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Index of Mr. Schoch's ELA Site

Absence Reporting call 234-0768

Academic Honor Roll see Student Handbook below

Active Participation

Alphabet Spinner (Scattergories)

Argument Builder (pdf format)

Argument Builder Version 2 (pdf format)

Argumentative Writing Using Opposing Viewpoints

Arrival Time

From the handbook: "Unless they have a pass to see the teacher earlier, students are not to arrive at school before 8:45 a.m. Classrooms are open at 8:50AM, which is when supervision officially begins. Students walking or being driven to school will be required to wait in the vestibule until 8:50AM."

That being said, I am in school each day at 8:15 AM, and students are welcome to come in after that to complete work that may have been forgotten. However, I ask that children be walked into the building by a parent, and that they be accompanied by a classmate, sibling, or friend while working in the classroom. That is for my protection and theirs.

Assessments

Attendance see Student Handbook below

Biography Mentor Text Example (George Bellows: Painter with a Punch)

Biography Mentor Text Form (pdf)

Biography Report: Time Machine Interview (Word) or Time Machine Interview (pdf)

Book Club Ordering

Book Notes: Best Notes

Book Report Tracking Sheet

Book Reports

Book Trailers

Calendars to Print (super easy)

Calendar for School Year (Bedminster School Year at a Glance)

Calendars to Print (Portrait) pdf (need others? go here)

CBM online assessment tool

Chapter Worksheets for class novels

Choice

Citing Text Evidence (both with and without Opposing Viewpoints); see also Text Evidence below

Classroom Management

Classroom Policies (page 1, page 2)

Closing Sentences

Code of Conduct (see Student Handbook below) pdf

Commoncraft Videos simple videos explain many tech apps as well as other useful topics

Compare and Contrast Essay Model (Simple Whole by Whole)

Compare and Contrast Essay Model (Much more complex Whole by Whole)

Compare and Contrast Interactive Activity (requires Flash; a nice review)

Compare and Contrast Tool (online site where you enter two ideas, and the site shows similarities and differences)

Compare and Contrast Tutorial

Complete Sentences (pdf)

Comprehension Skills (pdf) a two-page chart that clearly illustrates some key comprehension skills that every reader must master

Context Clues (pdf) One page hand-out that explains easy ways to determine word meanings using context clues

Context Clues Tutorial

Cool Tools several tech tools for all sorts of applications

Cooperative Learning

Creative Writing Prompts (pdf)

Current Daily Journal

Current Events links to several current events sites suitable for middle school students

Curriculum Overview for Sixth Grade English Language Arts

Cursive Practice Printable Documents: Lower and Upper Case Letters to Trace, Whole Words without Tracing,

Dates that Matter a daily dose of history in quiz format

Delayed Openings (see Student Handbook below) pdf

Dialogue Rules (pdf)

Differentiated Learning

Discussion Stems (pdf)

Distributed Practice

Editing and Revising

Egg Timer cool online timer

Embed Code tells how to embed any website into a wiki page

Emergency Sub Plans (pdf)

Essay Writing (lots of tutorials on the steps)

Expository Writing

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Figurative Language Glossary

GAL Dictionary (students have this in their binder at school)

GAL Lists: for the lists, go to Spelling City or Quizlet

Grading Policy

Grammar a collection of links for learning grammar

Graphic Organizers

GUM Handbook Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Handbook

Handwriting Practice Pages (pdf) dotted and dashed lines for practicing handwriting

Handwriting Links (scroll to bottom) for additional practice

Helping Children with Homework (article)

Holes chapter worksheets

Holes Book Online

Homework (Nightly)

Homework Emailed or Texted to you daily

Homework Help (article by Mr. Schoch)

Homework Policy

Hstry.co Project Guidelines

How to Read a Story (pdf)

ICould.com videos showing career possibilities

Inclement Weather Closings check WCTC/WMGQ; News 12NJ; NJ101.5; 1450 WCTC/Magic 98.3

Independent Reading Questions (pdf) see also Peer Reading Questions (pdf)

Inference (examples of inference)

Instructional Strategies

Interim Report Dates

Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter Questions

Juxio a cool publishing program we might use

Lesson Design

LinoIt online bulletin board

Literacy Facts interesting facts (external link)

Literary Devices (pdf) An alphabetized list of figurative language often used by writers, accompanied by definitions and examples

Literature Circles

Looks Like, Sounds Like

Meet the Teacher

Mentor Text Summary (Using a Picture Book Biography) using George Bellows: Painter with a Punch; BLANK FORM

