Welcome! You have arrived at the 6th grade ELA webpage. Here you will find homework assignments and important information. This page will be updated daily or weekly (if for some reason it is not updated, this is not an excuse for any student not to have their assignment done on time for class). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********** Scholastic Book orders for February: orders are due by Feb. 16th. Thank you :) Week of February 6 ~ February 10 Monday 2/6/12 Day 3 *using pages 80-87 in Crispin, complete the character trait chart we started in class today - due Tuesday *study graph vocabulary words: quiz on Wed., Feb. 8 * daily sparks quiz on Thursday Tuesday 2/7/12 Day 4 *Read chapters 22 &23 pages 88-95 for Wednesday *study graph vocabulary words: Quiz on Wed., Feb. 8 * daily sparks quiz on Thursday Wednesday 2/8/12 Day 5 *study cards for scrib/script : due Thursday **ALL VOCABULARY WORDS ARE TO BE WRITTEN ON THE STUDY CARDS * daily sparks quiz on Thursday Thursday 2/9/12 Day 6 **study scrib/script vocabulary words - Quiz Wed., Feb. 15 Friday 1/27/12 Day3 **study scrib/script vocabulary words - Quiz Wed., Feb. 15 | Suffix | Meaning | Example | | 1. –s or -es | plural | table –tables bush - bushes | | 2. –less | without | motionless, childless | | 3. –ate | to make | abbreviate, concentrate | | 4. –ness | state of | blindness, kindness | | 5. –ish | like | childish, foolish | | 6. –ship | art or skill of | leadership, friendship | | 7. -ous | full of | joyous, furious | | 8. –ery | a place to practice of | bakery, nunnery | | 9. –est | highest in comparison | cleanest, softest, largest | | 10. –ible | capable of being | edible, legible, audible | | Suffix | Meaning | Example | | 1. -able | able to be | excitable, preventable | | 2. -al | Relating to | natural, bacterial | | 3. -arian | a person who | vegetarian, librarian | | 4. -cycle | circle, wheel | tricycle, bicycle | | 5. -ed | past tense(verb ending) | laughed, called | | 6. -er | a person who does an action | barber, teacher, announcer | | 7. -ful | full of | helpful, thankful, cheerful | | 8. -ing | action or process | dancing, seeing, writing | | 9. -ment | action or product | movement, placement | | 10. -ology | study of, science of | biology, archeology | | Prefix | Meaning | Example | | 1. im | not | impossible, immobile | | 2. re | again | reread, repaint | | 3. ex | out | exit, exclude | | 4. sub | below | submarine, subsoil | | 5. pre | before | pre-adolescent, precondition | | 6. trans | across | transnational, transmit | | 7. un | not | unacceptable, unreal | | 8. semi | partly, half | semicircle, semi-conscious | | 9. under | beneath, below | underarm, undercarriage | | 10. pro | favoring, in support of | pro-life, proactive | 1. anti: against 2. de: opposite 3. dis: not 4. fore: before 5. in: not 6. inter: between 7. mid: middle 8. mis: wrong 9. non: absence 10.over: excessively, a lot
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