1. 6th Grade Language Arts Mrs. Frantz
Bearstone Unit
6th Grade Language Arts
Mrs. Frantz

2. Today’s goals – 9/11/13 Homework – Begin studying for Friday’s Photo-
Bell Ringer #10
Read 9/11 A Dark Day
Complete Reading Check Quiz
Finish Photo- Prefix – quiz this Friday
Homework –
Begin studying for
Friday’s Photo-
Prefix Quiz

3. Realistic Fiction
fictional characters who behave in realistic ways -everything could happen to real people, living in a real world -setting could be a real place

4. Today’s goals – 9/12/13 Homework – Study for TOMORROW’S Photo-
Bell Ringer #11
Finish Photo- Prefix – quiz TOMORROW
Nouns Packet – Next two exercises
Review Realistic Fiction Notes
Bearstone Anticipatory Worksheet
Homework –
Study for
TOMORROW’S
Photo-
Prefix Quiz

5. Today’s goals – 9/13/13 Homework – Read at least
Bell Ringer #12
Photo- Prefix Quiz
Nouns Packet – Finish Packet
Bearstone Frayer Vocabulary Worksheet
Homework –
Read at least
10 pages of your SAR book!

6. Bell Ringer #13 SAR Conferencing Time “Spice” Article Activity
Today’s goals – 9/16/13
Bell Ringer #13
SAR Conferencing Time
“Spice” Article Activity

7. Today’s goals – 9/17/13 Bell Ringer #14 Go over “Spice” Activity
Start Prefixes – next Quiz Monday, September 23rd
SAR Time/Finish Conferencing

8. Today’s goals – 9/18/13 Bell Ringer #15
Continue Prefixes - Quiz Monday, September 23rd
“Space” Article Activity
Review Realistic Fiction Notes
Plot Diagram Notes – Exposition & Rising Action

9. Plot diagram
Rising-Action
Exposition

10. Plot - a series of related events that make up a story or drama
Plot - a series of related events that make up a story or drama. It is made up of FIVE parts:
Exposition – the introduction of a story where the characters and setting is introduced
Rising-Action – the main character encounters minor problems and the reader gets to know him/her

11. For Monday’s Prefix Quiz
Today’s goals – 9/19/13
Bell Ringer #16
Finish Prefixes - Quiz Monday, September 23rd
Review yesterday’s Plot Diagram Notes
Start Bearstone
Start Noun Review Packet ??? – Test next Tuesday!!!
Homework:
Begin studying
For Monday’s Prefix Quiz
& Tuesday’s Noun Test

12. For Monday’s Prefix Quiz
Today’s goals – 9/20/13
Bell Ringer #17
Prefixes Quiz – Monday!!!
Noun Review Packet – Test Next Tuesday!!!
Bearstone Frayer Vocabulary Review
Finish Plot Diagram Notes
Continue Bearstone
Realistic Fiction – Update bookmarks while we read
Homework:
Continue studying
For Monday’s Prefix Quiz
& Tuesday’s Noun Test

13. Plot - a series of related events that make up a story or drama
Plot - a series of related events that make up a story or drama. It is made up of FIVE parts:
Exposition – the introduction of a story where the characters and setting is introduced
Rising-Action – the main character encounters minor problems and the reader gets to know him/her
Climax – the most suspenseful part of the story
Falling-Action – the reader finds out what happens to the main character
Resolution – all the loose ends in the story are wrapped up

14. Plot diagram
Climax
Rising-Action
Falling-Action
Exposition
Resolution

15. Today’s goals – 9/23/13 Continue studying Tomorrow’s Noun Test
Bell Ringer – NONE
Prefix Quiz
Library – Mrs. Gaugler’s Lesson
Study Island – Main Idea/Supporting Details
Nouns Test – TOMORROW
Homework:
Continue studying
Tomorrow’s
Noun Test

