What's On this Week

Blues in the Schools, day two, was a huge blast.  The school was over-run by Blues Brothers (and Sisters) and we had a wonderful visit by some local Celtic/East coast inspired musicians.  Tomorrow is Churchill tshirt/spirit day, so anything that says Churchill, or is Tye Dyed, is what everyone should be wearing. 

Our class is going to be handing out PINK arm bands that we made to show our support for the "wear pink day" started by two Nova Scotia high school students in 2007, as a way to raise anti bullying awareness.  Check out more of the story we will be sharing with the Churchill community at the following link

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/09/18/pink-tshirts-students.html

 

Our stop motion films will be shot Wednesday, from 10:20 to 12:00.  Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to come and oversee/help out.  We need at least five parents to watch groups shoot, and offer advice/guidance.  So far it looks like we have four or five confirmed.  If you happen to have time, and can stop by to lend a hand, please feel free to do so.  It would be a great opportunity to see creativity in action.

 

This is week two of our regular reading response homework, and some parents wanted a virtual copy of the expectations sheet, so here it is.  One written response is needed each week, and they can choose from the list below (read the instructions).  Bibliographical examples follow so that the info on the book being responded to can be included each week.

 

 

Grade 6 Reading Response Homework

One of the most important parts of your learning as a grade 6 student is to be independently reading at least 20minutes each day.  You are encouraged to read whatever interests you in any form (book, magazine, newspaper, text, etc.).  You may also include anything that you read with another person, or that is read aloud to you.  For the remainder of this year you will be expected to reflect on what you read for pleasure.  You can pick from any of the choices below, but must complete one of each before moving on to the second of any choice.  Your responses must be more than a page in length.  Include the title, author, and bibliographical information for the book each week.

1.  Describe the Character, or most important person/people from your reading.  How do they act and how do they feel?  Do you know what they look like?  What do you admire or like about the character or what do you dislike?  What kind of relationships do the characters have with each other?  What is their personality like?
2.  Summarize the reading that you have completed this week.  Describe events that are important to the plot, and give details about the plot.  What do you think might happen next?  Is this the climax of the story?  Is there a problem/solution in this part of the reading?
3.  Describe the setting.  Where do the events in your reading take place?  Does it take place in the past/present/future?  Give details about sights, smells, climate, time of day, feelings, etc.  Would you like to visit this place?  Why or why not?
4.  Write a letter.  It can be to someone in the story, or from one person in the story to another.  It can be from the character to the reader.  You could even write a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine, or to the publisher of a book regarding the story.
5.  Relate what you read to personal experiences that you have had in life.  Does anything in the reading even remind you of events that have occurred in your life?  Would you like to be one of the characters or have the story’s events occur to you?  Do you know a place similar to the setting, or have you visited a place like it?
6.  Make an Illustration to accompany what you have read.  You may use any media you like.  Keep in mind the elements of design, use detail, and make sure to give it a title or a caption.  Briefly tell also what reading goes with the illustration.

 

 

SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES

A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources used in your research. Sources are alphabetized by author or by title if no author is given.

 

BOOKS:
One Author:
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamun. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.

More than One Author :
Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.

No Author Given:
The Amazing Universe. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991.

 

PERIODICALS:
Begley, Sharon. "A Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek 4 Oct. 1987: 65.

"A Walk Across America: Part II." National Geographic August, 1979: 52.

PERIODICALS ONLINE:
"Human Cloning?". Maclean's 28 December 1998: 110. [Online] Available http://infotrac.galegroup.com March 21, 2000.

 

NEWSPAPER:
Collins, Glenn. "Single Father Survey." New York Times 21 November 1986: 20.

"Low Cholesterol Level Key." Providence Journal-Bulletin 24 November 1987: A6.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES: Print and CD-ROM:
"Animal Rights." World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 edition.

Stemple, James. "Solar Energy." Book of Popular Science. 1990.

"Wyoming." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.

 

PAMPHLET: (Usually the same as book with no author given)
Smoking and Your Lungs. Providence, Rhode Island: American Lung Association, 1991.

 

TELEVISION PROGRAM:
"Legacy: India." WSBE, Channel 36, Providence, Rhode Island. August 22, 1992.

 

INTERVIEW:
Patinkin, Mark. Telephone interview. April 26, 1999.

 

ONLINE SERVICES and the INTERNET:
Gordon, Daniel. "Acid Rain." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. [Online] America Online. Mar. 6, 1997.

"Plant Extracts." [Online] Available http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html February 23, 1997.