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READING. Mrs. Mauclair “Mrs. Moe” 6 th Grade Ingomar Middle School Wildcats 2014-2015. Units in Literature. McDougal Literature Book- A copy was sent home/ a class set *This book will be available online as well Unit 1 All Summer in a Day (Short Story)
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READING Mrs. Mauclair “Mrs. Moe” 6th Grade Ingomar Middle School Wildcats 2014-2015
Units in Literature McDougal Literature Book- A copy was sent home/ a class set*This book will be available online as well Unit 1 • All Summer in a Day (Short Story) • The Red Guards (Personal Narrative) • Breadwinner (Novel) • Life Doesn’t Frighten Me (Poem) • On Turning Ten (Poem) • The Jacket (Essay)
Literature Book Unit 2 • The Life of Harry • Houdini (Biography) • What Video Games Can Teach Us (Magazine Article) • The Good Deed (Short Story) • I’m Nobody! Who are You (Poem) • The Crain Maiden (Folk Tale) • The Cay (Novel) • Super Croc(Magazine Article)
Literature Book Unit 3 • Nadia the Willful (Short Story) • President Cleveland, Where are you? (Short Story) • The Morning Walk (Poem) • Aaron’s Gift (Short Story) • There is No Word for Goodbye (Poem) • Same Song (Poem) • The World (Memoir) • Without Commercials (Poem) • The Problem with Bullies (Featured Article) Unit 4 • Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Non-Fiction) - entire unit
THE BREADWINNER by Deborah Ellis Conscious of the strict limitations imposed by the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, on women’s freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to earn money so that her family can survive after her father’s arrest.
THE CAY by Theodore Taylor A young white boy who has been recently blinded learns about vision, courage and race with the help of a wise, old Black man.
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in the frozen sea for nine months, their ship, The Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey to reach inhabited land.
GRADING • Homework • Small Projects • Quizzes/ Tests • Library • AR: Accelerated Reader • Point system • Values vary
EXPECTATIONSALWAYS BE PREPARED • Assignment Book and Novel • Paper • Pencil • Completed Homework Assignment • Participation • Neat Notebook
EXIT TICKET • Using the white slip of paper, you may do the following…. SIDE 2 SIDE 1 COMMENTS/ QUESTIONS: NAME: PERIOD:
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