Reading

A variety of sources will be utilized in the sixth grade reading program, including four NYS reading modules, novels and short stories from a variety of genres, research materials, and library books. Students will explore a variety of fiction genres, including realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, survival, fantasy, and Greek myths. We will also read, discuss and write about expository, argumentative, and informational works of non-fiction. Throughout the year, in addition to class assignments and activities, students will periodically be required to read a book independently and complete a project or written assignment based on that book.

Reading - The goal of this course is to inspire active, lifelong, independent readers who explore diverse genres.

By the end of the school- year, your child will be able to:

• Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of text

• Explore literary and informational texts

• Determine theme / central idea and point of view in literary and informational texts

• Analyze the role of a particular sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section and how it contributes to the development of theme/central idea, plot, setting, etc.

Over the course of the year, the following skill areas will be taught in reading class.

- comparisons

- author’s point of view

- figurative language

- character analysis

- making inferences

- story elements

-predicting outcomes

- decoding skills

- sequencing

- author’s purpose

- foreshadowing

- annotating texts

- close reading of text

- academic vocabulary

- central idea/supporting evidence using text based details