Welcome to 6th Grade English Language Arts
“So many books, so little time.”
— Frank Zappa
Welcome to the 2024-2025 6th grade school year!
Instilling a love and passion for reading can help students be successful in all that they do!
Course title
6th Grade Language Arts
Curriculum
McGraw-Hill Study Sync
Units of Study
UNIT #1 Testing Our Limits: What do we do when life gets hard?
Genre Focus: FICTION
UNIT #2 You and Me: How do relationships shape us?
Genre Focus: POETRY
UNIT #3 In the Dark: How do we know what to do when there
are no instructions?
Genre Focus: Informational Text
UNIT #4 Personal Best: What qualities of character matter
most?
Genre Focus: Argumentative Text
UNIT #5 Make Your Mark: What's your story?
Genre Focus: Drama
UNIT #6 True to Yourself: Who are you meant to be?
Genre Focus: Realistic Fiction
THIS WEEK IN ELA
9/3-9/6
Figurative language
Text comprehension - Think questions about "Eleven"
Practice the R.A.C.E. strategy for short written responses
Socratic seminar - discussion
Summative assessment on figurative language and the text titled "Eleven"
Homework Policy
Students should read for 30 minutes nightly. Remember to bring your favorite book in your backpack to read during Independent Reading Time.
Late work Policy
Work not turned in by the due date will lose 10 points per day not to exceed 1/2 credit.
A student with an excused/unexcused absence may receive full credit for any work missing as long as arrangements are made with the teacher within 3 days of returning to school. You will then receive 2 calendar days for every day missed to submit work. All other late work will be accepted for no more than 1/2 credit.
Supplies
Pencil, ELA notebook, highlighters, glue stick, slim binder
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
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