T14:10:00.003-05:00

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Read Chapter 7 in Wrinkle
Tuesday-Reader's Theater
Wednesday-Read Chapter 8 in Wrinkle; Quiz over Chapters 7&8
Thursday-All Missing Work Due

RAMP UP
Monday-Target Words-placid;retrieving, Read p. 17-24 in WANTED
Tuesday- WANTED senses chart; practice reading read alouds
Wednesday- Practice read alouds
Thursday- Read p. 1-6 in Fingerprints and Talking bones; Target Words explode;prefix

OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 9

2009-10-09T06:11:00.004-05:00

RAMP UP
Monday-Study Target Words, Read p. 9-17 in WANTED
Tuesday-Read the play "They Call Me Sirr"
Wednedsay-Watch the movie "They Call Me Sirr"
Thursday-ALL Book Talks completed
Friday- Watch "The Chronicles of Narnia" and write a summary

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Read Chapter 5 in WRINKLE
Tuesday-Read Chapter 6 in WRINKLE; take a quiz over Chapters 5 &6
Wednesday-Read the article "The Graveyard Mystery"; collapse the article paragraph by paragraph
Thursday-Book Talks; Raft writing assingnment; ALL Book Talks due!
Friday-Watch "The Chronicles of Narnia" write a summary

SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2

2009-10-05T07:06:00.002-05:00

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday-Conference Worksheet;Read p. 52-63 in A Wrinkle in Time
Tuesday- Literature Groups; Read Chapter 4 in A Wrinkle in Time
Wednesday-Character Gallery Walk;Quiz over Chapters 1-4; Book Talks
Thursday-Book Fair; Book Talks
Friday-Fugurative Language Quiz; Book Talks; Journal

RAMPUP
Monday-Study Target Words
Tuesday-Quiz over Target Words
Wednesday- Read p. 1-9 in WANTED; Book Talks
Thursday- Book Fair; Book Talks
Friday- Discuss the elements of Mystery; Book Talks

SEPTEMBER 21-25

2009-09-28T07:30:00.000-05:00

RAMP UP
Monday- Study Target Words
Tuesday-Activate Prior Knowledge
Wednesday- Study New Target Words; Library Day
Thursday- Quiz over Target Words
Friday- Watch "The Red Sneakers" answer questions

LANGUAGE ARTS
Monday- Figuratuve Language Quiz; Read p. 41-44 in Wrinkle
Tuesday- Read p. 44-52 in Wrinkle; Final Copy Personal Narrative Due
Wednesday-Library Day; Type Personal Narrative
Thursday- Final Typed Personal Narrative Due
Friday- Watch "The Red Sneakers" answer questions

SEPTEMBER 14-18

2009-09-21T07:11:00.002-05:00

RAMP UP
Monday- Daily Reading Log, Book Summary, Target Words

Tuesday-Target Words, Activate Prior Knowledge

Wednesday- Fiction/Non Fiction, Read "A Graveyard Mystery"

Thursday- Read Ch. 4 "Talking Bones"

Friday- Finish "Fingerprints and Talking Bones"

6TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday- Read p. 17-22 in A Wrinkle in Time

Tuesday- Read p. 22-27 in A Wrinkle in Time

Wednesday- Read p. 28-33 in A Wrinkle in Time; Book Talks

Thursday- Begin Personal Narrative; Read p. 33-38 in A Wrinkle in Time

Friday-Read p. 38-41 in A Wrinkle in Time; Rough draft for personal narrative due Monday; Study for figurative language quiz Monday

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE NOTES

2009-09-18T15:23:00.003-05:00

Similie- a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
*The boy was as quiet as a mouse
*He ran like the wind

Metaphor- a comparison that is directly stated and does not use the words like or as
*She is a beast on the soccer field
*He ran with his giraffe legs

Personification- gives human qualities to non human objects
*The tree danced
*The dog sang

Hyperbole- A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated
*I have a million things to do
*I almost died when I saw my report card

Idiom- An expression that has a meaning different than it's individual words
* It was raining cats and dogs
*My mom had a cow when I lost my phone

Onomatopoeia- When words reflect sounds
*Boom, Hiss, Bang

Alliteration- When the beginning consonant sounds of words repeat
*Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

September 9-11

2009-09-14T07:32:00.002-05:00

Language Arts
Wednesday- Review Classroom Procedures; Test over The School Play
Thursday- Text Opener; Anticipated Reading Guide; Read p. 7-11 in A Wrinkle in Time
Friday-Figurative Language Notes; Read 11-17 in Wrinkle

Ramp Up
Wednesday- Review classroom procedures Read Chapters 9-10 in Ziggy
Thursday- Class in Mrs. Schamber's room
Friday- Read Chapter 11 in Ziggy

August 31-September 4

2009-09-09T15:46:00.003-05:00

6th Grade Ramp Up

Monday- Review Classroom Procedures; Read Chapters 1& 2 in Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs

Tuesday- Book Pass; Read Ch. 3&4 in Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs

Wednesday-Map Testing

Thursday- Read Ch 5 &6 in Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs

Friday- Character Graphis Organizer; Read Ch. 7&8 in Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs

6th Grade Language Arts

Monday-Read "The School Play" do wkbk pg. 12-13

Tuesday-Book Pass; Partner Read "The School Play"

Wednesday- Map Testing

Thursday- Collapse the "Donner" article; define Main Point

Friday- Vocabulary Quiz, Journal Entry, Read wkbk p. 19-21 answer questions on p.22 1-8

Discussion Question #1

2009-09-02T20:28:00.001-05:00

Almost everyone is afraid of something. What is your biggest fear? Why?

Fall 09

2009-09-02T20:26:00.001-05:00

Make a free photo slideshow

Vocabulary Words (Test Friday, Sept 3)

2009-09-01T10:25:00.002-05:00

Vocabulary Words-The School Play
Prop- an object an actor uses in a play
Smirk-to smile in an insulting way
Relentless-refusing to stop or give up
Narrative-a story
Frothing-a foamy mixture of saliva
Awe-a feeling of amazement
Blistering-extremely cold
Assassins-a killer of a political leader
*Plot –the series of events in a story
*Setting-the time and place in which the story took place

2009-08-28T13:15:00.003-05:00

August 24-28

Monday- Review Book Talk Guidelines;Practice Book Talks with Picture Books

Tuesday- Gates McGinite Reading Test

Wednesday- Library Day; Book Talk Sign up

Thursday- Vocabulary Activity

Friday- Copy Vocabulary Words; Read p. 32 in Literature Book, "The School Play"

Homework: Study for Vocabulary Test Sept. 3; Read Book Talk Book

August 17-21

2009-08-20T21:18:00.004-05:00

Monday- Introduction to Language Arts or Ramp Up Class

Tuesday- Review Procedures and Class Rules

Wednesday- Robinson Fall Writing Assessment

Thursday- Robinson Fall Writing Assessment

Friday- Robinson Fall Writing Assessment

Homework:Bring composition notebook and syllabus with parent signature by next Friday, August 28th.