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Curriculum
Curriculum
For English Language Arts, we follow a curriculum by EL Education that utilizes novels as the basis for learning and pulls in supplemental materials to provide a well-rounded reading and writing curriculum.
All of the novels are diverse and engaging in their content and provide a wealth of opportunities for deepening student understanding and practicing and extending writing skills.
We read three novels throughout the year:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - William Kamkwamba
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Frightful's Mountain - Jean Craighead George
Required Everyday Materials:
Required Everyday Materials:
Chromebook
Novel
Module Book
Highlighters
Post-it Flags
Homework:
Homework:
ELA Homework should be expected every night.
All assignments are important as they are preparing students for upcoming tests and essays.
All assignments are assigned through Google Classroom and have instructions and reference materials.
Assignments will either be a printed page in their module book or a document to complete in Google Classroom.
Testing Policy:
Testing Policy:
Students will be given multiple choice, short answer, paragraph response questions and essays throughout the year to assess their reading, writing, and language skills. Students will also take part in presentations and fishbowl discussions to demonstrate their speaking and listening abilities.
All English Assessments are graded using a rubric. These are all different to be specific for each assessment, but are broken up into 3, 2, and 1 scale. These can be viewed either on paper or in Google Classroom.
Students will be tested on concepts covered in the current module, as well as previous modules throughout the year. Due to the cycling of concepts, sixth grade does not offer retakes, as retake opportunities will present themselves throughout the year.
Emphasized Standards:
Emphasized Standards:
Reading: Informational
RI.6.1 - Cites textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.6.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
RI.6.8 - Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Reading: Literature
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 from personal opinions or judgments.
RL.6.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Writing:
W.6.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience *Informative and Argumentative
W.6.8 - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing clear basic bibliographic information for sources.
Language:
L.6.2 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.6.3 - Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
A. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. B. Maintain consistently in style and tone.
L.6.4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.6.6 - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Speaking and Listening:
SL.6.1 - Engages 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 identity.
SL.6.4 - Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
Curriculum Help and Resources:
Curriculum Help and Resources:
Reading Help
The biggest help for a struggling reader, is to be challenged by reading daily.
At least 20 minutes per day is a good place to start.
Have conversations with your child about what they are reading and ask them questions that require their own opinion of the book, as well as evidence to support their thinking.
It doesn't always have to be books, you can ask questions about movies, TV shows, YouTube videos and more, but they need to be explaining their thoughts and why they believe they are correct.
Standards Help
This document has each of the standards listed, that will be assessed on the student report card, and resources for each of them from:
Khan Academy
IXL.com
There are also additional skills listed that may assist your student in mastering other content as well as other websites that provide skills practice.
This is a resource that I use in the classroom to help the students practice important concepts.
It includes links to important ideas that we test on as well as some other important concepts for mastery of sixth grade language arts.
There are videos for understanding and different ways to practice each concept.
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