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Home Hollen Carpenter   Elements of Fiction   Search   Hollen Carpenter 6th Grade Language Arts Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. -Les Brown WELCOME TO ROOM 108!!!!         Homework: Week #17 Spelling Test Friday January 9th Week #17 Words alternative assistance camouflage compass megaphone mysterious perspective plastic promise treasure characters setting plot conflict character traits foreshadowing ADLA Reading For the next several weeks, we will be doing an intensive study on fiction utilizing Rodman Rhilbrick's Freak the Mighty.  While reading this poignant and heart-stirring story of friendship, we will be focusing on the following elements included in the chart below.  Included are links you may visit to learn more about the novel and elements of fiction. Elements of Fiction Characterization Setting Plot Mood/Tone Theme Point of View Irony Conflict Imagery Foreshadowing Symbolism Freak the Mighty Elements of Fiction                          Renaissance Reading Renaissance Reading is our independent reading program at Burns Middle School. Students read books that are on their reading levels (determined by the STAR test given two times a year).  Each student will conference with his/her teacher to determine a fair reading goal to be met during each nine week period. Renaissance Reading, RR, counts 20% of students' Language Arts Grade.  RR books available at BMS RR Grading Scale Grade Criteria Grade Criteria 100/A+ 85% correct or  higher and met goal 77/C 77 or less correct and met book goal 88/B     85% correct or higher and did not meet goal 72/D     77 or less and did not meet book goal        88/B 77-84% correct and met goal 70/D- Shows effort- did not meet goal  77/C     77-84% correct and did not meet  goal    60/F No effort and did not meet goal                                           Grammar At this time we are getting aquainted with the eight parts of speech. N Noun A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea I Interjection An interjection expresses strong feeling or emotion P Pronoun A pronoun is used in place of a noun in a sentence. P Preposition A preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence A Adjective An adjective describes (modifies) a noun or pronoun. V Verb A verb tells the action the pronoun or noun is doing.  A verb can also tell  the state of being. A Adverb An adverb describes (modifies) a verb, adjective, or another adverb. C Conjunction A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence.               Spelling: As a part of our spelling study, we are learning about word parts.  Words are built with parts that give meaning; root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Knowing how to break down a word into parts is essential to reading comprehension and vocabulary building. Each week students study five stems and ten words (these words contain the roots and stems for the week).  Students are to complete a weekly activity utilizing their spelling words. A test is given at the end of each week.                 Spelling Activity Sites  Puzzle Maker  Make Your Own Comic Strip    Just For Fun 1st 9 Weeks' Roots and Stems bi- two mar-sea hydra- water tort- twist hyper- over cent- hundred pac- peace ject- throw ard- always numer- number pop- people post- after rupt- break re- again man- hand scop- look micro- small leg- read dyna-power scrib- write zo-animal corp- body tri- three prim- first phobia- fear mis- bad pyro- fire tele- far mir- wonder octa- eight logy- science il-not astr- star bio- life dia-across morph-change pre- before grat- pleasing phon- sound sens- feel                                          2nd 9 Weeks Stems graph-write vore- eating kilo- thousand path- feeling sci- know ish- like lum- light mot- motion mort- death nav sol- sun-ship epi- on nat- born ess- female saur- lizard let- little grav- heavy jus- law tract- pull tox- prison sol- alone orb- circle vol- will fug- flee dom- rule mel- song uni- one gon- angle struct- build cyclo- circle im- not in- in or not bon- good val- worth sen- old quin- five frat- brother ist- one who gram- writing multi- many                                                                                                                                                                                            If you have any questions or concerns, email me @ hcarpenter@clevelandcountyschools.org or call during the hours of 12:00-1:15 or after 3:00 at 704-538-3126. Important Dates to Remember: Clipart is being used with permission by Dianna J. Hook @ www.djinkers.com Top of Page