Bly LA 6

The students are beginning to analyze the poem "Dear Basketball" in preparation for writing their own original text. Here is a link to the Oscar winning short animation based on the poem.  Dear Basketball The students will be looking at how to write with a unique voice, organize topics and sub topics purposefully and use specific language to express their ideas. There will also be a speaking and representation component to this project.  The work will be done in class, so step-by-step modeling and feedback can be provided.

This week we worked on a few group work tasks to practice speaking, listening and working together.  The students also completed the Gates McGuinity reading/vocabulary standardized assessment.  Next week we will begin working on our first creative project that will include elements of reading, writing, representing and presenting. 

Elboya School English Language Arts   Grade 6 Course Outline 2019-2020 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.  ELA is a continuing curriculum that builds on the current skills and understanding of each student with room for interest based projects and creativity in addition to functional skills.                                                        Course Content The course content is based on the Alberta program of studies.    For the complete Program of Studies, please see ...

The grade 6's will be working on the following project this week before they head off to Outdoor school after the long weekend! Grade 6: Representation Project Assignment: Read the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost Compare and discuss the literal meaning versus the figurative meaning Create a representation of the figurative meaning of the poem and how it relates or connects to you.   This could be something you have experienced or seen someone else experience.   It could be an example you have read about or one you can imagine. Options for the representation piece could include: Visual art (drawing, painting, photograph ect) Creative writing: Poem, song, diary entry Drama: Short play, dance or film (3 -5 min max) Students will be marked on the following: Interpretation: 4 – the representation is strongly connected to the figurative meaning of the poem and conveys a clear message ...

The grade 6 students have their first PAT exam on May 8th (ELA writing).  We have been preparing for this in class working on functional writing (news article) and descriptive writing (short story). Follow this link for more information and writing samples:  Provincial Achievement Tests

Here are the links to some of the grammar games we played parts of speech grammar games word invasion

All short stories for grade sixes are due Monday, March 11th.  Some students are finished and have printed and shared their stories with me on Google Drive.  If they need to finish over the weekend and cannot print at home I will print it for them on Monday as long as it is shared.