Author's Purpose

Are you able to tell why an author writes a passage or story? Test your knowledge below.

Author's Purpose (many different sites; try them all!)

Sentence Fragments

Is it a sentence or a fragment?

If you can put the phrase "I believe that" in front of the sentence and it makes sense and sounds right, it is a sentence. If you cannot, it is a fragment. Try your luck below.

Sentence vs. Fragment

Fragment Battleship

Examine the Iceman

Otzi, the Iceman, was found frozen in the Alps Mountains in 1991. He was mostly in one piece. How did he live? How did he die? Click below to be the ultimate forensic scientist.

Examining the Iceman

Main Ideas, Supporting Details, Vocabulary

To prepare for next week's test on main ideas, try the following website to help practice identifying main ideas:

Main Ideas

Main Idea Battleship

Short Main Idea

Difficult Prefix/Suffix Test

Prefix/Suffix Battleship

Welcome to the 2009-10 School Year!

On behalf of Team 6A and the entire Franklin Middle School staff, I'd like to welcome you to 6th Grade. I'll be using this site throughout the year to gauge student learning and post links to class work. Feel free to read some of the previous posts and comments, and leave a comment of your own. Just click on "Comments" below and type in your thoughts. You'll have to log in as "Anonymous" and enter in the jumbled word. Don't forget to leave your name too! Hopefully we'll have a great year!

Registration Day on 8/20

Have a great summer everyone! Plan for Registration Day on Thursday, August 20th to get ready for the school year and have your yearbook picture taken.

The end is here!

It's the end of the school year. I enjoyed having everyone in class this year. Hopefully you had fun and learned a thing or two along the way. What did you enjoy the most in social studies this year? If you had to change one thing about the class, what would it be?