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4390511-128469001012579-165919006th Grade Syllabus for ELA The 6th grade language arts curriculum follows the common core standards for 6th grade.Textbooks/Workbooks: Holt McDougal LiteratureLanguage Arts Teachers- Ms. Dawson- Mrs. Brinn- Ms. KeenanQuarter 1Reading:Summer Reading Book ProjectQ1 Personal Book Report-Realistic FictionUnit 1: What’s Happening?Unit 2: Person to PersonReview and define :GenreCharacters (types of characters)Character TraitsSettingConflict (types of conflict)Plot Elements (Plot Diagram)Point of ViewThemeToneMoodShort Stories:“The School Play” (plot diagram)“All Summer in a Day” (plot, setting, inference)“Eleven” (point of view)“Jeremiah’s Song” (dialect/voice)Nonfiction Short Stories:“Weather That’s Out of This World/Space Settlements/Artists’ View of Space Colony” (synthesize ideas across text, and finding the main idea)“Role-Playing and Discovery/The Life and Adventures of Nat Love” (Narrative Nonfiction/tone)Writing:Argument/Opinion EssayCompare and Contrast EssayGrammar:Types of SentencesCommasQuarter 2Reading:Q2 Personal Book Report- Historical FictionUnit 3: The Big IdeaUnit 8: Know the Facts (Information, Argument, and Persuasion)Review and define:ThemeAuthor’s PurposeMain IdeaText FeaturesPropagandaPersuasionShort Stories:“The Dog of Pompeii” (Theme/Historical Fiction)“Scout’s Honor” (Character and Theme)Nonfiction:“Pompeii and Vesuvius” (Author’s purpose/Main Idea)“How to Build a Bat House” (Follow instructions/Procedural Text)“SuperCroc” (Text Features/Summarize)“The First Emperor/Digging Up the Past” (Synthesizing Information/Set a Purpose for reading)“Brain Breeze/Start the Day Right/Shine-n-Grow”(Propaganda and Persuasive Techniques)NovelsMilkweed by Jerry Spinelli - Regular EducationThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - HonorsStudents are incorporating their knowledge of story elements and figurative language in the novels. They will complete tests and projects on the stories.Writing:Explanatory Essay/Procedural TextPractice Performance TaskPropaganda/Persuasion ProjectGrammar:NounsQuarter 3Reading:Q3 Personal Book Report- NonfictionUnit 4: Writer’s CraftUnit 5: PoetryReview and Define:Sensory LanguageImageryStylePersonificationSimilesMetaphorMeterRefrainFigurative LanguageRhymePoems:“Sea-Fever”/”The Village Blacksmith”( Refrain/Meter)“Message from a Caterpillar”/”Fog”/”Two Haiku” (Imagery/Metaphor)“I’m Nobody who are you?”/ “Is the Moon Tired?”/”Mooses” (Figurative language/Sound Devices)“The Walrus and the Carpenter” (Narrative poetry)Short Story “Tuesday of The Other June” (Sensory Language and Imagery/Personification)“The Jacket” (Similes/ Metaphors)Nonfiction“The Problem with Bullies” (Feature Article/Organizational Patterns)Writing:Poetry Project- Write and analyze poemsCharacter SketchGrammar:PronounsQuarter 4Reading:Q4 Personal Book Report- Science Fiction/FantasyUnit 6: Myths, Legends, and TalesUnit 7: Life StoriesReview and Define:Cultural values in mythsCharacteristics of LegendsInferencesPredictBiographyAutobiographyMyths/Legends/Tales: “Apollo’s Tree” (Cultural values in myths, Predict)“Arachne” (Cultural values in myths, Predict)“The Chenoo” (Characteristics of Legends, Inference)Nonfiction:“Spider Webs” (Classification/Organizational Patterns)“Matthew Henson at the Top of the World” (Biography, cause/effect, compare and contrast)“from The Story of My Life”( Autobiography, interpret informational text)“American Sign Language” (procedural text)Novels:We will be reading The Giver in all ELA ClassesStudents are incorporating their knowledge of story elements and figurative language in the novels. They will complete tests and projects on the stories.Writing:MythExplanatory Essay (utopias)Grammar:Verbs*Regular and Honors classes follow the same curriculum, but daily plans and assignments are differentiated based on skill level.* ................
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