Ms. Johnson
What is Ms. Johnson's cat's name?
Finn
What book did we read with Lit Circles?
What was the range of decades we covered for our research papers?
1910s-1990s
What TWO students won money for the flag essay contest?
Nora & Jared
Where did we go on a mini field trip at the beginning of the year with Ms. Johnson?
Jesup Public Library
What sport does Ms. Johnson coach?
Volleyball
What unit did we have a "book tasting" for?
Fantasy
How many BIG papers/essays have we written this year?
Double points if you can name them all!
5 (personal narrative, flag essay, ocean animal, fictional narrative, decade)
What 3 students never leave Ms. Johnson's room at the end of the day and pretty much have to be kicked out?
Kaelyn, Emme, and Nora
There are only TWO banned words/phrases in Ms. Johnson's room... What are they?
1. Ratchet
2. Never back down, never give up
What year of teaching is this for Ms. Johnson?
2nd
What is ONE text structure we learned about in our nonfiction unit?
Cause & Effect, Compare/Contrast, Timeline, Problem & Solution
What is the subject of a sentence? What is the predicate of a sentence?
Subject - Who or what the sentence is about (usually in the beginning)
Predicate - What the subject is doing (verb and anything after)
What classes do Ms. Johnson AND Mr. Wise teach outside of 5th grade?
Ms. Johnson - 6th Grade Language Arts
Mr. Wise - 6th Grade Social Studies
What TWO writing assignments did we vote on for who had the "best"?
Ugly Sweater & Donut
What state is Ms. Johnson originally from?
Illinois
What book were the stories from that we read the first full week of school?
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
What does RAPP stand for?
Restate, Answer, Prove, Proofread
Where did Mrs. Feldt work before she became principal at Jesup?
Union
What TWO people in the middle school used to teach 5th Grade only a few years ago?
Mrs. Feldt & Mrs. Weepie
What subject does Ms. Johnson love the most?
Literacy
Give me TWO different types of figurative language and each of their definitions.
Alliteration - Repeating of the same sound
Personification - Giving a nonliving thing human qualities
Simile - Comparing two things using like or as
Metaphor - Comparing two things using is/was
Onomatopoeia - Sound word
Hyperbole - Extreme exaggeration
Idiom - Phrase that has an entirely different meaning
What is ONE NEW thing we learned about and had to include in our fictional narrative stories?
flashback, foreshadowing, character traits/feelings, sensory details
There is only ONE teacher who ONLY teaches 6th grade classes (you will have them next year). Who is it?
Ms. Latwesen
What major event happened in the capitol building that was a problem? How was the problem solved?
2. They closed all the doors/windows so there would be no oxygen in the room to put it out.