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6th Grade ELA Curriculum Menu
Literature, Media Literacy, Nonfiction, S&L Comprehension, S&L Discussion & Collaboration, S&L Knowledge & Ideas, Vocabulary, Writing Process, Writing Conventions, Writing Genre, Writing Research
Guiding Principle
Students develop critical thinking about the messages received and created by media. Students recognize that media are a part of culture and function as agents of socialization and develop understanding that people use individual skills, beliefs, and experiences to construct their own meanings from media messages. Students develop media literacy skills in order to become more informed, reflective, and engaged participants in society.1
1 Adapted from Standards for the English Language. National Council of Teachers of English and International Reading Association, 1996. Available at http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Books/Sample/StandardsDoc.pdf.
MEDIA LITERACY
By demonstrating the skills listed in Media Literacy, students should be able to meet the Learning Outcome for Media Literacy.
Infusion of the Catholic Faith
Through Catholic education, we seek to better understand human nature, the choices we face, and the role our faith plays in these decisions. Through our study of Language Arts, we strive to better understand our role and identity as Christians, and our responsibility to social justice. Human virtues and a Catholic worldview are explored through reading, writing, discussion and reflection.
The Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Charleston examine each subject in the context of the Catholic faith. Our students learn and are formed through the infusion of Gospel Values into all disciplines. Through the diocesan curriculum and standards, our teachers seek to promote the synthesis of faith, life, and culture to form students as disciples of Jesus. This document has been created to serve as a curriculum guide for English Language Arts. The ELA Standards are supported through the infusion of the Cardinal Newman Society standards. Resources to support the infusion of our faith can be found through the links below.
Ways to Infuse the Faith
Ways to Infuse the Faith
The DOC ELA Standards align with the Cardinal Newman Society Catholic Curriculum Standards. Click HERE to infuse our faith into the ELA curriculum through literature, scripture, parables, and saints.
Learning Outcome ML-6: Critically analyze information found in electronic, print, and mass media used to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit culture.
Essential Question: How is Language Arts in its own way, of great importance to the life of the Church? How does it strive to make known the proper nature of man, his problems and his experiences in trying to know and perfect both himself and the world?2
2 Cardinal Newman Society ELA Catholic Curricular Standards K-6
Considerations for Learning Differences
English Language Learner Strategies
ELA 6th Grade Curriculum Guides
ELA 6th Grade Curriculum Guides
6th Grade Speaking and Listening Discussion and Collaboration
6th Grade Speaking and Listening Knowledge and Ideas Literature
ELA 6th Grade Standards
ELA 6th Grade Standards
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