Monday, April 28, 2014

6th Grade Week of April 28

Lessons
ELA
Religion


ELA 

alibi
deductive reasoning
 enigma
evidence
inductive reasoning
inference
investigator
 mystery
problem solving

Due May 9th 
Writing a mystery or detective story requires the writer to include specific elements of the genre.
  1. It needs to be suspenseful.
  2. It should include a crime, a crime-solver, and several suspects.
  3. A good mystery includes key details--clues, alibis, character motivation.

Religion 

Lent Journals are due Monday the 28th. Students have been working on them during class.

Due Monday May 5th Students must write the vocabulary words on index cards from Chapters 1- 5 if using vocabulary notebook as reference the dates of September 10,16, 23, 30, and October 7. One side of the card must have the word being defined and on the other side define the word. These cards must be placed into a zip-lock bag for safe keeping.