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May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 1 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 1: Changes in Me Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: Personal change is a normal, predictable, and often positive aspect of life.
Reading, exploring, analyzing, and interpreting texts as well as producing narrative and expository writings, will allow an examination of changes that are inevitable.
Unit Essential Questions: What is the relationship between change and growth?
How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources The student will know: Concept
Change Academic Vocabulary
Fluency
Characterization
Narrative
Point of view
Expository Writing
Cause/Effect Literary Terms/Devices
Denotation
Connotation
Alliteration
Rhyme Scheme
Personal Narrative
Conflict
Metaphor
Simile
Conjunctive Adverb Transitions
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
Parts of Speech
Punctuation of Dialogue
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Classification of Nouns
Semicolon
Clauses
Compound Subjects
Compound Predicates
Parentheses
Interjections
Writing
The Writing Process (Writing Workshop #1)
Personal Narrative (Writing Workshop #4)
Expository Writing (Writing Workshop #6)
Quick Write
Graphic Organizer
The students will be able to: 1. Identify and explain how an
incident that changed (him/her) the writer
2. Use the reflective process
(making personal connections) to identify an important incident
3. Use dialogue in narrative writing 4. Organize a narrative with a
beginning, middle, and end employing smooth transitions
5. Demonstrate appropriate
spelling, punctuation, and capitalization in the writing process
6. Identify and explain a change and communicate the impact of the change in speaking and writing
7. Compare the past to the present
in reading and writing 8. Create an introduction with a
hook and a thesis 9. Use specific evidence to support
1. 1.5.6 A. Engage effectively in a
range of collaborative discussions, on grade level topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly
1.5.6 F. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks
2. 1.4.6 M. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
3. 1.4.6 R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling.
4. 1.4.6 P. Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events
5. 1.4.6 R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling
6.1.4.6 X. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audience
7. 1.4.6 X. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences
8. 1.4.6 N. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters
9. 1.4.6. I. Use clear reasons and
Methods for students to demonstrate their levels of proficiency: Embedded Assessment #1 Writing a Narrative About an Incident That Changed Me
Write an organized, multi-paragraph narrative about an incident that brought about a personal change
Use effective dialogue, smooth transitions, descriptive details, and appropriate spelling, capitalization and punctuation.
Embedded Assessment #2 Writing an Expository Essay About a Change in Me
Write a multi-paragraph expository essay how a change has affected your life today, comparing the past to the present, the impact of the change on the future
Create an introduction with a hook and a thesis, using descriptive details and specific evidence as support, using appropriate spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
Unit Self Reflection
Identify evidence of learning by responding to unit essential questions using academic vocabulary.
Create a portfolio page that explains how an artifact demonstrates personal growth or an increase in understanding of unit big ideas, concepts, content, and/or skills.
Spring Board Text, Level 1
Essential DVD The Lion King (1994) B00003CXB4 Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers
Independent Reading
Resources at appropriate reading level (Autobiographical Writings, Personal Narratives, Memoirs, and Stories about True Happenings)
One minute, grade level appropriate, oral reading passages (Teacher-selected)
Vocabulary Notebooks
Writing Workshop #1
The Writing Process
Writing Workshop #4 Personal Narrative
Writing Workshop #6 Expository Writing
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 2 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 1: Changes in Me Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: Personal change is a normal, predictable, and often positive aspect of life.
Reading, exploring, analyzing, and interpreting texts as well as producing narrative and expository writings, will allow an examination of changes that are inevitable.
Unit Essential Questions: What is the relationship between change and growth?
How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources
Sketching Events
Topic Sentence for an expository paragraph
Thesis Statement for an essay
AQQS o anecdote o question o quote o statement of intrigue
Reading Strategies
Think-Pair-Share
Skim and Scan
Mark the Text
Predicting
Close reading
Summarize/Paraphrase
Web Graphic Organizer
Activating Prior Knowledge
Diffusing o synonym identification
Chunking
Visualize
QHT o Q=words students do not
know o H=words students have
heard or be able to identify
o T=words students know well enough to teach to their peers
main ideas in reading and writing 10. Use descriptive details to support
main ideas 11. Use the semicolon correctly in
writing 12. Use correct spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization in writing narrative and expository texts
13. Demonstrate fluency when
reading orally 14. Identify and use a variety of
descriptive words and phrases in writing
15. Recognize and apply key elements of a narrative in writing such as sequence of events, setting, characters’ feelings, dialogue, point of view, transitions, and sensory details
16. Examine narrative openings, identify a sequence of events, vivid verbs and sensory language.
relevant evidence to support claims, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic
10. 1.4.6. O. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events
11. 1.4. E. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling 1.4.6.R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling
12. 1.4.6.E. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling 1.4.6.R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling
13.1.3.6.K. Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
14. 1.3.6 K. Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
15. 1.4.6 M. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
16. 1.4.6.N. Engage and orient the
reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters 1.4.6.P. Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition
End-of-Unit 1 Assessment
Apply unit skills by reading passages and answering questions about what was read
.
