Please go see my new blog at http://ajarnwilliam.wordpress.com/ for information about the new school year (2008-2009).
I am no longer updating this old blog from the 2007-2008 school year. If you need to copy any pictures off of this old blog, do it quickly before it disappears.
Mr. William
Here is the online FRIENDSHIP BOOK, the last LA assignment we did, that you can download to help you remember your friends. However, not everyone has sent me an email so many people are missing.
I have tried many, many time to upload the other Friendship Book pages I was sent, but it is just not working. Your files are simply too large to upload. Thus, your friends will have to email their pages to you.
The other people who have sent me their pages are Tan, Alvin, Radhika and Kanny. The rest of Grade 6 has only given me a hard copy, not an e-copy.
Here are the last few pages I got and that I will upload.
For myself, I would just like to say that it was a real pleasure to teach you all this year as we journeyed through the Ancient Civilizations!
I have already told you this information in class, but wanted to remind you in case you have forgotten.
Use these two quizzes to study from: “Quiz: Dictionary Hunt / Vocabulary-Building Games” and the “ENGLISH IN CONTEXT QUIZ” Also, use the packet of sheets that you were given in the last class to prepare for the Common Mistakes Questions and the Reading Comprehension Section. HOWEVER, ONLY READ BEE’S AND NIVAN’S ARTICLES! You will be asked to share your ideas and opinions about those two articles. The rest of the articles you do not need to read! The exam was too long so I had to cut some things out.
Good luck on the exam this Monday! As usual, the exam will be split between the two classes. There will also be an oral exam. Attendance is mandatory!
· Exodus Chapter 1-14 is NOT on the exam.
· The stories we did from the Bible like “Samson and Delilah” are NOT on the exam. The rest of the things that follow in this list are on the exam.
· “The Ant-Eater” Story will be on the exam. Make sure know the story and the vocabulary. If you have lost your handouts or vocabulary quiz, YOU borrow them from your friends to get them photocopied. Any lost sheets are YOUR responsibility to replace.
· Indian Myths:
o “The Elephant God”
o “The Snake Prince”
o The Panchatantra (see blog)
· Poems:
o “The Sneetches” (pages 627-637) You will be expected to summarize this narrative poem on the exam.
o Haiku poems on pages 641-642 in EoLit. Know what a Haiku is and how to recognize as well as write one.
o Know how to write and recognize the types of poems we did for the Book of Poetry Project, e.g., Tone Poems, Rhyming Couplets, etc. (See my blog rubric for the Book of Poetry Project and pages 646-647, 658-663, 668 in EoLit.)
· Greek Myths in EoLit:
o “Medusa’s Head” (pages 350-364. Pay attention to the last page because I may use some of the questions on the exam!)
o “Baucis and Philemon” (pages 258-263. Pay attention to the last page because I may use some of the questions on the exam!)
o Aesop’s Fables (pages 371-374. Pay attention to the last page because I may use some of the questions on the exam!)
· Common Mistakes #2 (see study guide on the front page of my blog)
· Artemis Fowl novel! Make sure you know how to answer or argue all of the debate topics! You have to have a good understanding of the novel to do well on the exam!
DOWNLOAD THIS FILE AND USE IT TO HELP YOU STUDY:
study-sheet-for-the-la-exam.doc
Good luck!
Use the template below to make one A4 page for a digital Friendship Book that will be put on my blog. Follow the instructions on the template carefully and remember what you were told in class today.
This is due on Thursday. By Thursday morning, I want to see your hard copy and an e-copy waiting in my email inbox!
As you were told in class today, you need to use your tests and quizzes as study sheets for the final exam. To remind you of what we talked about today in class, you need to study the following things:
The Hebrews Unit
Quiz #1: A, B, E, F.
Quiz #2: A, B, C, F, G
Ancient
Quiz #1: A, D, E.
Quiz #2: A, C (know a few of them), D (know the birth and death of Buddha), E, F.
Ancient
Quiz #1: A, D, E, F, G
Quiz #2: A, B, C 5+6, D, E, F
We will continue our review tomorrow. I will give you a study sheet for Language Arts soon, but, as you have been told already, you have to know the stories we read—especially Artemis Fowl.
As you know from our LA/SS classes, Aesop was a Greek slave who lived in ancient times, but his stories are still around today. Here are two of my favorite fables of Aesop:
The Lion and the Statue
A Man and a Lion were discussing the relative strength of men and lions in general. The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of their greater intelligence. “Come now with me,” he cried, “and I will soon prove that I am right.” So he took him into the public gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and tearing his mouth in two.
“That is all very well,” said the Lion, “but proves nothing, for it was a man who made the statue.”
Moral: We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.
