Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Course Overview Students will build on reading and writing processes used in 5th grade. They will develop higher level thinking and reading skills in relation to a variety of text types (literary and informational). They will produce coherent writing with guidance from peers and adults using technology to publish and collaborate with others. Students will also build their knowledge of how to research through short inquiry projects, how to write responses for literary and informational texts, and practice using writing to communicate in diverse ways. Scope And Sequence Timeframe
Unit
Ongoing
Writing
1. The Writing Process 2. Short Inquiry: How do dogs help protect us? 3. E-newsletter 4. Movie Review 5. Narrative: Life of Otzi 6. Research & Inquiry: How Animals Communicate* 7. Figurative Language* 8. Research and Inquiry: Renewable Resources 9. Write a News Article* 10. District YOU Project
Ongoing
Speaking and Listening
1. Research and Inquiry: How Animals Communicate 2. Figurative Language: Mystery Story Presented* 3. Advertisement 4. Write a News Article
Ongoing
Language
1. Greek and Latin Roots & Word Relationships 2. Unit 1.1: Four Kinds of Sentences + Adding -ed and -ing 3. Unit 1.2: Subjects & Predicates + Short Vowels 4. Unit 1.3: Independent and Dependent Clauses + Vowel Sounds with r 5. Unit 1.4: Compound & Complex sentences + Difficult Spellings 6. Unit 1.5: Common and Proper Nouns + Plural or Possessive 7. Unit 2.1: Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns + Multisyllabic words 8. Unit 2.2: Possessive Nouns + Latin Roots 9. Unit 2.3: Action and Linking Verbs + Final Syllable Patterns 10. Unit 2.4: Past, Present and Future Tenses + Suffixes 11. Unit 3.1: Principal Parts of Regular Verbs + Unusual Spellings 12. Unit 3.2: Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs + Multisyllabic Words 2 13. Unit 3.3: Verbs, Objects, Subject Complements + Just Enough Letters 14. Unit 3.4: Troublesome Verbs + Compound Words 15. Unit 3.5: Prepositions + Homophones 16. Unit 4.1: Subject & Object Pronouns + Greek Word Parts 17. Unit 4.2: Pronouns & Antecedents + Prefixes 18. Unit 4.3: Possessive Pronouns + Words with ci and ti 19. Unit 4.4: Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns + Related Words 20. Unit 5.1: Contractions and Negatives + Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship 21. Unit 5.5: Adverbs + Prefixes bi-, tri-, uni-, re-, semi-
Ongoing
Reading - Literature
1. Novel Study 1 2. All American Slurp (Realistic Fiction) 3. Juan Verdades (Folk Tale) 4. Hachiko (Historical Fiction) 5. Mother Fletcher (Realistic Fiction) 6. Novel Study 2
Ongoing
Reading - Informational
1. Stones, Bones, and Petroglyphs (Expository) 2. The Universe (Expository) 3. Chimpanzees I Love (Expository) 4. The Emperor's Silent Army (Expository) 5. Saving The Rainforests (Expository-Argumentative) 6. Black Frontiers (Expository) 7. The Aztec News (Expository) 8. Greensburg Goes Green (Expository-Argumentative)
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
Instructional Topics
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Materials and Resources Reading Street, 6th grade Traits of Writing, Ruth Culham Edmodo www.readwritethink.org Prerequisites Completion of fifth grade.
Course Details
Unit: Writing
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
Duration: Ongoing
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Unit Overview Students will build on the writing process used in 5th grade with a focus on purposes for writing through a variety of text types. They will produce coherent writing with guidance from peers and adults using technology to publish and collaborate with others. Students will also build their knowledge of how to research through short inquiry projects, how to write responses for literary and informational texts, and practice using writing to communicate with others in diverse ways. Materials and Resources Reading Street, 6.1 & 6.2 Traits of Writing, Ruth Culham Edmodo website Read, Write, Think website Academic Vocabulary • credible sources • claims • evidence • argument • formal style • introduction • concluding statement • informative • expository • transition • domain-specific vocabulary • analysis • formatting • graphic sources • multimedia • narrative • characteristics • transitional words • dialogue • pacing • description • compare/contrast • graphic organizer • sequence • sensory language • task • purpose • audience • ideas • organization • sentence fluency • word choice • voice • conventions • writing process • plan, revise, edit, rewrite, publish • collaborate • inquiry • credible source • plagiarism • summarize • paraphrase • bibliographic • works cited • key idea • supporting detail • persuade • perspective/viewpoint Summative Assessment Final Writing Product with Rubric for each topic
Topic: The Writing Process
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will review the writing process with a focus on developing ideas in a narrative. They will learn to peer edit using a student rubric. Students will practice building writing stamina. Understand basic parts of a sentence.
