Middle School Literacy-Fofana Week of January 21

Important Updates:

• All scholars must log on to Compass Learning daily to work on folders. They must compete at least a quiz a week. Compass learning grades will be recorded every Monday for the previous week's activities.
• All Study Island assignments must be completed by due dates in order to receive credit. All grades for Study Island assignments will be recorded on Mondays.
• Scholars will be given the opportunity to re-take a tests if they qualify. This does not apply to quizzes. The first re-take is scheduled for 1/28/2013 from 8:00 to 8:30 in room 306.

Objectives: SWBAT

6A

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Identify how diction is used to create imagery and mood.
                      Interpret tone by analyzing word choice.

Wednesday: Identify and use personification and hyperbole in poetry

Thursday: Identify and analyze different forms of poetry.

Friday: Define and analyze a haiku
                  Identify and analyze a concrete poem.

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

1. ad- to, forward
2. bene- good, well
3. fragilis- breakable 
4. re- back, again
5. sub- under 
6. voco- call
7. aqua- water 
8. decem- ten
9. magnus- great 
10. phone- sound, voice 

6B 

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Identify and note the differences between a fact statement and an opinion statement.

Wednesday: Identify cause and effect relationships in informational text.

Thursday: Identify the order of events in a given text.

Friday: Review genres and subgenres
                       Identify the genre of a given piece of writing.

Word Study:Re-teach Greek/Latin Roots from the previous

7th Grade

Monday: Holiday-MLK Day

Tuesday: Define and identify the different types of meter within a poem.
                           Create and write a rap about a topic of their choice using the iambic, trochee, dactylic, and        anapest meters 

Wednesday: Edit peer poetry portfolios
                                   Provide constructive feedback about reviewed portfolio

Thursday:  Read a selection of poems written by other teens and identify figurative language, sound devices and                      meter as well as the themes expressed in the poem.

Friday: 

Word Study: Greek/Latin Roots

1. chronos- time
2. demos- people
3. ex -from, out of  
4. judex- judge 
5. pan- all 
6. sequor- follow 
7. annus- year 
8. ge- earth 
9. mikros- small 
10. omnis- all 

 
Vocabulary Test # 1 Re-Take Documents
KIM-Vocabulary Worksheet
Test # 1 Re-Take Words
Vocabulary Map
Re-Take Parent Letter