Thanksgiving Homework

Read "Chapter One" in Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.

Homework Tonight

Finish Illustrations for tomorrow's deadline!
Bring in form if you have not yet done so!

Homework Tonight

Bring order form signed by a parent- even if you aren't ordering additional copies!
Work on illustrations/ cover. Books due in full Wed. morning!

Weekend Homework

• Finish edits and space out your story so it's ready for press on Monday. 
• Finish cover, title page, dedication page, (and page 1 if you're illustrating the whole story. )

Book have to be Fed-Exed on Wednesday!!

Homework Tonight

Finish first or second round of edits.

Homework Tonight

1. Edtis due Wed. or Thurs. 

2. Work on illustrations.

3. Study Vocab.

Vocabulary Words This Week

6th Grade English
Vocabulary List 4 “Chapter One” in Roll of Thunder

• Flashcards Due Tuesday, November 11th - include parts of speech
• Vocab. Test on Friday, November 14th



1. exasperation


2. admonish


3. accustomed


4. pensively


5. undaunted


6. morosely


7. amiably


8. disdainfully


9. sharecropping


10. penchant


11. temerity


12. maverick

Grammar Test Study Guide- Test Friday, November 7th

Grammar Test Study Guide 6^th

Test: Friday, November 7^th

1.     Subjects

·      Be able to identify the subject or multiple subjects of a sentence

(Pages 14-17)  ** Remember when a sentence begins with there, the subject is at the end of the sentence. (There goes the train.)

2.     Capitalization (18-20)

·      Proper nouns (cities, religions, organizations, eras, parties, languages

·      Titles of smaller works (poems, songs, chapters, essays, articles, paintings)

3.     Commas (24-28)

·      Items, events in a series

·      Adjectives in a series

·      Introductory words

·      Direct address

·      Misunderstanding

·      Dates, addresses, geographical names

·      Letters

4.     Quotation Marks- Titles and Dialogue

See pages 42-45

Grammar Homework Tonight

Rules of the Game, pages 43-45 A-C.