Grade 6 English - Oak Meadow
Grade 6 English
Oak Meadow
Coursebook
Oak Meadow, Inc.
Post Office Box 1346 Brattleboro, Vermont 05302-1346
Item #b062010
Grade
6 Contents
Introduction
For the Student................................................................. vii Course Materials and Organization................................ ix For the Parent.....................................................................x Assessment Measures in Home Learning........................ xi Information for Students Enrolled in
Oak Meadow School................................................... xii
Lessons
Lesson 1: Sentence Structures.......................................... 1
Sentence types; subjects and predicates; sentence structures; paragraph forms; working with vocabulary words
Lesson 2: Nouns................................................................ 9
Common and proper nouns; possessive nouns; pronouns; concrete and abstract nouns; collective nouns
Lesson 3: Note Taking and Citations............................ 15
Note-taking skills; outlining; citing your source; in-text citations; creating a works cited page; plagiarism
Lesson 4: The Writing Process....................................... 21
Adjectives and adverbs; descriptive writing; the writing process; revisions; editing and proofreading
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Lesson 5: Capitalization................................................. 27
Capitalization rules; using variants of a word
Lesson 6: Direct and Indirect Quotations.................... 33
Vocabulary review; direct quotations; indirect quotations; descriptive writing; learning reflection
Lesson 7: Poetry.............................................................. 43
Poetry; writing dialogue; adverbs of manner, time, and place
Lesson 8: Report Writing................................................ 49
Writing a report; letter writing
Lesson 9: Short-Story Writing........................................ 55
Writing a short story; writing in present tense; character, setting, and plot
Lesson 10: Clauses and Conjunctions........................... 61
Independent and dependent clauses; coordinating and subordinating conjunctions; writing a story summary
Lesson 11: Expository Essay........................................... 67
Writing an expository essay; verbs of being and action verbs; verb tenses
Lesson 12: Descriptive Writing...................................... 73
Vocabulary review; descriptive writing; story summary; subjects and predicates
Lesson 13: Organizing Information............................... 81
Organizing notes in chart form; Greek myths and character attributes; nouns and possessives
Lesson 14: Commonly Misused Words........................ 87
Commonly misused word pairs; letter writing; first person-point of view; possessive pronouns
Lesson 15: Comparative Essay....................................... 93
Sentence fragments; repairing run-on sentences; comparative essay
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Lesson 16: Punctuation.................................................. 99
Punctuation rules; poetry memorization and recitation; third-person point of view
Lesson 17: Compound and Complex Sentences........ 105
Four sentence types; compound subjects and predicates; simple, compound, and complex sentences; coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Lesson 18: Vocabulary Review..................................... 111
Vocabulary review; writing a story summary; descriptive writing; writing process
Lesson 19: Opinion Essay............................................. 117
Contractions; contraction/possessive word pairs; writing an opinion piece
Lesson 20: Persuasive Essay......................................... 125
Rhetoric and the persuasive essay; note taking; punctuating dialogue
Lesson 21: Sentence Building....................................... 133
Connecting word pairs in context; dependent and independent clauses; subordinating conjunctions; learning reflection
Lesson 22: Supporting Details..................................... 139
Concise writing; using contextual details to support ideas
Lesson 23: Prepositions................................................ 145
Prepositions and prepositional phrases; commonly misused words
Lesson 24: Creative Writing......................................... 151
Vocabulary review; creative writing; writing with historical detail
Lesson 25: Prepositional Phrases................................ 157
Identifying and creating prepositional phrases; correcting a faulty paragraph
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Lesson 26: Verb Tenses................................................. 163
Prefixes and base words; prepositional phrases; past, present, future, and perfect verb tenses
Lesson 27: Homophones.............................................. 169
Expository writing; homophones; parts of speech
Lesson 28: Synonyms and Antonyms.......................... 175
Synonyms and antonyms; prefixes
Lesson 29: Writing Dialogue........................................ 181
Writing dialogue; dialogue punctuation; character study; playwriting
Lesson 30: Suffixes and Base Words........................... 187
Vocabulary review; suffixes and base words
Lesson 31: Vocabulary Exercises.................................. 195
Using vocabulary words in varied writing; prepositional phrases
Lesson 32: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Parts of Speech.... 203
Prefixes and suffixes; subjects and predicates; parts of speech
Lesson 33: Writing a Book Review.............................. 209
Book review; homophones; synonyms and antonyms
Lesson 34: Vocabulary and Grammar Review............ 215
Vocabulary review; creative writing; grammar review
Lesson 35: Grammar Final Exam................................. 225
Final grammar exam
Lesson 36: Learning Reflection.................................... 235
Learning reflection
Appendix..................................................... 239
Works Cited................................................................... 241 English Manual.............................................................. 255
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D A Y 1
D A Y 2
D A Y 3
D A Y 4
D A Y 5
D A Y 6
D A Y 7
Social Studies
Science
Grade
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Math
STUDENT PLANNER
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Date__________
Student Planner--Lesson 3
STUDENT PLANNER
Student Planner--Lesson 3
ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY
Read Note-Taking Skills,
Outlining, Citing your Source, and "Plagiarism."
Alphabetize, define, and use
the vocabulary words in a paragraph or story scene.
Take a spelling quiz.
Cite sources using MLA format.
Create a detailed outline.
Write about what you have
learned using the four types of sentences.
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Notes
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3 Note Taking and Citations
For the next two weeks, you will be conducting research for a report in social studies. Before you begin locating and reading resource materials, complete the reading assignments in this lesson. This will give you helpful information regarding note taking, outlining, and citing your sources. Pay particular attention to the section on plagiarism so you can learn how to avoid it.
Reading
Read the following sections in the English manual:
? Note-Taking Skills ? Outlining ? Citing Your Source ? Plagiarism
Assignments
1. This week, after you alphabetize and define the following vocabulary words, write a simple paragraph or story scene that uses all the words. Find ways to use a variety of sentence types to make your writing more interesting. Underline vocabulary words.
pyramid
sphinx
mummy
pharaoh
papyrus Nile
hieroglyphics ibis
Add any misspelled words from the previous spelling tests to this week's list when you practice spelling your words this week and using them in conversation.
2. At the end of the week, take a spelling quiz.
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