CONRADY JR. HIGH SCH OOL September 27, 2013 Volume 2 Issue 6 The 6th Grade Scoop on Room 12

Homework A Whole Lot of Nonsense  RAFT due 10/2 “Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun are two prompts to choose from: Choose a The frumious !" What is a Jub-  Anne Frank packet due major conflict from the novel and create an 10/3 Jub bird and a Bandersnatch? Don’t worry! alternative ending –OR– create a new con- Ask the students because they learned how flict for the novel that the main characters  Punctuating Dialogue to figure out unknown words using context would face. There has been so many great due 10/4 clues. Students read and interpreted Lewis ideas brewing in room 12 that the students Carroll’s famous poem . This is are already ready to begin drafting their a very difficult poem to read and understand essay next week! Ask your child what he/ Contact Me! (on the back) because Carroll uses many she is writing about to learn a little bit more Mrs. Lopez: 233-4536 words that the students have never seen be- about their narrative writing piece. fore since they are made up! Ultimately, Having a writing portfolio serves [email protected] they had to determine whether the under- several purposes for teachers and students: standing of Jabberwocky should be different Mrs. Tablerion: 598-5300 ext. 8708 1) to use as a reflection tool & show off! 2) for each reader according to their own for teachers to see growth and progress for [email protected] imagination . We had some great responses an entire school year 3) for future teachers and in depth thinking that sparked excellent to see how students have developed as writ- discussions. ers 4) demonstrates strengths and weak- On Monday, students This has been an amazing week with nesses as a student advances in school. All will be taking their second jam packed activities in reading and writing writing pieces worked on in class will stay testlet for language arts. (especially writing!). Even though the novels in each student’s writing portfolio the entire There is no studying involved are done, we are still discussing conflict in year. Once they move on to 7th grade, we because the assessment will class. The students have begun brainstorm- pass them on so they can see the tremen- require students to read a cold ing for their narrative writing piece. There dous progress they have made! text (a text they have never read before) and answer com- prehension ques- The Book Nook tions. They will Marie Lu is an up and com- family. June comes from one of the also write a short ing author of the new thrilling se- Republic’s wealthiest districts and is writing analysis ries Legend. Legend follows two seeking revenge on her brother’s piece. main characters, Day & June, who killer. You will fly through the live completely different lives and pages of this novel because it is have no idea of their existence filled with suspense, action and a Quote of the Week! until a tragic event occurs. The book bombshell ending! Legend made the “One of the secrets of life takes place in the future where it was NY Times bestseller list this January is that all that is really once known as the western United States after Lu released the second book in worth the doing is what and is now known as the Republic. Day is the series, Prodigy. If you like Hunger we do for others.” the country’s most wanted criminal and at Games-this book is definitely the right the same time struggling to support his fit for you! - Check out those grades! https://powerschool.npd117.net/public/ Page 2 The 6th Grade Scoop on Room 12 JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Found There, 1872)

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html