The Man and the Lion
A man and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented “a Lion strangled by a
The traveler pointed to it and said: “See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts.”
The Lion replied: “This statue was made by one of you men. If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion.”
Moral: One story is good, till another is told.
Did you know that even though Aesop wrote a lot about morals, life lessons, etc., that he was supposedly not a really nice guy. He got some people angry and was supposedly thrown over a cliff to his death.
Here are some great links to read more of Aesop’s Fables!
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Aesop/Aesops_Fables/
Make sure you do your homework. See HOMEWORK FOR ALL CLASSES!
By only one point, 6A beat 6B in the debates we held in the auditorium. However, I feel a majority of the 6B students were better prepared because some 6A students did not type up their notes as they were instructed to do.
However, I believe 6B won if you wanted to count which class was prepared for the debate. In terms of arguments, however, 6A won the day. I heard they also won the game in gym class.
In the Athens vs. Sparta essay for Social Studies, 6B won the competition. The average mark out of 40 was 35. 6A’s average was 32/40.
Good work!
As you know, we are having our big 6A versus 6B debate this Monday! We have been preparing for it now for the last few weeks with writing essays, giving oral presentations, practicing our debating skills, etc. Now the time is here for 6A to go to war with 6B. Will 6B win? Will 6A? Wait and see!
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The Artemis Fowl novel is an appropriate choice for Grade Six students to read here at Wells. |
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The Artemis Fowl novel is an inappropriate choice of book for Grade Six students here at Wells. |
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Holly Short would be a better competitor in the Ancient Greek Olympics than |
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Artemis would make a good friend. |
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Artemis would make a terrible friend. |
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The Artemis Fowl novel is a unique book. |
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The Artemis Fowl novel copies many ideas from other stories. |
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The LEP Recon acted more criminally than Artemis did. |
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Artemis Fowl was a bigger criminal than the LEP Recon. |
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Minor characters in Artemis Fowl (Juliet, Mulch D., Cudgeon, and Foaly) are important to the plot. |
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Minor characters in Artemis Fowl (Juliet, Mulch D., Cudgeon, and Foaly) are not really important to the plot. |
Nunn |
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Artemis was lucky his plan succeeded. |
Bo-an |
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Artemis planned everything perfectly. |
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Power in the hands of a leader is a bad thing in Artemis Fowl. |
Sandhya |
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Power in the hands of one leader is a good thing in Artemis Fowl. |
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Technology is more important in the story. |
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Magic and magical things are more important in the story. |
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Holly is a good person and officer in the LEP Recon. |
Tan |
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Holly is a bad officer with questionable morals. |
Jaspriya |
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The story of Artemis Fowl is realistic. |
Oxygen |
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The story of Artemis Fowl is unrealistic. |
Kevin |
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Commander Root was a good leader. |
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Commander Root was a terrible leader. |
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Eoin Colfer was wise to use Artemis as a kind of “anti-hero.” |
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Eoin Colfer should not have had an “anti-hero” as a protagonist in a young reader’s book. |
Sonya |
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RULES
· Mr. William is the judge.
· We will flip a coin to see who gets to speak first.
· Each Lead Debater will get 2.5 minutes to present their main arguments in the order that they appear on the final copy of their “Arguments for the Big Artemis Fowl Debate.”
· The Timer will warn each speaker when they have 30 seconds left.
· While one team is speaking in the center of the stage, the other team on the edge of the stage may QUIETLY make notes and think of things to attack during the rebuttal state.
· After each Lead Debater speaks, each Lead Debater will have 1 minute to attack the other team’s arguments.
· Immediately after that, the team who was “attacked” may respond for up to 30 seconds.
After you do a rough draft of your arguments, you should type up your arguments on the following sheet and then print it out TWICE: arguments-for-the-big-artemis-fowl-debate.doc
You should keep a copy for yourself and give a copy to Mr. William on Monday before you present your arguments in front of the other students.
Do not just read from the sheet! Check the rubric below because it clearly shows how you will be graded for this debate. Speak clearly with confidence, assertiveness and make sure you make enough eye contact with the people in the audience!
Good luck!
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EYE CONTACT: was the student making enough eye contact with the audience? |
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REBUTTALS: how well did the student try to attack or find holes in the other team’s arguments? |
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Make sure you hand in your properly formatted essay tomorrow (Wednesday) and are prepared to give your oral presentation.
I have told you many times you must follow the clear formatting instructions I have here on my blog. See posts below! For example, make sure you double space!
Make sure you have done footnotes properly! Footnotes appear in your body after commas and periods. At the bottom of the page, I should see something like “Artemis Fowl, page 22.” or “Taken from http://www.somenameofsomewebsite.com” every time you relay a “fact” or bit of information.
You will have to keep redoing your essay until it follows my expectations.
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