Morning Pass to print out

Narrative Writing list of links and activities

Narrative Writing Tutorial an online lesson about writing stories (narratives)

Newsela

Nonfiction Book Report Sample Blank Pages (pdf)

OFN MiniBook (Slides)

Online Stopwatch

Op-Ed Pieces (pdf)

Open Ended Questions (pdf)

Opposing Viewpoints

The Outsiders Book Online

PBS https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/student/rostercode/62858apple/

Paragraph Models (pdf) Simple but effective paragraphs illustrated through models (Expository, Persuasive, Narrative, Descriptive, Report, and Editorial)

Parts of Speech (pdf) a one-pager from Mr. Schoch

Parts of Speech Videos and Downloads

Password Hints

Peer Reading Questions (pdf)

Personal Narrative Writing Models

Persuasion Map (a blank of the one we use in class, in pdf)

Persuasive Writing links for learning more about persuasive writing

Pet Peeves Checklist (pdf)

Plagiarism Checker

Plot (pdf) list of 20 Master Plots

Poems on Death (pdf)

Poetic Devices (pdf) a one-page hand-out of the most common literary devices used in poetry

Poem Exemplars

Legacy (pdf) a poem that is annotated, showing all literary devices used by the author

Poetry list of links to cool sites about poetry

Poetry Glossary (pdf)

Poetry Project Poetry Book Project Packet which contains all poetry forms discussed, with further details.

Poetry Quotes (pdf) several pages of wise sayings about poetry

Popplet online presentation board; upload images, text boxes, etc.

POWERS Writing Process (P=prewriting, O=organizing, W=writing, E=editing, R=rewriting, S=sharing) see Reading Curriculum

Prisoner B book online

Proofreading Marks (pdf)

Progress Reports

Proper Heading how to properly start every page that you intend to hand in for credit

Question and Answer Relationships (QAR) explanation of QAR; you can also check out the single page graphic (pdf)

Quizlet (GAL Lists and Practice)

Quotation Codes (pdf)

Quotation Models (pdf)

R.L.

Reading Aloud

Reading and Language Arts Curriculum

Reading Comprehension links for practicing reading skills

Reading Log (pdf)

Reading Reflection Sheet

Reading Themes for Grade Six (pdf)

Recipe for Success (pdf)

Redundant Phrases (pdf) check these out to get an idea of what Mr. Schoch means by "redundant"

Remind.com Free Texts of the Daily Homework

Report Card Dates

Research on Reading

Responding to Literature

SAT Prep It's never too early!

Scattegories Spinner

Schoology (an online social media site we use for discussions, quizzes, writing prompts, and polls) See Password Hints if you can't log on!

ScoreBoards (online) Scoreboard by Halves, Two to Six Teams,

Science Links

Sentence Types (pdf)

ShareSpace Our online digital portfolios; see Password Hints if you can't log in.

Six Trait Writing

Six Traits Rubrics (pdf)

Sixth Grade Reading Themes (pdf)

Sixty Second Recap cool videos that recap important ideas from classical literature

Skills Chart

Spelling list of activity sites for practicing and improving spelling skills

Spelling City.com go here to access our GAL lists, plus lots of games for spelling practice

Spelling Lists on Quizlet

Spelling Help

Starving Time in Jamestown A History Mystery that requires reading original source materials

Stopwatch programmable for games and such

Student Handbook (pdf download)

Study Skills

Summary for a Picture Book Biography (Mentor Text)

Supply List

Supporting an Answer with Text Evidence a pdf with a cool acronym and explanation

Teacher Power Points for Downloading

Team Maker (creates instant teams)

Testmoz online assessment tool

Text Evidence one way is shown to support an opinion with text evidence in this pdf poster; see also Citing Text Evidence above

Text Levels see Reading Curriculum

Themes Use this list of simple themes to create a sentence that describes the theme of your narrative. For example, if you choose "friendship," some possible theme statements might be:

Friendship can be strengthened by conflict.

Friendships build over time.

Family is more important than friends.

Even the strongest friendship may not survive betrayal.

Friendship is a two way street.

Some "friends" last only as long as the money; other friends are there for you always.

Theme List in a Google Doc

Themes for Reading in Grade Six (pdf)

Thirteen Ways to Raise a NonReader (pdf)

Timer cool online timer

Transition Words and Phrases (pdf)

Transitional Expressions (pdf) a different way of looking at how to use transitions