Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Personal Narrative

Personal Narrative - tells a story about something in your own life (experiences and/or memories)

Elements of a personal narrative
introduction
body/problem
body/effect of the problem on the main character
conclusion/solution
closing/take away

5th Grade Writing Prompts
Alexander is not the only person who has had a no good very bad day; everyone at some point has had one of these days. Describe a time when you had a no good, very bad day and what you did to make it better

5th Grade also has a free-choice writing prompt for a personal narrative

6th and 7th Grade Writing Prompt
Think about an important or memorable event in your life, one that has meaning to you. Describe what happened, as well as your thoughts and feelings at the time.
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Vocabulary Words

Oni and the Great Bird
impostor
hovered
invincible
commence
implored
The Tell Tale Heart
acute
vex
sagacity
refrain
wary
audacity
suavity
vehemently
derision
gesticulations
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Language Arts Overview for January 6 - January 9

7th Grade - Students will be reading The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. We will focus on Irony and various forms of Figurative Language.

6th Grade - Students will be reading a Yoruban folk tale entitled Oni and the Giant Bird. We will focus on the traits of a folk tale.

5th Grade - Students will be writing a personal narrative about a bad day they have experienced. Students will also have an at home personal narrative that they are to complete based upon a topic of their choice. The work they do at home for their at home narrative will mirror the skills and work they complete in class
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Sentence Structure Unit

Sentence Structure Unit November - December

Our new Language Arts unit is sentence structure. Students will explore the various forms of sentence structure such as simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compund-complex sentences. The unit will begin with understanding subject and predicate and writing simple sentences, then progress to compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.

Our Georgia Standards Focus
5th grade ELA5C1
6th grade ELA6C1
7th grade ELAC1

Sentence Structure Definitions

  • Complex Sentence - is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate(dependent) clauses.
  • Compound Sentence - contains two independent clauses
  • Sentence - word or group of words that have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought
  • Simple Sentence - contains one independent clause
  • Complete Subject - ALL the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
  • Simple Subject - the main word or words that tell who or what the sentence is about
  • Complete Predicate - the verb and ALL the words that describe the verb and complete the sentence meaning
  • Simple Predicate - the word or words that tell what the subject is doing. The simple predicate is the VERB

Don't be fooled by a Subordinate (dependent clause)

Subordinate (dependent) Clause

A subordinate clause does not express a complete though and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Subordinate clauses DEPEND on an independent clause to make a sentence and express a complete thought.

BE CAREFUL subordinate clauses can contain a subject and predicate.

Parts of Speech Unit

Parts of Speech Unit September - November
Since the beginning of school we have been working on parts of speech. This is a lengthy skill, where each grade level has a different aspect of the eight parts of speech to focus on. The depth and complexity of the skill depends on the grade. Please follow our journey through parts of speech at http://www.georgiastandards.org/ The website will give you a description of the standard and the topics covered. We are are projected to complete parts of speech by November. The unit will end with a parts of speech performance assessment.
Our current Georgia Standard focus
5th grade ELA5C1
6th grade ELA6C1
7th grade ELA7C1
The next unit for all grades will be Sentence Structure

End of Year Project

Students have the option of making a powerpoint of their end of the year project. All powerpoints must be mailed to jada.byron@imagineschools.com

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