16. Today’s goals – 9/24/13 Bell Ringer #18
Nouns Test – SAR Time when you finish
Finishing Study Island – Pretest (10 Questions)
Main Idea & Relevant Details
(10 Questions)
Continue Reading Bearstone – Fill in Realistic Fiction bookmarks as we read

17. Today’s goals – 9/26/13 Bell Ringer #19
Start En-/Em- Prefixes – October 2nd next Quiz
Finish Bearstone & Realistic Fiction Bookmarks – Test Next Tuesday???
Begin Plot Diagram Worksheet

18. Today’s goals – 9/27/13 Homework: Complete En-/Em- Prefix Sentences
Bell Ringer #20
Continue En-/Em- Prefixes – October 2nd next Quiz
Review Main Idea/Supporting Detail Practice
Three Color Strategy Notes
Review Plot Diagram
Start Bearstone Plot Diagram - ???
Homework:
Complete En-/Em-
Prefix Sentences

19. Also called topic, big idea or picture
Main Idea
Also called topic, big idea or picture

20. Definition the central point the author tries to make.
main idea lets the reader know what the rest of the paragraph will be about.
main idea can be an opinion, argument or a general idea.
most of the time the main idea is in the topic sentence, near the beginning.
main idea sets the tone, voice, and style.

21. Supporting Details
supporting details are specific statements about the same topic.
supporting details describe and support the main idea.
supporting details explain/prove the author’s point.
supporting details are clear, organized details.

22. Summary definition
A summary is the main idea, plus only one or two details.
The summary is the “essence” or what the whole article is about.
Summaries are always brief, short cut versions of the whole article, book, or movie.
A summary is not a retelling.

23. The Three Color Strategy to determine Main Idea and Details (Excerpts are taken from Walk Two Moons, Stargirl, and “The Underground Railroad.”)

24. Directions for the Three Color Strategy
Look for the topic sentence. Underline it in GREEN for start or go.
Look for the detail sentences. Underline them in YELLOW for slowing down to give information.
Look for the ending sentence. Underline it in RED for stopping the paragraph.

25. Today’s goals – 9/30/13 Homework: Study for Wednesday’s En-/Em-
Bell Ringer #21
Turn in Prefixes Sentences Homework – Quiz this Wednesday
Finish Bearstone Plot Diagram – Test Thursday
Model Three Color Strategy
Homework:
Study for
Wednesday’s
En-/Em-
Prefix Quiz

26. Plot diagram Climax Rising- Action Falling- Action Exposition
-Cloyd leaves camp to fish
-Gets caught in hailstorm
-Freezing to death
Walter visits wife’s grave
Both talk about afterlife
They go into the wilderness – trail
Climax
-Cloyd runs away from the group home
-Walter becomes Cloyd’s caregiver
-Cloyd finds the Bearstone
-They plan a trip to the mine “Pride of the West”
Rising- Action
-Cloyd finds orange tent
-Stranger helps him
-Stranger saves his life
Falling- Action
Exposition
Resolution
-Cloyd survives/Walter finds him
-Cloyd thanks the stranger
-He apologizes for messing up
-Cloyd’s attitude –
runs away/doesn’t pay attention
Conflict/ Problem:
-Surviving
the hailstorm

27. Prefix Quiz/Thursday’s Bearstone Test
Today’s goals – 10/1/13
Bell Ringer #22
Go over yesterday’s Three Color Practice
Three Color Strategy Practice - “Ute” Article
Bearstone – Fix Anticipatory Set
Library Book Reading Time
Homework:
Study for
Tomorrow’s
En-/Em-
Prefix Quiz/Thursday’s Bearstone Test

28. Today’s goals – 10/2/13 Homework: Study for Tomorrow’s Bearstone Test
Bell Ringer #23
Prefix En-/Em- Quiz – SAR Time when finished
Fix Bearstone Anticipatory Set
Bearstone True/False Worksheet
Bearstone Test Review
Homework:
Study for
Tomorrow’s
Bearstone Test

29. Today’s goals – 10/3/13 Bell Ringer #24
Bearstone Test – SAR Time/Conferencing Until Everyone Finishes
Start –al/-ail Suffix – Next Quiz October 10th