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Learning Targets Students will use precise words, details and sensory language to develop experiences and events through the writing of a personal narrative that establishes a context and provides a conclusion.
Students will write a narrative that uses dialogue and description to develop experiences, events, and characters.
Students will focus on using transitions to convey sequence and signal shifts in events.
Topic: Short Inquiry: How do dogs help protect us?
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will work independently to write an informational paper about the question of the week. They will understand how to use use online sources in research and how to use a graphic organizer to organize information. Students will use graphic organizers to build knowledge of text structure. Language: Develop meaning with words that have the same sound in final syllable. Identify action and linking verbs in writing. Use context as a clue to the meaning of the word or phrase. Learning Targets Students will write with text selection, organization and analysis in mind while focusing on precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform or explain.
Students will introduce, organize, and develop a topic with relevant facts, defintions, concrete details, quotations, examples and other information by writing an informative/explanatory text.
Students will demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing, use transistions to clarify the relationships of ideas and apply spelling rules.
Students will use formatting, graphics, and multimedia to aid comprehension of informational/explanatory writing.
Topic: E-newsletter
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will understand and identify features of a newsletter, organize ideas in preparation for writing and use the writing process to create final news article. Students will learn to vary sentence length, use commas, and search and use images from the Internet. Students will lay out articles and images in a newsletter format. Learning Targets Students will conduct a short research project to answer a question which includes writing with text organzation in mind. The short research project will be used to write an enewsletter article.
Students will examine a topic and convey ideas while maintaining a formal style and providing a concluding statement. Students will recognize how to plan, revise, edit, rewrite and try a new approach.
Students will paraphrase to avoid plagarism and credit sources using a basic works cited.
Students will use formatting, graphics, and multimedia to aid comprehension. Students will use keyboarding skills to to type.
Students will learn to vary sentence length for meaning, listener interest and style. Students will use transitions to clarify relationships between ideas and concepts. Students will apply spelling rules.
Topic: Movie Review
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will develop a persuasive tone through a movie review. They will understand and identify features of a movie review. Organize ideas to prepare for writing and develop a persuasive tone. Use the writing process to write a movie review to be published on Edmodo. Students will learn to write using effective supporting details and facts from a movie to support their opinion. Learning Targets Students will understand and identify features of a movie reivew as they prepare to write in a persuasive tone.
Students will write in a persuasive/argumentative tone which will include an introduction and conclusion, words phrases and clauses that clarify relationships and establishes a formal style. The students will use technology (Edmodo/Studata) to write and collaborate.
Students will use keyboarding skills and demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing. Students will examine writing for varied sentence patterns.
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Topic: Narrative: Life of Otzi
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will understand and identify key features of a narrative (using narrative non-fiction). Students will organize ideas using criteria for an essay and write/revise several drafts with a focus on vivid adjectives and strong word choice. Students will use peer-editing to support peers and strengthen their writing knowledge and skills. Learning Targets Students will understand and identify key features of a narrative in order to organize ideas into an essay format.
Students will focus on and revise several drafts with a focus on vivid adjectives and strong word choice. Students will use descriptive writing to engage the reader. They will also use dialogue and description to develop experiences, events, and characters.
Students will use peer-editing to support peers and strengthen their writing knowledge and skills. Students will know how to edit for conventions, varying sentence patterns, command of English grammar, and the features of a narrative in order to support peers.
Topic: Research & Inquiry: How Animals Communicate*
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify questions for research, find information from online resources and analyze data for usefulness. Students will use ActivInspire to present information and communicate inquiry results. *Speaking & Listening Skills Learning Targets Students will introduce, organize and devleop a topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, examples and other information based on the question "How do animals communicate?" Students will produce clear and coherent writing. Students will use precise language to inform or explain. Students will maintain style and tone.
Students will find information from online resources and analyze data for usefulness. Students will paraphrase sources and create a works cited page as a reference.
Students will organize spreadsheets for presentation to peers. Students will maintain consistency in style and tone while preparing and when speaking, use language and conventions appropriately when preparing and speaking.
