Ms. Tucker's 6th and 7th Grade English Classes

Today Ms. Tucker finished conferencing with everyone about their 4th Quarter IR Puppet Shows! Just like yesterday and the day before, the plans look great!  Next week will be very entertaining!  All of the groups finished their scripts for the Anne Frank skits and now it is practice…practice…practice!

HOMEWORK DUE THURSDAY, 5/17:
BRING YOUR LAPTOP & CHARGER TO CLASS ON THURSDAY.
Mrs. Strother also asks that you copy movie, pictures and music files onto a flashdrive if you would like to keep them. (As you know, the laptops will be remastered this summer.)

HOMEWORK DUE THURSDAY, 5/17:
1) Be ready for Thursday’s “PUPPET PEEK.” You may bring your puppet/s to class, OR you may take a PHOTO BOOTH photo of your puppet/s.
2) Practice (and, if you choose, record) the show for your presentation.

UPCOMING PROJECTS:
Monday, 5/21 – IR Presentations
Tuesday, 5/22 – IR Presentations

Extra-Credit Assignment!
Begin writing your own diary/journal on Wednesday, 4/18. Spend approximately 15-20 minutes on each entry. Students who write thorough entries every day until we finish the play will earn an extra point on their 4th quarter average!
As of WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH, we are still working on the play, so keep writing.

Today after studying our past quizzes, vocabulary list and study questions, we played a fun game…Musical Chair Review. The purpose was to review for a quiz on chapters 1-10 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. We will have a quiz tomorrow reviewing all of the points we have discussed so far in terms of events, characters and vocabulary.

Homework: Please read chapter 11 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.  Check your study questions as I will put two of them on tomorrow’s quiz.

Today students turned in their 4th Quarter Book Critiques.  The morning classes had some stress as the printer was not cooperating, but Ms. Tucker had a plan b, and all turned out well!

Homework: Enjoy Fine Arts Night!  Also, if you need to catch up with your reading to chapter 10 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry then please do so!

In today’s class, Thursday’s “PUPPET PEEK” was announced (I said tomorrow…but if your puppets are not made yet that is fine as long as they are ready on THURSDAY!) The purpose of this check is to make sure that puppets are made by this weekend, so that students don’t wait until the last minute to make puppets when they should be practicing (and perhaps recording) puppet shows. As sixth graders worked on their in-class skits, Ms. Tucker conferenced with individual students and made suggestions for the IR scripts. Students found that it was important to follow the directions to earn maximum points.

Today students who were ready showed their book critique to Ms. Tucker.  Some students still need to focus on using an action verb in their lead. We also discussed that students need to proofread carefully and make sure to capitalize all the appropriate words (or not as the case may be).

Homework: Your book critique is due – printed – at the beginning of class!! Also, please bring Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as we will have time to read in class.

Today was a work day for our 4th Quarter book critique. Some students were prepared to meet with me with their drafts, while others were either writing their drafts or finishing their books.  We will have another work day on Monday.

Homework: First, be ready with a draft of your book critique on Monday.  Ms. Tucker will meet with as many students as possible in class on Monday. The final book critique is due in class on Tuesday.

Second, read and highlight chapters 9 and 10 in Roll of Thunder.  This reading assignment is due on Tuesday, May 15th, so make sure to split it into “doable” chunks of pages.

Today students took a quiz and chapters 7 and 8 in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.  Afterwards, Ms. Tucker handed out progress reports so that students and parents will be well aware of where they stand in terms of their English grade – remember there are only 15 days left of school, so you need to keep focused to either maintain or improve your grade.  Students started presenting their vocabulary words.  It was fun to see not only talented artists but also creative ways of showing both sides of the world in 1933 Mississippi.

Homework: Have a great Fine Arts Night!  Also, please be prepared to work on your 4th Quarter book critique in class tomorrow.  If you need to finish reading then bring your book – if you are ready to start writing then charge your laptop! Finally, PLEASE GET MOM OR DAD TO SIGN YOUR PROGRESS REPORT!!

**Read and highlight chapters 9 and 10 in Roll of Thunder.  This reading assignment is due on Tuesday, May 15th, so make sure to split it into “doable” chunks of pages.