LITERATURE:  Students will read a variety of texts: novels, short stories, poetry, and articles.  This year focuses on citing text evidence and making inferences. 

WRITING:  6th Graders will focus on sentence and paragraph development, using more complex sentence structures, and use a variety of writing techniques to compose longer persuasive and narrative pieces.

GRAMMAR: Students will work toward a command of the English language, reviewing parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation.

VOCABULARY: Students will acquire and use grade-appropriate vocabulary with the help of the Sadlier digital workbook.