Students will communicate inquiry results through oral presentations that are logically sequenced and provide pertinent descriptions, facts and details.
Topic: Figurative Language*
Duration: 20 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will develop a working knowledge of figurative language appropriate for 6th grade. Students will use figurative language to develop voice, word choice, and tone in writing. Students will analyze and interpret figurative language in context of songs, narratives, poems, and other creative writing texts. *Speaking and Listening Learning Targets Students will develop a working knowledge of figurative language. Figurative Language includes: simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, personification, alliteration, and assonance.
Students will use figurative language to develop voice, word choice, and tone in writing.
Students will ananlyze and interpret figurative language in context of songs, narratives, poems, and other creative writing texts. Students work collaboratively in small groups and use the song "Fireworks" by Katy Perry to analyze figurative language in music.
Topic: Research and Inquiry: Renewable Resources
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
Duration: 15 Day(s)
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Topic Overview Students will write a problem and solution essay that identifies a problem and presents a solution for the question:What happens when we run out of non-renewable resources? Students will establish and justify a perspective based on facts; understand features of problem-solution essay and writing an argumentative essay; organize ideas to prepare for writing and gather evidence to support ideas effectively; use and understand compound and complex sentences; write drafts from first to final with a focus on ideas and supporting details. Learning Targets Students will write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Students will learn about the features of a problem and solution essay (What if we run out of fossil fuels?) and how it can be used to justify a perspective.
Write an argument including introduction and concluding paragraphs that uses precise language and domain specific vocabulary to inform or explain.
Students will write an argument using the problem and solution format which includes organization of reasons and evidence with credible sources. Students will follow a problem and solution format to write an essay about renewable resources. They will work through revising and editing their drafts to maintain a formal style. They will also need to reference sources used in writing.
Students will examine their argument for necessary writing traits of a problem and solution essay and focus on conventions necessary for the purpose of writing. Students will look for: use of a clear, formal format (intro., body, conclusion); words, phrases and clauses that clarify relationships and are specific to the science topic; transitions between ideas and concepts; uses of complex and compound sentences
Topic: Write a News Article*
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will write a news article using the writing process and turn it into a podcast. Students will understand and identify features of a news article; organize ideas to prepare for writing; criteria for effective news articles; write multiple drafts with a focus on a lead that captures the reader's attention; apply revising strategy including interesting information and quotations; identify and define quotations and quotation marks; distinguish between direct and indirect quotes. *Speaking and Listening Skill: share a podcast Learning Targets Students will understand the criteria for an effective news article (and podcast). They will introduce organize and develop a topic with relevant facts, details and information. Students will listen to several podcasts to get a general idea about their uses. Students will use a graphic organizer to develop their topic.
Students will write multiple drafts with a focus on a lead that captures the reader's attention. Students will focus on: precise language and vocabulary meant to inform or explain; use transitions to clarify relationship of ideas; clear and coherent writing.
Students will apply the revising strategy including interesting information and quotations; Students will apply the knowledge of direct and indirect quotes and how to use quotations and quotation marks. Students will continue to practice paraphrasing if direct quotes are not used and use works cited if a source is referenced.
Topic: District YOU Project
Duration: 20 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to develop a civilization from the ground up. Students guide learning through a series of tasks that develop writing for a variety of reasons and audiences. Students will use technology to help plan and develop their concepts, as well as to present information beyond writing. Students will plan ways to engage the reader/viewer. Students will cite sources and paraphrase information to avoid plagarism. Learning Targets Students will learn about Maslow's Hierarch of Needs and the concepts of each level. Learning about this concept will prepare the students for developing their own civilization from the ground up.
Students learn through a series of tasks that develop writing for multiple reasons and audiences. Students will write based on various tasks and purposes to inform and explain their distirct. They will use graphics and multimedia to aid understanding of their plan. They will use specifc language to inform and explain their vision.
Students will use technology to help plan and develop their concepts, as well as present information beyond writing.
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Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Unit Overview Speaking and listening are essential for effective communication in the classroom and beyond.
Topic: Research and Inquiry: How Animals Communicate
Duration: 3 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify questions for research and analyze data for usefulness in writing an informational text. Afterwards, students will present their findings to small groups. Learning Targets Students will pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion. Students will interpret information presented in diverse media and formats and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issues under study.
