Mr. Tawile's Online Resources

Language Arts Homework

Due Thursday, May 23

• Research paper for your Latin American country

Due Tuesday, May 27

• Personal Weekly Menu-Hatchet Week 1r
• Hatchet Vocab Chapters 1-4
• Frayer Model Vocabulary (4-up) E
• Hatchet–Comprehension Questions–Chapters 1-4
• Hatchet–Cause and EffectReader’s Response Notebook

Literacy Homework

• Where’d Everybody Go

Language Arts Paper Due Thursday, May 23

Latin American Country Research Paper

• Western Hemisphere Research Paper Description
• 6th-grade research paper rubric
• Your paper must include parenthetical citations and a list of works cited.
• Your paper does not have to be typed. If you choose to type your paper, you may:
  • Turn in a printed copy
  • Save your paper on a flash drive and bring it to school
  • Email your paper to the address I gave you in school: mrtawile at aol dot com

Monday: Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Test

• Come to school rested and ready to answer difficult multiple-choice questions.

Next Week: Research Papers

• We will continue working on research papers in class on Monday, after the SRI test.
  
• Over the weekend, work on restating or summarizing the research facts you gathered during class this week.

Wednesday: Field trip to Comerica Park

Literacy Homework (Core 3)

Complete both Cinco de Mayo worksheets. Fill these pages with your summary and explanation, based on the article and the video we watched in class.

• Cinco de Mayo

Literacy Homework

1) Talk-to-the-text for the following article:

• How The Sweet Potato Crossed The Pacific Way Before The Europeans Did

2) Complete the double-entry journal you received. Find four pieces of evidence to support the position implied/suggested by the question at the top of the page:

• “Why is this difficult to investigate?” (Why is it so hard to figure out how sweet potatoes traveled from Central and South America to Polynesia?)
• “What evidence is given to support the claim?” (What reasons can you find that prove the sweet potato arrived in Polynesia before the Europeans brought it there?)

Language Arts Homework

Complete the packet of Pompeii Stories–Assignments

Literacy Homework

• Complete your Earth Day Posters.
• Turn in the Earth Day articles you annotated by talking-to-the-text.

Language Arts Homework

Worksheets for “What Video Games Can Teach Us” and “The Violent Side of Video Games” (textbook pages 944-948)

• Frayer Model Vocab–Video Games
• Reading Check–Video Games
• Text Analysis–Video Games
• Vocabulary Practice–Video Games

Extra credit assignment: Create Your Own Educational Video Game

Literacy Homework

Create an argumentative Earth Day poster where the title is your stand.

1. Read and talk-to-the-text for both of the following articles:
   • Earth Day
   • Tech Trash
2. Poster Requirements
   • Use one of the following titles as your position statement:
     • Earth Day is important because . . .
     • New technology can harm the environment because . . .
   • Include five facts that support your claim from one of the articles.
   • Underline and number the facts you use in the article.
   • Draw a picture or diagram describing each fact.
   • No stick figures! Effort, spelling, appearance, etc. count

Language Arts Homework

Complete a reader’s journal for the pages you have read this week in your good-fit book.

• Reader’s Journal Requirements
• Reader’s Journal Sample

Finish page three of the Unit 8 Text Analysis Workshop

• Unit 8 Text Analysis Workshop

Language Arts Homework

Due Tomorrow: Persuasion is all around you–HW

Due Friday: Complete a reader’s journal for the pages you have read this week in your good-fit book.

• Reader’s Journal Requirements
• Reader’s Journal Sample

Literacy Homework

Talk to the text in the margins of the following articles:

• Earth Day
• Tech Trash