Bly LA 6

Here is the rubric created with the grade 6's Persuasion– assessment 4 - excellent 3 - good 2 - basic 1 – not meeting Content Key arguments are thought through and effective Three detailed explanations or reasons given Strong language used to help convince your audience Clearly communicated with evidence of editing. Key arguments have supporting details Three key arguments are presented are mostly explained Language used is convincing Mostly edited Arguments are presented with some support Three key arguments are explained simply Language is somewhat convincing Some evidence of editing Arguments are stated with little to no support Fewer than three arguments are explained Language is simple or confusing No evidence of editing Organization Logical order an...

Persuasive Writing Example:  Persuasive writing videos for kids Introduction - Hook: Have you ever just started a thrilling game of gaga ball at recess then the bell rings? Opinion: I think that we need more time in school for recess. Briefly state your reasons:  The three reasons why I think this is because: kids behave better when they have more recess, it gets students more active and healthy and the students will enjoy school more if given a few more minutes with friends. Body paragraphs - Three reasons: The first reason I believe that we should have longer recess is because it is proven that students will more willingly learn their subjects because their behaviour will improve.  Their academics will improve because physical activity helps kids burn off their energy so that they can focus more in class.  Fresh air also help students to clear their minds and think deeper in class.

Our text talk sessions will begin on Friday.  Six group leaders have been chosen per class to lead a small group discussion on a piece of chosen text.  Each group leader will choose a peer to evaluate their skills. If you are a group leader, please make sure you come prepared on Friday.  I have made a note of all leaders in the calendar if you need reminders. You should be thinking about something you have read that week and come prepared with a printout or electronic copy of it.  You need to be able to summarize your text for the group.  Preparing questions and connections in advance makes it more engaging and interesting. An example of expectations had been modeled in class. Please come and see Ms.Bly is you require any assistance before Friday. Here is an example of the evaluation: Text Talk – Assessment Your name: Class: Name of presenter: Topic of group discussion: Criteria 4- excellent 3 –good 2-basic 1- not meeting ...

Project plan due date:  Monday, September 25th 2017 Please have your plan for the "Persuasive Writing" project ready to show Ms.Bly by Monday.  I will be going over it with the students that day. Please see example of a plan in the previous post. Our library period will be every Monday for half the class.  Please bring books to return or any items from home you would like to read that day.

                                    Grade 6 – How persuasive are you? For the first project this year we will be looking all the different ways messages persuade people.   Each student will create a presentation or piece of writing that will try to persuade an audience of something.   Curriculum objectives covered in the project: General Outcome 1 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences. 1.1 Discover and Explore Express ideas and develop understanding use own experiences as a basis for exploring and expressing opinions and understanding Experiment with language and forms   •     select from provided forms of oral, print and other media texts those that best organize ideas and inf...

Social Network Presentation Today the grade 6's viewed part of a presentation on Social Network Safety.  This topic would make for a good discussion at home.

Text Talk: The students will be chosen to lead a small group text discussion at least one Friday this semester. For this assignment the student will choose a piece of text that they have read that interest them.   Examples for text items they might choose could be:  a magazine article, a newspaper article, a passage from a book, a poem ect.   Here are a few ideas for places they could find texts online:  Kids World Fun Online magazines I will be providing some class time Friday to browse these websites and see what interests them. They are asked to bring in some magazines or books from home to look through as well. Depending on their grade we will create an appropriate assessment for this task.  The students will find out which Friday they will be the leader for closer to their date.  

  Elboya School English Language Arts   Grade 6C1 & 2 Course Outline 2017-2018 Ms.Bly: lmbly@cbe.ab.ca Goal The goal of the ELA program is for you to develop the skills necessary to become an effective communicator. Those skills would be: reading, writing, managing information, speaking, listening, and representing your ideas.                                                     Course Content The course content is based on the Alberta program of studies.   For the complete Program of Studies, please see the following government website: http://www.learnalberta.ca/ProgramsOfStudy.aspx?lang=en                  ...