Menu Directions for 6th-grade English Class
Every menu comes with many parts that need to be completed. These are the directions to do so. Many of these things will be done directly in your notebook, but everything will always be listed in Google Classroom and Calendar.
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For Menu Cycle 14 - due FRIDAY, May 30
-read/log 100+ minutes (beyond Tuck Everlasting)
+ mater activity
-pater activity
-4 reading strategies on yellow cardstock
-Tuck Everlasting project
For Menu Cycle 13 - due
-read/log 300+ minutes + aqua activity
-hydro activity
-Titanic newspaper
-oral presentation
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For Menu Cycle 12 - due Friday, March 25
-read/log 100+ minutes + geo activity
-autobiography project
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For Menu Cycle 11 - due Friday, March 21
-read/log 240+ minutes + terra activity
-biography project
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For Menu Cycle 10 - due Friday, February 28
-read/log 240+ minutes + potens activity
-Magazine project
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For Menu Cycle 9 - due Thursday, February 13
-read/log 240+ minutes + sym/syn activity
-6 post-its: 3 connection, 3 questions
-free write
-flashdraft
-NoRedInk
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For Menu Cycle 8 - due Friday, January 31
-read/log 300 minutes of fiction (beyond The Cay)
-The Cay
+research/presentation
+historical fiction companion book
-Valentine WaR
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For Menu Cycle 6 - due
-read/log 240 minutes of fiction
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-diorama
-final draft: literary essay
For Menu Cycle 5 - due Thursday, November 21
-read/log 240 minutes of fiction
+problem/solution
+theme
-6 post-its: 3 context clues, 3 questions
-literary paragraph
-rough draft: literary essay
-NoRedInk: TBD
For Menu Cycle 4 - due FRIDAY, November 8
-read/log 240 minutes of fiction
+compare/contrast
+foreshadowing
-NoRedInk: FIVE activities
-6 post-its: 3 cause/effect, 3 clarifying
-WaR: character traits on a turkey
-NoRedInk: 3 parenthetical activities
For Menu Cycle 3 - due FRIDAY, October 18
-read/log 240 minutes of fiction
+summary
+visualizing
-NoRedInk: FIVE activities
-Here lie Old Words
-Spooktacular figurative language
-scene using dialogue
-personal narrative final draft
For Menu Cycle 2 - due THURSDAY, October 3
-read/log 240 minutes of fiction
+narrator
+making connections
-NoRedInk: FOUR activities
-character traits
-scene comic strip
-plot diagram
For Menu Cycle 1 - due Friday, September 13
-read/log 100 minutes of fiction
-NoRedInk: 3 nouns
-Viking helmet: art, written part, presentation
-brainstorm 3 to 5 small moments
-setting map