6th Grade English/Writing –
Information for Parents and Guardians
All
assignments in this class will correlate with PA standards for these 3 areas:
1.
Writing - Students will do creative writing every day in class.
Writings will vary in style and length depending on the topic.
2.
Speaking - Students will learn and practice
public speaking skills by reading their stories utilizing a microphone and
sound system.
3.
Listening – Students will
learn and practice good listening skills while they are in the audience as
other students are speaking in front of the class.
· Final grade will be determined by the
total points earned in the above three areas. While grammatical concepts will
be covered, there will be no formal tests on grammar or spelling. Instead, these
skills will be assessed within each student’s writings. Creativity is always our
primary goal.
· You may see your child working on
some of his or her longer stories from time to time at home, but there will
never be any formal homework assignments (such as worksheets or exercises from
a book). Some writing will occur within
your child’s English/Language Arts book, but these pages will never be assigned
as homework.
· When your child is absent, he or she
may work at an individual pace to make up the writing that was missed that day
in school. These assignments will be posted on the homework blog. Whenever your
child completes the work, he or she will simply place it in a writing folder
that is kept in the classroom.
Let’s have a
wildly creative year in 6th Grade English Writing class!
Mr. Kessler
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