BELLWORK - Little Axe Middle School

BELLWORK
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Copy the sentence below onto a fresh sheet of notebook paper.
Cross out the prepositional phrases. (Remember, prepositional phrases start
with a preposition, which shows anything a squirrel can do to a tree or an
airplane can do to a cloud.)
Label the subject, verb, adjectives and articles.
The adorable puppy leaps over the couch.
Underneath the tree, the dogs rest.
The fluffy kitten sits on the window sill.
9/8 – ELA 6
9/8 - ASSIGNMENTS
 Bellwork
 Discuss Prepositions
 Prepostion handout
 Return Six Square handouts
 Complete Six Square
 Begin Essay rough draft
BELLWORK
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Copy the sentence below onto your bellwork paper.
Cross out the prepositional phrase.
Label the subject, verb, adjectives, and articles.
Students walked over the bridge in the park.
At the end of the long day, Jeremy napped on
the green couch.
9/9 – ELA 6
9/9 - ASSIGNMENTS
 Bellwork
 Watch preposition clips in Safari
 Watch preposition rap
 Continue writing first draft
 Request peer review
WRAP-UP SENTENCES
 Clothing includes shirts, shoes, and shorts.
 Presidents are Lincoln, Reagan, and Kennedy.
 Tools include a hammer, chainsaw, and an axe.
 School subjects are English, Math, and Science.
BELLWORK
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Copy the sentence below onto your bellwork paper.
Cross out the prepositional phrase.
Label the subject, verb, adjectives, and articles.
At sunset, Aliya reads under the lamp.
Collin ran down the hall of the school.
9/10 – ELA 6
9/10 - ASSIGNMENTS
 Bellwork
 Preposition Rap
 Complete Dream Catcher Essay first drafts
 Request peer review
BELLWORK
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Copy the sentence below onto your bellwork paper.
Cross out the prepositional phrase.
Label the subject, verb, adjectives, and articles.
She ate the sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin.
The man on the radio sings.
9/11 – ELA 6
9/10 - ASSIGNMENTS
 Bellwork
 Complete Dream Catcher Essay first drafts
 Request peer review
 Write final draft
GENIUS HOUR
Share your story in
writing. Tell me about the
time you found out you
are good at something.
9/12 – ELA 6
9/12 - ASSIGNMENTS
 Bellwork – GENIUS HOUR
 Complete Dream Catcher Essay
 Finish first draft
 Staple first draft to the front of the six square.
 Staple peer review form to the back.
 Request peer review
 Revise your first draft
 Write your final draft on a separate sheet of paper(s)
 Turn all papers in
 Independent reading
 TURN IN BELLWORK!
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COMPOSITION BOOK
 Place Title 1 at the top of the 1st page of your composition book, Title 2
at the top of the 2nd page, etc.
1. Table of contents
2. Grading Rubric
3. AR Reading Guidelines
4. The Golden Gates
5. My Senses
6. Levels of Questions
7. Metacognition
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Active Listening
Dead Words
Dead Verb Graveyard
Vivid Verbs
Awesome Adjectives
The Writing Process
Four Square