Topic: Figurative Language: Mystery Story Presented*
Duration: 1 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will write a mystery story while practicing the use of figurative language and plot structure in a narrative text. *Extension Activity Learning Targets Students will write a narrative using conventions, voice, word choice, or other narrative techniques appropriate for the task.
Students will collaborate one-on-one to build on their ideas and develop the content of their writing.
Topic: Advertisement
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will create an effective advertisement and understand the "behind the scenes" of an advertisement. Learning Targets Students will work together to create an advertisement that reflects the features they have learned. Students will set goals, deadlines and individual roles for the task.
Students will create multimedia components that show understanding of why advertisers use certain formats.
Topic: Write a News Article
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn about the elements of a news article. Students will create an audio version of their news article. Learning Targets Students will write news articles based on researched facts and their opinions.
Students will learn to use technology to record an audio version of their news article.
Unit: Language
Duration: Ongoing
Unit Overview Students will demonstrate command of the English language when writing, speaking, listening, or reading. Students will clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words based on 6th grade reading content. Students will demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. And, students will acquire and use grade-level appropriate vocabulary.
Topic: Greek and Latin Roots & Word Relationships
Duration: 10 Day(s)
Topic Overview Understand Greek and Latin affixes and roots to develop word meaning. review basic sentence structure, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs Learning Targets Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
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Students will identify and define Greek and Latin affixes and roots.
Students will use common reference materials to find pronunciation, clarification of meaning, or part of speech.
Students will practice identifying the different types of word relationships.
Topic: Unit 1.1: Four Kinds of Sentences + Adding -ed and -ing
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn 4 kinds of sentences. Students will review the rule for adding -ed and -ing to base words. Learning Targets Students will learn about 4 kinds of sentences; interrogative, declarative, imperative, exclamatory.
Students will review the rule of adding -ed and -ing.
Topic: Unit 1.2: Subjects & Predicates + Short Vowels
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will review subjects and predicates in a sentence and identify patterns in short vowel words. Learning Targets Students will spell and understand words with short vowel sounds.
Students will verify meaning of words using context or dictionary/reference materials.
Students will understand and identify subjects and predicates in a sentence.
Topic: Unit 1.3: Independent and Dependent Clauses + Vowel Sounds with r
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will practice identifying clauses and practice spelling words with r-controlled vowels. Learning Targets Students will practice identifying and writing independent and dependent clauses.
Students will practice spelling with words with r-controlled vowels.
Topic: Unit 1.4: Compound & Complex sentences + Difficult Spellings
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will spell difficult words. Students will develop understanding of compound and complex sentences. They will apply compound and complex sentence knowledge to essay writing. Learning Targets Students will spell difficult words. Students will develop meanings for spelling words using appropriate reference materials.
Students will develop understanding of compound and complex sentences. They will apply compound and complex sentence knowledge to essay writing.
Topic: Unit 1.5: Common and Proper Nouns + Plural or Possessive
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify and write with common and proper nouns. Students will practice using the rules for writing plural and possessive. Learning Targets Students will identify and write common and proper nouns correctly.
Students will practice spelling using the rules for plural and possessive nouns.
Topic: Unit 2.1: Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns + Multisyllabic words
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Topic Overview Students will spell and understand multisyllabic words. Students will identify regular and irregular plural nouns in writing. Learning Targets Students will practice spelling words that are multisyllabic. Students will identify the meanings of multisyllabic words.
Students will learn about and identify regulary and irregular plural nouns in writing.
Topic: Unit 2.2: Possessive Nouns + Latin Roots
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students review the rules for possessive nouns. Students learn Latin roots and their spellings. Learning Targets Students will practice writing using possessive nouns and identifying possessive nouns.
Students will practice spelling Latin roots and learn meanings based on roots.
Topic: Unit 2.3: Action and Linking Verbs + Final Syllable Patterns
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will develop meaning with words that have the same sound in final syllable. Students will identify action and linking verbs in writing. Students will use context as a clue to the meaning of the word or phrase. Learning Targets Students will develop meaning with that words that have the same sound in final syllable.
Students will identify action and linking verbs in writing.
Students will use context clues to help identify the meaning of the word or phrase.
Topic: Unit 2.4: Past, Present and Future Tenses + Suffixes
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students practice past, present, and future tense verbs.Students will spell words with suffixes -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist. Learning Targets Students practice identifying tenses of verbs in writing.
Students will spell and identify meanings of words with suffixes.
