Welcome to 6th grade Language Arts

       Novels

We will read the following novels this year.

"Westing Game"
"The View From Saturday"
"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"
"Touching Spirit Bear"
"Esperanza Rising"
"Bud Not Buddy"
Fantasy Fiction - Student Choice of selected books.

    Vocabulary

All the vocabulary lessons are on schoology.  There are PDF files of the words and the exercises will be completed in class.  I will randomly choose one exercise to take a grade on with each unit.

      Grammar

We will learn about how each word functions in a sentence by diagramming.  It's NOT easy, but you will get it.  All of the lessons are uploaded on schoology in a diagramming folder for your reference.

     Writing

A lot of the writing we do will be connected with a novel, but there will be numerous projects that will involve writing.

      Speeches

You may be asked to prepare a speech, you WILL be asked to present projects in front of the class.

Materials needed

I have most of the materials you will need however, it is recommended that you have:
pencils, pens,
paper
some kind of binder or folder with tabs or dividers
a flash drive
device with internet access preferably a computer.