6th Grade GT ELA Guide - Greenwood School District



6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

1st nine weeks

|Materials |Reading |Word Study |Writing |Communications |Research |

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|William and Mary Language Arts |Poems | | | | |

|Series- Persuasion |“The Road Not Taken”WMp.1 |Grammar Study Packet | | | |

| |“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Day”WMp.51 |WM |Argumentative essay on the five |Write a 2 minute speech on “The |Internet research on topics covered|

|Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s |“Birches” | |generalizations about change |Gift Outright” that is for or |during the 9 weeks period |

|English II |“Putting in the Seed” |Vocabulary related to| |against the choice of the poem | |

| |“After Apple Picking” |reading topics |Persuasive essay on how to send |being used at the inauguration of |Research on Robert Frost |

|Holt |“The Gift Outright” | |$500 that has been given to your |President John Kennedy | |

|Elements of Literature Resources |“The Bridegroom”HELp.62 |Vocabulary Webs WM |school | |Research on JFK |

|for Teaching Advanced Students |“Earth”HELp.106 | | |Write a 2 minute speech that | |

| | |Caesar’s English II |Problem-Solution essay |persuades someone else to do a |Research on Mark Twain |

|Novels |Short Stories, Essays, and Plays |Lessons XI-XV | |chore that you have to do. | |

|recommended by the College of |“Dragon, Dragon”HELp.5 | |Compare/Contrast Essay on Japanese | |Analyze structure and purpose of a |

|William and Mary and books that |“All Summer in a Day”HELp.41 | |internment during World War II |Drama scenes from the novel The |web site- Solar System Bodies: |

|support Standards for Grade 6 |“What Will Our Town Look Like”HELp.54 | | |Adventures of Tom Sawyer |Venus from NASA web site |

| |“In the Fog”HELp.75 | |Student Reading/Response Journals | | |

| |Excerpt from Bud, Not BuddyHELp.127 | | | | |

| |“The Bracelet”HELp.149 | | | | |

| |“Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies”HELp.159 | | | | |

| |Excerpt from The Adventures of Tom | | | | |

| |SawyerWMp.2,HELp.198 | | | | |

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|WM-William & Mary |Novels | | | | |

|HEL- Holt Elements of Literature |Dragonwings | | | | |

| |Journey to Topaz | |Standards Covered |Standards Covered | |

| | | |6-4.1-6-4.6 |6-5.1-6-5.4 |Standards Covered |

| | |Standards Covered | | |6-6.1-6-6.8 |

| |Standards Covered |6-3.1-6-3.4 | | | |

| |6-1.1-6-1.10 | | | | |

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6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

2nd nine weeks

|Materials |Reading |Word Study |Writing |Communications |Research |

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|William and Mary Language Arts |Historical Document | | |Film and present an editorial | |

|Series- Persuasion |The Declaration of Independence WMp.7 |Grammar Study Packets|Critique a newspaper editorial | | |

| | |WM | |Peer oral critique/evaluation |Internet research on topics covered|

|Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s |Essays on Censorship | |Write a newspaper editorial | |during the 9 weeks period |

|English II |“Libraries should Reflect Majority Values”WMp.11|Vocabulary related to| |View United Streaming of events | |

| |“Libraries Should Reflect Diverse Views”WMp.13 |reading topics |Write an essay on censorship/banned|from the American Revolution and |Research Thomas Jefferson, the |

|Holt | | |books |French Revolution/ |American Revolution, and |

|Elements of Literature for teaching|Narrative Poem |Vocabulary Webs WM | |Les Miserables |revolutions that were based on the |

|Advanced Students |“The Pied Piper of Hamelin”WMp.16 | |Compare/Contrast essay | |Declaration of Independence- ex. |

| | |Caesar’s English II | |Listen to recording of the |French Revolution |

|Novels |Short Stories |Lessons XVI-XX |Reading/Response Journals |Gettysburg Address on line | |

|recommended by the College of |“The Emperor’s New Clothes”HELp.243 | | | |Research on the Gettysburg Address |

|William and Mary and books that |“La Bamba”HELp.346 | | |Debate censorship/banned books(use | |

|support Standards for Grade 6 | | | |reasoning wheel) |Research censorship and banned |

| |Informational Texts | | | |books |

| |“Uniform Style”HELp.243 | | |Write letter to local school board | |

| |“Goodbye Records, Hello CDs”HELp.346 | | |about censored books |Research different versions of “The|

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| |Myths | | |View Faerie Tale Theater of “The | |

| |“Baucis and Philemon”HELp.257 | | |Pied Piper of Hamelin” | |

|Key |“Medusa’s Head”HELp.350 | | | | |

|WM-William & Mary |“Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head”HELp.360 | | | | |

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|Elements of Literature |Novels | | |Standards Covered | |

| |Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | | |6-5.1-6-5.4 |Standards Covered |

| |The Secret of Gumbo Grove | | | |6-6.1-6-6.8 |

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| |Standards Covered |6-3.1-6-3.4 |6-4.1-6-4.6 | | |

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6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

