Unit 1 Small Group Texts
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
respected
desperate
disgusted
Skill Vocabulary
central idea
details
author's purpose
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Central Idea
Standard(s)
🔍 6.R.5 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
🔍 6.RL.6 When reading texts, including those from diverse cultures, determine the theme, how characters respond to conflict or how the speaker reflects upon a topic, and summarize the text.
🔍 6.RL.10 Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section fits into the overall structure and how it contributes to the development of theme, main idea, settings, or plot.
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Sharing Perspectives Discussion Prompts
Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Latin Root: -spec-
Standard(s)
6.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
b. Consistently use Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
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CommonLit Target Lesson: Finding the Meaning of Unknown Words
Conventions
Conventions
Focus: Adjective and Adverbs
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I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
clenched
stubborn
tenseness
Skill Vocabulary
theme
compare/contrast
figurative language
simile
metaphor
personification
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Theme
Standard(s)
🔍 6.R.5 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
🔍 6.RL.6 When reading texts, including those from diverse cultures, determine the theme, how characters respond to conflict or how the speaker reflects upon a topic, and summarize the text.
🔍 6.RL.10 Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section fits into the overall structure and how it contributes to the development of theme, main idea, settings, or plot.
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Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Anglo-Saxon Suffix: -ness
Standard(s)
6.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
b. Consistently use Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word.
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Author's Style
Author's Style
Focus: Figurative Language
Standard(s)
6.R.8 Determine the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative language, connotative meanings, and figures of speech. Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings within a text.
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⏳ Writing to Compare
⏳ Writing to Compare
Focus: Compare-Contrast Essay
Standard(s)
6.RL.14 Compare texts across different mediums or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
6.W.2 Compare texts across different mediums or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
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Supplementary Text
Supplementary Text
Michaela DePrince: The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina
Michaela DePrince: The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina
Vocabulary
antagonism
refugee
distraught
Activities
Analyze Craft & Structure: Biographical Writing
Word Study: Synonyms and Antonyms
Conventions: Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Speaking & Listening: Oral Presentation
Standards
6.RI.7 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text.
6.R.8 Determine the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative language, connotative meanings, and figures of speech. Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings within a text.
6.RI.10 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of the main idea.
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Collaborative Performance Task: Narrative
Collaborative Performance Task: Narrative
Focus: Retelling
Prompt: A retelling is a new version of a text that keeps the content recognizable but also changes it. A retelling may show a story from a different perspective or movie it to a different setting. Deliver a retelling of the childhood challenges presented in one of the Small Group Texts. Enhance your presentation with media.
Academic Vocabulary
reflect
notable
contribute
recognize
memorize
💡 It is essential to have students use these words throughout the unit, particularly in their performance tasks/assessments.
Standard(s)
🔍 6.W.3 Write narrative texts to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, well-structured event sequences, and provide a resolution.
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words, phrases and complex sentences, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
e. Use appropriate conventions and style for the audience, purpose, and task.
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