6English

Grade 6 English Year at a Glance
see Grade 6 English Standards


 * Month || Reading || Writing || Speaking/Listening || Viewing/Media || Integration ||
 * August || Fantasy: The Monkey’s Paw plus individual student choices for homework || Book report Persuasive letters Who Am I? essay 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions ||  || IT – Word processing throughout the year E-mail correspondence for formative assessment ||
 * September || Historical Fiction: The Watsons Go to Birmingham plus individual student choices for homework || Narrative and Descriptive paragraphs 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions Audio tape of Watsons ||  || Social studies Civil rights ||
 * October || Historical Fiction cont. + Mystery: Sherlock Holmes || Crime Report Mystery compositions Media composition || Class discussions || Sherlock Holmes Old vs new movies || IT: Sherlock ||
 * November || Mystery unit continued | Graphic Summary Essay test 6Traits skill lessons || Class discussions || video || Visual Arts ||
 * December || || Cinquain, Haiku, quatrains || Poetry presentations ||  ||   ||
 * January || Biography/Drama Daddy and The Miracle Worker || One day autobiography 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions Oral reading of The Miracle Worker || Comparison/Media Rascal & My Life With the Chimps || Drama Science, Social Studies ||
 * February || Biography/Drama cont. The Miracle Worker Intro. to research || Video comparison paper 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions Oral reading of The Miracle Worker ||  || Drama Science ||
 * March || Nonfiction/Research Ancient Greece short sections in anthology || Research Paper Ancient Greece theme || Class discussions ||  || Social Studies IT: research, word processing, Turnitin ||
 * April || Realistic Fiction The Open Window + selected novels || Who Am I? essay 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions || Where the Red Fern Grows DVD ||  ||
 * May/June || Science Fiction A Wrinkle in Time || Essay test 6 Traits skill lessons || Class discussions Portfolio practice || Wrinkle in Time DVD || Science Math, Visual Arts ||