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Mr. Rocheleau– Ext. 28671 / 28213 mrocheleau@mail.wcs.k12.mi.us
Welcome to Mr. Rocheleau’s Homework Hotline
Language Arts 7th
Grade:
Week of 10/10
Monday: Audio CD “A Days Wait”
Making Meanings 1-8 WTO Sentences Graphic organizer
Tuesday: MEAP Testing /Movie review
Wednesday: Meap Testing/ Movie review/Character Traits
Thursday: Meap Testing/
Movie review/ Character traits
Friday: Test “A Days
Wait”
Week of 10/3
Monday: “Three Skeleton Key” WTO and Making Meanings
Tuesday: Continue “Three Skeleton Key” WTO and Making Meanings Audio CD
Graphic organizer
Wednesday: Review
Language Link, Spelling Worksheets
Thursday: Test “Three Skeleton Key”
Friday: Begin Reading “A Days Wait”
Week of 9/26
Monday: “Dear Me” due. Check Ricki-ticki test. Read “The Runaway” Making meanings 1-8
Tuesday: Making Meanings due. CD “Song of the Trees” WTO sentences.
Wednesday: Continue “Song of the Trees”
Thursday: Graphic organizer /
Audio CD Spelling link
Friday: Test “Song of the Trees”
Week of 9/19
Monday: Grade Level Meetings. Making Meanings WTO
Tuesday: WTO and Mini-Test
“The Dinner Party”
Wednesday: “Letter to
Me”: Prewriting
Thursday: Test on Ricki-Ticki-Tavi. Work on “Dear Me” Letter.
Friday: Peer assessment and
Final Draft for “Dear Me” Letter.
Language Arts 6th
Grade:
Week of 10/10
Monday: Audio CD “President Cleveland Where are you?” Making Meanings 1-8 WTO Sentences Graphic
organizer
Tuesday: MEAP Testing /Movie review
Wednesday: Meap Testing/ Movie review/Character Traits
Thursday: Meap Testing/
Movie review/ Character traits
Friday: Test “President
Cleveland Where are You?”
Week of 10/3
Monday: Read “La Bamba”
Tuesday: Words to Own, Making Meaninings
Wednesday: Graphic organizer/
Audio CD
Thursday: Test “La Bamba”
Friday: Begin Reading “President Cleveland Where
are You?”
Week of 9/26
Monday: Begin Reading “All American Slurp” Quick Write WTO
Tuesday: Audio CD “All American Slurp” Making Meanings Graphic Organizer
Wednesday: Language Link, Words to Own, Vocabulary
Worksheet
Thursday: Peer Groups
Friday: Colaborative Test “All American Slurp”
Week of 9/19
Monday: “Letter to Me” due. Check “Just Once Test” Begin reading “Ta Na- E-Ka”
Quick Write, WTO Sentences.
Tuesday: CD “Ta-Na-E-Ka. WTO sentences.
Wednesday: Graphic organizer Audio CD
Thursday: Spelling Worksheets, Grammer link Words
to Own.
Friday: Test “Just Once”
Week of 9/12
Monday: Grade Level Meetings. Making Meanings WTO
Tuesday: WTO and Spelling Worksheets “Just Once”
Wednesday: “Letter to Me” Prewriting
Thursday: Test on Just Once. Work on “Dear Me” Letter.
Friday: Peer assessment and
Final Draft for “Dear Me” Letter.
Minute
Rice for September 19th
Physical Education:
Football Skills/Competition Training
for the Mile Run.
>> Absolutely NO aerosol cans in the locker room!!!
This includes Axe Body spray and
perfumes. We have several students
that are allergic to the sprays and perfumes. Only Roll-on/Solid Deodorant is
permitted.
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6 Trait Writing
1. Ideas- This is the heart of the message.
It is the central idea and the support for that idea. Is the message clear?
Is the topic narrow and manageable? Details should be high quality and not
obvious or too general.
2. Organization- does your piece have a “hook” in
the beginning? How is the end? Does the plot make sense? Do you have a
central idea and supporting details?
3. Voice- writing is as individual as
personality, writing has real voice when the author is committed to the
topic, writing about what you know, have experienced and care about will
come through in your writing.
4. Word Choice- use STRONG and SPECIFIC verbs
rather than many adjectives – your piece will be alive and exciting
5. Sentence Fluency- this is the flow of a piece,
should have varying sentence lengths, and sentences should not all start
the same way
6. Conventions- punctuation, capitalization,
spelling
The Writing Process
1. Prewriting- brainstorming ideas by jotting down lists,
creating graphic organizers of ideas, mind-mapping, outlines, and quick
writes
2. Drafting- begin writing at this point
3. Revision- Revise your first draft the next day. It is
always to better to revisit your rough draft after having taken a break
from it. Revise your first draft by adding, deleting, and reorganizing your
ideas. Share your writing with as many other people as you can
(conferencing) to get meaningful feedback.
Use other peoples’ suggestions and questions to make your writing
better. All writers (professional and amateur), spend the majority of
their time on revision.
4. Editing- fix spelling, capitalization, grammar, and
punctuation errors
5. Publish- final draft
The best environment for writing is a quiet place with as few
distractions as possible. Find a
special place that you designate as your writing space.
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