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The past 2-3 weeks, we've been learning about themes, tone and mood, figurative language such as imagery. Also, we have been reading "The Giver" as a whole class. Themes are secretly said in the novels teaching life lessons for readers. While tone and mood affect the atmosphere and feelings when reading. Additionally, there are many types of figurative language, but we focused on imagery mostly. Imagery appeals to our five senses which are touch, taste, see, hear, and smell. Furthermore, we've been reading "The Giver" and start analyzing the story. Recently, we have finished reading chapter 12 when the main character, Jonas met the Giver .

T his week, we learned about different types of author's point of view in Language Arts. There are three types. The first one is the "first person", the first person is when a story is narrated by only one character at a time, using I/we. Third Person Limited is another type. It is when the author only knows how a character is thinking and feeling. Lastly, the third person omniscient. It is when the author or the narrator knows most of the characters' feelings and thoughts in the story.    F or Social Studies, we are still learning and doing activities about the reformation and we have to make a mind map. We practiced making a mind map by choosing a topic to make a mind map. I chose a topic about decreasing global warming. 

L ast week in Language Arts class, we learned about the character's assertions. I learned that assertions are characters traits and evidence is an actual quote from the text to proof what we are saying. We also talked about how to find the direct and indirect characterizations that were mentioned in the text. The difference between direct and indirect are as follows: 1. Indirect characterizations are texts that were mentioned in the texts by the author to show things that reveal about the character.  ex: She went to clean the sink without being asked       This shows that the character is kind. 2. Direct characterizations are words that were mentioned directly in the text by the author, who wants to tell the reader about the character.  ex: The happy girl is looking at the food with sparkly eyes       This shows that the girl is happy.  Here is one my example using Kungfu Panda 3's Po, the panda.    ...

My Mood for Middle School This picture by Keith Harding shows how happy I am to be in sixth grade. This school year I feel that I’m always having a good time because I get to stay with my best friends. We laugh, we talk and we play together all the time during milk, lunch break and after school. In the picture, there are multi colors of people dancing and jumping around and that show that they are all happy. And when I’m happy I will always jump around like a kangaroo. I hope that I will always be happy all of my school years!