3rd nine weeks

|Materials |Reading |Word Study |Writing |Communications |Research |

| |Speeches | | | | |

|William and Mary Language Arts |“I Have a Dream”WMp.24 | | |Students will prepare a “mock” | |

|Series- Persuasion |Poetry Web Site |Grammar Study Packs |Write a persuasive essay with at |trial with guest attorney as |Research on Bill of Rights |

| |Poems & Speeches by Civil Rights Leaders & |WM |least 3 supported arguments for or |“judge” | |

|Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s |Activists | |against Goldilocks innocence or | |Research the civil rights and |

|English II |Read Alouds |Vocabulary related to|guilt on charges of breaking and |Use United Streaming for Dr. Martin|people involved with it |

| |Goldilocks and the Three Bears |reading topics |entering |Luther King Jr. speech | |

|Holt |Martin’s Big Words | | | |Research creating a web page |

|Elements of Literature for teaching|Biographies, Autobiographies, Essays, & Articles|Vocabulary Webs WM |Compare/Contrast essay on how life |Create web page for poetry | |

|Advanced Students |“Searching for Stories” from Mules and Men | |in the US is similar and different | | |

| |HElp.392 | |from the times of segregation |Interview someone from the Civil | |

|Novels |“I Kept on Probing to Know”HELp.387 | |described in the article “Separate |Rights | |

|recommended by the College of |“A Brother”from I Know Why the Caged Bird | |But Equal” |Period | |

|William and Mary and books that |SingsHELp.444 | | | | |

|support Standards for Grade 6 |From The Land I Lostp.456 | |Write an essay in which you discuss|Write poetry and publish on web | |

| |“A Glory Over Everything”HELp.468 | |at least on conclusion you have |page | |

| |“All Aboard With Thomas Garrett”HELp.483 | |reached about Zora Neale Hurston’s | | |

| |From The Harriet Tubman SeriesHELp.489 | |folktales. | | |

| |“The Mysterious Mr.Lincoln”HELp.544 | |Base your essay on the folktales | | |

|Key |“Lincoln’s Humor”HELp.544 | |and autobiographical selections | | |

|WM-William & Mary |Novella | |that you have read. | | |

|HEL-Holt Elements of Literature |The Gold CadillacHELp.316 | | | | |

| |Interviews | |Reading/Response Journals | | |

| |I Was Not Alone: | | | | |

| |An Interview with Rosa |Standards Covered | | | |

| |Parks |6-3.1-6-3.4 |Standards Covered | | |

| |Folktales | |6-4.1-6-4.6 | | |

| |“How the Snake Got Poison”HELp.376 | | | | |

| |“How the Possum Lost the Hair on Its | | |Standards Covered | |

| |Tail”Help.379 | | |6-5.1-6-5.4 |Standards Covered |

| |“Why the ‘Gator is Black”HELp.384 | | | |6-6.1-6-6.8 |

| |Novels | | | | |

| |Going Home | | | | |

| |Taking Sides | | | | |

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| |6-1.1-6-1.10 | | | | |

| |6-2.1-6-2.10 | | | | |

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6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

4th nine weeks

|Materials |Reading |Word Study |Writing |Communications |Research |

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|William and Mary Language Arts |Speeches | |Use William & Mary Standards of |View FDR’s 1st inaugural address “The |Unit research project -follow |

|Series- Persuasion |The Case for Public Schools WMp.28 |Grammar |Reasoning to evaluate Mann’s |only thing we have to fear is fear |Characteristics of an Issue ( |

| |The Velvet Hangover WMp.31 |Handout Packet WM |reasons of support for public |itself” |Handout 11B WM), Working with |

|Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s | | |schools | |Sources (Handout 11C WM), |

|English II |Myths |Vocabulary related to| |View elements of persuasion in |Developing an (Handout 11D WM), |

| |“Sisyphus”(Website Wikipedia) |reading topics |Write an essay on what treasures |advertising( |Research Model(Handout 11E WM) |

|Holt | | |education creates and treasures |website- Persuasion Through Advertising)| |

|Elements of Literature for |Plays |Vocabulary Webs WM |you have found as a result of your| | |

|teaching Advanced Students |The Valiant WMp.36 | |education |Create an advertisement using techniques| |

| | | | |of persuasion | |

|Novels |Articles | |Write a descriptive essay of what | | |

|recommended by the College of |Current Events | |you think an ideal school would be|Demonstrate propaganda devices through | |

|William and Mary and books that |Newspaper Editorials | |like |commercials | |

|support Standards for Grade 6 | | | | | |

| |Novels | |Create a chart of allusions to |Use technology while working on unit | |

| |Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne| |myths that you encounter in |research | |

| |Indians and America’s Energy Crisis | |literature and daily life | | |

| | | | |View Twelve Angry Men, then | |

| |Rising Voices: Writings of Young Americans | | |compare/contrast to “The Valiant” | |

| | | |Student Reading/Response Journals | | |

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|WM-William and Mary | |Standards Covered |Standards Covered | | |

|HEL-Holt Elements of Literature | |6-3.1-6-3.4 |6-4.1-6-4.6 | | |

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| |Standards Covered | | |Standards Covered |Standards Covered |

| |6-1.1-6-1.10 | | |6-5.1-6-5.4 |6-6.1-6-6.8 |

| |6-2.1-6-2.10 | | | | |

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