Team 6B Language Arts at Eckstein Middle School
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2010
Purpose:Students will learn what an African Praise poem is and begin to understand how to create their own. The poem will be displayed alongside their artifact in the Eastern Hemisphere Museum Night on March 11th. (Writing EALR 2.3: Writes in a variety of forms/genres) Activities: Students will learn what a praise poem is through examples. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2010
If you were absent these days, there is no make-up. Your reading log was due Thursday.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
Purpose: Students will celebrate and reflect upon their writing in order to set goals for improvement. Activities: Students will read their persuasive letters to their table groups and give compliments to other writers. Students will then prepare their letters to be mailed. To celebrate their hard work, students will then read children’s book, I Wanna [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
Purpose:/Activities: Students will visit the library in order to find books related to Africa. Ms. Dame will lead students through some book talks in order for students to discover a topic they are interested in.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2010
Purpose: Students will complete their persuasive letters. (Writing EALR 2: student writes for a variety of purposes and audiences.) Activities: Students will complete their persuasive letters using a laptop computer in class. Due: Persuasive letters (end of period)
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2010
Purpose: Students will learn how to write effective conclusions to their persuasive letters. (Writing EALR 3.1: develops ideas and organizes writing) Activities: Students will watch a PowerPoint presentation about how to write effective conclusions that includes some hand and body motions to help them remember the parts of the conclusion. Students will then have the rest [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2010
Purpose: Students will learn how to write a business letter in order to prepare to send their persuasive letter to an adult in their lives. (Writing EALR 1: The student publishes text to share with an audience, using a format for a specific audience.) Activities: Students will participate in a short lesson on how to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2010
Purpose: Students will learn how anecdotes can add depth to their persuasive writing and how to use an anecdote effectively. (Writing EALR 3.2. Uses appropriate style). Activities:Students will participate in a short mini-lesson on anecdotes. They will then try to add an anecdote as a supporting detail in their own letters. For Make-up: View slide [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2010
Purpose: Students will learn how to write topic sentences and construct a persuasive paragraph. (Writing EALR 3.1.2. Uses an effective organizational structure). Activities: Students will add the arguments and support they have gathered from the readings in class to their graphic organizer. (see yesterday’s post for organizer.) Students will then have the opportunity to work [...]