Welcome to 6th Grade ELA! In this course, students will build essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through a variety of engaging texts—including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and novels.
Throughout the year, students will read both short texts and full-length novels, participate in discussions, and complete projects that help them grow as confident, thoughtful communicators.
Let’s get ready to read, write, and grow together!
The grading scale comprises of the following categories and weightings:
Assignments 40 points
Quiz 30
Test 20
Participation 10
Please make the necessary effort to submit all work on time. This practice will prevent you from losing 10% daily for late submissions.
Week of December 1st, 2025
Monday - The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Tuesday - The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Wednesday - The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Thursday - Vocabulary Quiz! The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Friday - The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Week of November 24th, 2025
Monday - Vocabulary Quiz! The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Tuesday - The Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Wednesday - Sports Day!
Thursday - Thanksgiving Break!
Friday - Thanksgiving Break!
Week of November 17th, 2025
Monday - Vocabulary Quiz! Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Tuesday - Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Wednesday -Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Thursday - Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Friday - Egypt Game Bring Your Book!
Week of November 10th, 2025
Monday - Vocabulary Quiz! Prepositions
Tuesday - St. Martin Day
Wednesday -Prepositions
Thursday - Author's Purpose
Friday - Author's Purpose
Week of November 3rd, 2025
Monday - Vocabulary Quiz! Author's Purpose
Tuesday - Author's Purpose
Wednesday -Test Review
Thursday - Test!
Friday - Informational Texts
Week of October 27th, 2025
Monday - Vocabulary Quiz! Author's Purpose
Tuesday - Author's Purpose
Wednesday - Informational Texts
Thursday - Informational Texts
Friday - Informational Texts
Week of October 20th, 2025
Monday - Author's Purpose
Tuesday - Author's Purpose
Wednesday - Vocabulary Quiz! Author's Purpose Practice
Thursday -Field Trip!
Friday - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Weekly Agenda - Week of October 13th, 2025
Monday -
Tuesday - Presentation Day!
Wednesday - Presentation Day!
Thursday - Presentation Day! (extended)
Friday - Presentation Day! (extended)
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 29th, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz | Project Day! (Bring Devices)
Tuesday - New Vocab List Assigned | Outline/Sketch Due
Wednesday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Peer Review
Thursday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Peer Review Continued...
Friday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Final Versions Due
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 29th, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz | Project Day! (Bring Devices)
Tuesday - New Vocab List Assigned | Outline/Sketch Due
Wednesday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Peer Review
Thursday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Peer Review Continued...
Friday - Project Day! (Bring Devices) | Final Versions Due
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 22nd, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz and NEW Vocab List Assigned
Tuesday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Wednesday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Thursday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Friday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 15th, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz and NEW Vocab List Assigned
Tuesday - Homework due: Lemonade War Packet (Chapter 1 and 2)
Wednesday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Thursday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Friday - Lemonade War Packet Activity
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 8th, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz and NEW Vocab List Assigned
Tuesday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Wednesday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Thursday - The Lemonade War! (Bring Your Reading Book)
Friday - Character Traits Activity
Weekly Agenda - Week of September 1st, 2025
Monday - Vocab Quiz and NEW Vocab List Assigned
Tuesday - Character Traits
Wednesday - Character Traits
Thursday - Point of View
Friday - Point of View
Weekly Agenda
Monday - Vocab Quiz and NEW Vocab List Assigned
Tuesday - Character Traits
Wednesday - Character Traits
Thursday - Point of View
Friday - Point of View
Each Monday students will be given 10 vocabulary words along with their definitions. The words will be based on the novel that we are currently reading. This list will also be posted below. Students will need to learn the words and their definitions in readiness for testing on the following week. Notifications will be given on the web page for testing dates.
Week 11 Vocab
Quiz: October 22
Week 12 Vocab
Quiz: October 27
Week 13 Vocab
Quiz: November 3
Week 14 Vocab
Quiz: November 10
Week 15 Vocab
Quiz: November 17
Week 16 Vocab
Quiz: November 24
Week 17 Vocab
Quiz: December 4
The Lemonade War
by Jacqueline Davies
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Space Case
by Stuart Gibbs
Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
If students wish to discuss any part of their lesson with me, they can email me at dparry@luschool.com