6th Grade ELA Syllabus 25-26

Mrs.Fix

RM 209

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In class, students will analyze authors' moves, author's craft, to become better readers and writers. We will use mentor text to guide our writing and grammar; we will use inquiry to guide our minds. We will develop the skill of discourse and support our thinking with evidence. In short, we will develop fortitude, empathy, insight, and balance, which will help us better understand the world we live in, the perspectives of others, and what it means to be a part of something greater than one's self while leading a life centered in Faith, Hope, and Charity.

Novels

• The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis  

• Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld

While novels are enriching, I will also teach the skills required to analyze text using shorter pieces of text, mentor texts. Thus, we will read a wide variety of genres, excerpts, short stories, articles and more. I will be working with Mr. Fix to determine some pieces of text we will use in order to correlate with the history timeline in Social Studies. In addition, we will be analyzing the behaviors and actions of those individuals we are reading and learning about by using the Catholic Theological and Cardinal Virtues. If you are unsure what those are, please ask to see your students planner.  

Reading Homework: 

I ask that you have your student read every evening. Please encourage them to read and talk about what they are reading. The goal here is to read texts they will enjoy and share their excitement; we want to create life-long readers.

Vocabulary: 

Vocabulary Workshop Book Level A

Classroom Policies and Procedures

Grades

• 60% of student’s grades will be summative assessments in the gradebook

  • Examples of what may be in this section include but are not limited to: tests, quizzes, essays, and projects. 

• 40% of students’ grades will be formative assessments in the gradebook

  • Examples of what may be in this section include but are not limited to: journals, vocabulary lessons, grammar lessons, and reading assignments. 

Late Work and Absences

• Late work and absence policy follows the student handbook and middle school policies and procedures.

• Late work will be accepted with a 10% penalty each day that it is late. If they do not have me the next day, they should still make an effort to come to my classroom to turn in their late assignment. Once an assignment reaches 50% (1 week late), that is the highest grade they can receive and will be graded starting at 50%.   

• When a student is absent,  it is the student’s responsibility to come to me to find out what assignments were missed after an absence. 

Homework

• Reading is encouraged every night. 

• In addition to this, students may need to finish anything they did not finish in class.  

• Students may be given the opportunity to complete extra credit at home. Extra credit will not be allowed to replace any missing assignments. 

Due Dates

• I have an agenda on the whiteboard in the classroom. The agenda lists the big items for the week, and I write a daily agenda that is more specific. 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Email is the quickest way to contact me with questions or concerns.