Sixth Grade Literature Assignments
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- 2016-2017
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Sixth Grade Literature 3/28/2017
Short Story Assignment
Writing Project
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Students selected an artwork from our recent field trip to the Norton Simon Museum of Art as inspiration for a short story. Students should complete the pre writing and writing assignments in class as well as for homework. We have already begun pre-writing in class.
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Pre-writing:
1.Printed image of the artwork ( please include the artist’s name and title of the artwork). 5pts
2.Graphic Organizer 15 pts
3.Rough Draft 15 pts
4.Editing Sheet 10 pts
All PRE-WRITING ITEMS SHOULD BE STAPLED IN THE ABOVE ORDER
Final Draft and Illustrations
- Edited final draft- Typed. ( size 12, times new roman, double space ) 25 pts
- Illustrations (2 ) ( these must be hand drawn on the paper provided to you in class) 15 pts Elements of a short story:-Setting- where/when their story takes place.-Conflict- internal or external
- -Theme- the central message or lesson from their story.
- -Characters- people and/or animals in their story.
- -Plot-the sequence of events.
- *After the above is submitted , students will be asked to identify the following in their original work .
- FINAL DRAFT AND ILLUSTRATIONS SHOULD BE STAPLED IN THE ABOVE ORDER
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Yukon Quest: The Spirit of the North Documentary Viewing
Dear Families,
As part of our unit on Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, the 6th grade will be viewing the documentary Yukon Quest: The Spirit of the North. We will be comparing and contrasting the documentary to the novel as well as the film version of the novel. This documentary shows the famous sled dog race, the Yukon Quest
This assignment will help to fulfill the California Common Core State Standard:
6.RL.7 Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text including contrasting what they “ see” and “ hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
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Imagine heading into the unknown icy wilderness of Alaska with just a team of dogs, and facing a grueling 1,000 miles of steep summits, frozen rivers and harsh sub-Arctic conditions.
The punishing Yukon Quest is a sled-dog race across the icy wilderness of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. It tests skill, determination and most of all, the incredible bond between humans and dogs.
More than 40 teams battle the bleak and icy landscape of the sub-Arctic wilderness. For two weeks of tough racing in conditions down to minus 40, both humans and dogs are solely reliant on each other for survival.
Each musher is allowed up to 14 dogs, and although sick or injured ones can be dropped off at several points along the route, each sled must be pulled across the finishing line by a team of at least six dogs.
Yukon Quest – Spirit of the North follows three mushers and their dogs. Suzan Amundsen is a veteran with a mix of old experienced dogs and young inexperienced ones and is hoping just to finish. Bill Steyer is attempting his third Quest, but his real love is travelling with his dogs. Joran Freeman, eager to improve on his fourth placing last year, is very competitive and wants to win.
Will all 41 teams successfully conquer the four summits, traverse the frozen Yukon River and survive the stark sub-Arctic wilderness to cross the finish line in Whitehorse, Canada?
Experience the highs and lows, the exhaustion of the mushers and their dogs and the elation as they overcome the odds to finish the toughest sled-dog race in the world – the Yukon Quest.
Produced by Natural History New Zealand Ltd in association with National Geographic Channels International © 2002 Natural History New Zealand Ltd – All rights reserved
NTSC 4:3 Total Running Time: 51-minutes
Please sign the below permission form and return to class by tomorrow Friday November 18, 2016. We will view the film on Monday of next week.
If you do not want your child to participate, please let us know. I will have a similar activity prepared for them. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Atiee-Early
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PERMISSION FORM
I hereby give permission for my son/daughter ______________________ to watch the movie.
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