Unit One

UNIT 1 - LITERATURE BASED

During this unit, students will read the novel Maniac Magee and learn how to cite textual evidence (RL.6.1), summarize a text and find a theme (RL.6.2) and identify episodes within a story to determine how a character changes or responds (RL.6.3). Students will also compose a narrative essay during this unit.

Makings of a Good Story

RL 6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL 6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct form personal opinions or judgments.

RL 6.3 Describe how a particular story's or dramas plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

SL 6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

L.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Vocabulary

cite- quote as evidence

textual evidence- knowledge from a piece of writing on which to base a belief

analysis- breaking something into parts, attempting to better understand

episode- a part of a story or drama

resolution- events forming the outcome of the climax in a story or drama