Topic: Unit 3.1: Principal Parts of Regular Verbs + Unusual Spellings
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will review and identify principal parts of regular verbs. Students will learn unusual spellings of words and their meanings. Learning Targets Students will identify principal parts of regular verbs.
Students will learn to spell unusually spelled words and identify their meanings.
Topic: Unit 3.2: Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs + Multisyllabic Words 2
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn to identify and write irregular verbs. Students will learn to spell and give the meaning of multisyllabic words. Learning Targets Students will learn the principal parts of irregular verbs.
Students will learn to spell multisyllabic words and understand their meanings.
Topic: Unit 3.3: Verbs, Objects, Subject Complements + Just Enough Letters Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Topic Overview Students will learn to identify verbs, objects, and subject complements. Students will learn to spell words using "just enough letters" and understand their meanings. Learning Targets Students will learn to identify verbs, objects, and subject complements.
Students will learn to spell words with "just enough letters" and their meanings.
Topic: Unit 3.4: Troublesome Verbs + Compound Words
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn to identify verbs that may have similar meaning or look alike. Students will learn about two types of compound words and their meanings. Learning Targets Students will learn to identify verbs that may have similar meaning or look alike.
Students will learn about two types of compound words and their meanings.
Topic: Unit 3.5: Prepositions + Homophones
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn about prepositions and where they are in sentences. Students will practice spelling homophones and identifying their meanings. Learning Targets Students will learn about prepositions and where they are in sentences.
Students will practice spelling homophones and identifying their meanings.
Topic: Unit 4.1: Subject & Object Pronouns + Greek Word Parts
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn about and use subject and object pronouns in writing. Students will learn meanings and spelling of Greek words and Greek word parts. Learning Targets Students will learn about and use subject and object pronouns in writing.
Students will learn meanings and spelling of Greek words and Greek word parts.
Topic: Unit 4.2: Pronouns & Antecedents + Prefixes
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn to identify pronouns and antecedents. Students will spell words with the prefixes dis-, de-, out-, un- and determining their meanings. Learning Targets Students will learn to identify pronouns and antecedents.
Students will spell words with the prefixes dis-, de-, out-, un- and determining their meanings.
Topic: Unit 4.3: Possessive Pronouns + Words with ci and ti
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn to use possessive pronouns appropriately. Students will spell words with 'ci' and 'ti' and identify meanings. Learning Targets Students will learn to use possessive pronouns appropriately.
Students will spell words with 'ci' and 'ti' and identify meanings.
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Topic: Unit 4.4: Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns + Related Words
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify indefinite and reflexive pronouns while using them in writing. Students will understand meanings of related words and practice their spellings. Learning Targets Students will identify indefinite and reflexive pronouns while using them in writing.
Students will understand meanings of related words and practice their spellings.
Topic: Unit 5.1: Contractions and Negatives + Suffixes -ate, -ive, -ship
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will practice writing and identifying contractions and negatives. Students will spell words with suffixes and understand their meanings. Learning Targets Students will practice writing and identifying contractions and negatives.
Students will spell words with suffixes and understand their meanings.
Topic: Unit 5.5: Adverbs + Prefixes bi-, tri-, uni-, re-, semi-
Duration: 5 Day(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn about and write using adverbs. Students will learn to spell and determine the meanings of words with prefixes. Learning Targets Students will learn about and write using adverbs.
Students will learn to spell and determine the meanings of words with prefixes.
Unit: Reading - Literature
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
Duration: Ongoing
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Unit Overview By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Materials and Resources Reading Street Program Leveled Readers Novels including: Maniac Magee, When You Reach Me, A Wrinkle In Time, The Westing Game, Bridge To Terabithia, Loser, Hatchet, Love That Dog, and Island of the Blue Dolphin Read, Write, Think Brain Pop Weekly Reader Reader's Theater (cross-curricular) Coterie Theater Academic Vocabulary graphic sources text structure description chronological (sequence) compare/contrast cause/effect problem/solution fact/opinion (judgement) inference generalize visualize drawing conclusions comprehension context clues point of view author's purpose theme summary genre main idea story elements setting character details monitor and clarify questioning background knowledge evidence media literacy mood exaggeration symbolism tone multiple meaning words Greek and Latin roots figurative language connotative Summative Assessment Weekly Tests Projects Student Demonstrations/Performance Duration: 3 Week(s) Topic: Novel Study 1 Topic Overview Students will review story elements, theme, tone, point of view and character development. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will read the selected novel. Students may read independently, in a small group, or with the whole class.