30. Main Idea and Relevant Details,
Today’s goals – 10/4/13
NO Bell Ringer!!!
Study Island –
20 Questions,
Main Idea and Relevant Details,
No Re-testing!
Continue –al/-ail Suffix – Next Quiz October 10th
Introduction to Pronouns Notes

31. Pronouns – Basic Definition
Pronoun- A word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
Ex: When Mrs. Frantz came into class, she was holding the biggest cup of hot chocolate I have ever seen.
Ex: The driveway and sidewalks are covered with snow; they should be shoveled.

32. Today’s goals – 9/?/13 Bell Ringer #13
Possessive & Demonstrative Pronouns Notes
Pronouns/Antecedent Review
Pronouns/Antecedent Exercise

33. Pronoun Cont.
Antecedent- The word or word group that a pronoun stands FOR.
Ex: The dog lost his collar.
DOG is the antecedent of his.
Ex: Ashlyn, call your mother.
Ashlyn is the antecedent of your.

34. Pronoun Cont.
Sometimes the antecedent is not stated because the reader can understand the meaning of the sentence without it. For example: “Call your mother.”

35. Pronoun Cont.
Pronouns must agree with the antecedent in number and gender.
Marie and Collin took their chairs with them to the game.
There are two antecedents, so the pronoun must be plural
Ex: Janessa was wearing her coat at the mall.
Janessa is a girl, so the pronoun must be feminine.

36. Ex: Viviana set up Viviana’s game on the table.
Row Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) – count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row
Copy down the following sentences in
Exercise 5 p. 329 into your blue notebooks. # 2,3,4,5,9
2) Then, cross out the repeated word.
3) Write above the repeated word the pronoun that best replaces it.
Ex: Viviana set up Viviana’s game on the table.
Time: Minutes
DO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!
her

37. Exercise 5 p # 2,3,4,5,9
The test was so long that I almost didn’t finish the test.
Rachel’s neighbors asked Rachel to baby-sit.
Carlos said that Carlos had already cleaned Carlos’s room.
The directions were long, but the directions were clear.
Check your answers it
her he
his
they

38. Exercise 5 p # 2,3,4,5,9
9) Did Warren’s aunt fix some tacos for Warren?
Check your answers
him

39. Personal Pronouns A personal pronoun refers to:
~the one speaking (first person),
~the one spoken to (second person),
~ the one spoken about (third person).

40. Copy the pronoun table (p.330) into your notes
Singular
Plural
First Person: I, me, my, mine
we, us, our, ours
Second Person: you, your, yours
you, your, yours
Third Person: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
they, them, their, theirs

41. Row Leader (Mrs. Frantz will assign) – count the number of people in your row & get the blue grammar book off of the shelf for your row
Copy down the following sentences in
Exercise 6 p. 331 into your blue notebooks.
# 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
2) Then, underline the pronouns in each sentence.
Ex: I lent her my camera.
Time: Minutes
DO YOUR OWN WORK!!!!

42. Exercise 6 p. 331 # 1, 3, 5, 6, 8
1) The dentist asked me several questions before examining my teeth.
Our cousins have decided they will visit Peru.
He washed the mats thoroughly and put them out in the sun to dry.
Here is a postcard from Egypt for you and me.
8) You gave us your support when we needed it.

43. Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun- Used to show ownership or POSSESSION.
my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs, our, ours
Ex: Andrew stored his
papers in his backpack.

44. Ex: This book is (you) yours.
Possessive Pronouns Exercise 6
Copy down the following sentences in
into your blue notebooks, then make the pronoun in the parenthesis show possession.
Ex: This book is (you) yours.
1) The ball is(I) _____.
2) The blue car is(we) _____.
3) The ring is(she) _____.
4) We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is(they) _____.
5) The luggage is(he) _____.
6) The pictures are(she) _____.
7) In our garden is a bird. The nest is(it) _____.
8) This was not my fault. It was(you) _____.