Students will discuss the novel.
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Students will work independently, in partners, in groups, or with the whole class to develop critical thinking skills and aid comprehension. Students will analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, or scene fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Students will respond to the text. Students will build text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections. Students may create a visual representation of the story.
Topic: All American Slurp (Realistic Fiction)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will use the text structure of compare and contrast to aid comprehension. Students will review and practice inferring information in a text. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will develop fluency in compare and contrast. Students will use key words and graphic organizers such as Venn Diagrams and tables to practice the skill of compare and contrast.
Students will review and practice inferring information in a text.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Juan Verdades (Folk Tale)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will learn how to create generalizations and use visualization to help aid their comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will make generalizations about a text and use evidence from the text to support understanding.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Hachiko (Historical Fiction)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify fact and opinions to aid comprehension. Students will use questioning strategies to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will identify the facts in a text and prove that they are facts.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Mother Fletcher (Realistic Fiction)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify the literary elements character and theme to aid comprehension. Students will use inferring strategies to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will explain the roles and functions of characters, including their relationships and conflicts.
Students understand and make inferences about the structure and elements of fiction, using evidence from the text to support understanding.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Novel Study 2
Duration: 3 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will review story elements, theme, tone, point of view and character development. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension.
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Learning Targets Students will read the selected novel. Students may read independently, in a small group, or with the whole class.
Students will discuss the novel. Students will work independently, in partners, in groups, or with the whole class to develop critical thinking skills and aid comprehension. Students will analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, or scene fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Students will respond to the text. Students will build text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections. Students may create a visual representation of the story.
Unit: Reading - Informational
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Duration: Ongoing
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Unit Overview By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Materials and Resources Reading Street Program Leveled Readers Science Textbook Social Studies Textbook Read, Write, Think Brain Pop Weekly Reader Newspaper Reader's Theater (cross-curricular) Coterie Theater Academic Vocabulary expository historical fiction realistic fiction memoir biography/autobiography anecdote paraphrase graphic sources text structure description chronological (sequence) compare/contrast cause/effect problem/solution fact/opinion (judgement) inference generalize visualize drawing conclusions comprehension context clues point of view author's purpose fluency theme summary genre main idea story elements setting character details monitor and clarify questioning background knowledge evidence claims media literacy multiple meaning words Greek and Latin roots figurative language technical language connotative Summative Assessment Weekly Tests Projects Student Demonstrations/Performance Duration: 2 Week(s) Topic: Stones, Bones, and Petroglyphs (Expository) Topic Overview Students will use and create graphic sources to understand and remember information. Students will identify and analyze text structure to better understand a passage. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Learning Targets Students will use graphics and text features to gain an overview and to locate information in the text.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: The Universe (Expository)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify main idea and details to aid comprehension. Students will use the monitor and clarify strategy to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will summarize the main idea and supporting details in a text.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Chimpanzees I Love (Expository)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify author’s purpose to improve comprehension. Students will use text structure to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will identify the author's purpose.
Students will analyze how the organization of a text affects the way ideas are related.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: The Emperor's Silent Army (Expository)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify main idea and supporting details. Students will connect background knowledge to text to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Saving The Rainforests (Expository-Argumentative)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will distinguish facts and opinions to aid comprehension. Students will identify important ideas to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will distinguish between a faulty and a valid opinion.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Black Frontiers (Expository)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify causes and effects. Students will use prior knowledge to make inferences. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students understand and make inferences about nonfiction text and provide evidence from the text to support understanding.
Students anaylze how the organization of a text, such as cause and effect, affects the way ideas are related.
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
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Language Arts (6) English Language Arts
Grade(s) 6th, Duration 1 Year Required Course
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: The Aztec News (Expository)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will draw conclusions to aid comprehension. Students will identify important ideas to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will use information from a text to infer and draw conclusions.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Topic: Greensburg Goes Green (Expository-Argumentative)
Duration: 2 Week(s)
Topic Overview Students will identify sequence to improve comprehension. Students will use monitor and clarify strategy to aid comprehension. Students will develop vocabulary knowledge using a variety of strategies and resources. Students will use critical thinking skills to develop comprehension. Learning Targets Students will analyze how the organization of text, such as sequential order, affects the way ideas are related.
Students will develop vocabulary knowledge.
Course Summary Perry USD 343, KS
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