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 3 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 1: Changes in Me Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: Personal change is a normal, predictable, and often positive aspect of life.
Reading, exploring, analyzing, and interpreting texts as well as producing narrative and expository writings, will allow an examination of changes that are inevitable.
Unit Essential Questions: What is the relationship between change and growth?
How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources
17. Analyze the elements of a nonfiction narrative
18. Record and evaluate textual evidence to support opinions
19. Examine expository text by comparing and contrasting expository text based on narrative text
20. Analyze the elements of an expository essay and their influence on plot development
words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events 1.4.6.R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling
17. 1.4.6 M. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
18. 1.2.6 B. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text
19. 1.2.6 I. Examine how two authors present similar information in different types of text
20. 1.4.6 A. Write informative/
explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 4 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 2: Changes in My World Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: The world around us changes and presents us with challenges. We make choices to deal with life’s challenges.
We can learn how others have dealt with the choices and opportunities that change presents through fiction, nonfiction, print and non-print texts.
Unit Essential Questions: How are people influenced by changes in their worlds?
How does a writer effectively craft a story?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources The student will know: Concept
Change Academic Vocabulary
Short Story
Figurative Language
Literary Terms/Devices
Monologue
Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Theme
Folk Tales
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Myths
Hyperbole
Characterization
Conflict (internal and external)
Dialogue
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
Indefinite Pronouns
Adjectives and Predicate Adjectives
Adverbs
Punctuating Dialogue
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Personal Pronouns
Regular and Irregular Verbs
Complete/Simple Sentences
Active and Passive Voice
Subject/Verb Agreement
Commonly Confused Words
Writing
Short Story
The student will be able to: 1. Analyze words that describe a
character’s feelings and write in the voice of a character using descriptive words
2. Relate the concept of change to personal experiences and identify elements of conflict, both internal and external, and conflict resolution
3. Examine and generate effective dialogue and conflict in writing
4. Evaluate character, conflict (internal and external), and elements of plot
5. Analyze characters and explain
the connection between conflict and resolution
6. Develop and refine effective
dialogue in writing 7. Choose and integrate precise
adjectives and adverbs correctly and effectively in writing
1. 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness
of the stylistic aspects of writing 2. 1.3.6.H. Compare and contrast
texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics as well as their use of additional literary elements
3. 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing
4. 1.3.6 B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
5. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
6. 1.4.6.R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling
7. 1.4.6.O. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events 1.4.6.P. Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness of
Methods for students to demonstrate their levels of proficiency: Embedded Assessment #1
Creating a Short Story
Write a short story, incorporating all elements of a story
Describe characters and setting
Include a plot structure that resolves a conflict relating to the concept of change
Employ smooth transitions.
Incorporate dialogue with correct punctuation.
Use descriptive details
Demonstrate accurate spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Demonstrate the writing process
Embedded Assessment #2 Producing a TV News Story
Create an engaging introduction
Communicate a clear message to an audience
Include significant facts and details
Incorporate an interview
Employ smooth transitions
Reflect on the larger effect of change
Incorporate visual images/graphics
Collaborate to design, plan, and rehearse
Include an effective headline
Demonstrate accurate spelling, punctuation and capitalization
Spring Board Text, Level 1
Essential DVD Toy Story(1995)
786936294507 John Lasseter
Essential DVD
The Lion King (1994) B00003CXB4 Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers
Independent Reading
Resources at appropriate reading levels Authors: Christopher Paul Curtis, Wendelin van Draanen, Judith Viorst, and Elizabeth Montgomery
Vocabulary Notebooks
Writing Workshop #2 Short Story
Writing Workshop #8 Persuasive Writing
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 5 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 2: Changes in My World Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: The world around us changes and presents us with challenges. We make choices to deal with life’s challenges.
We can learn how others have dealt with the choices and opportunities that change presents through fiction, nonfiction, print and non-print texts.
Unit Essential Questions: How are people influenced by changes in their worlds?
How does a writer effectively craft a story?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources (Writing Workshop #2)
Persuasive Writing (Writing Workshop #8)
Prewriting
Quick write
Graphic Organizer Reading Strategies
Think-Pair-Share
Summarize
Diffusing
Visualize/Sketch
Marking the Text
Scan
Metacognitive Markers
8. Apply reading strategies of
prediction and visualization when reading fiction and nonfiction
9. Use context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words
10. Analyze description of setting
and produce descriptive details 11. Evaluate multiple perspectives
in literature and consider two sides of a personal story
12. Evaluate and interpret characterization through dialogue and physical description
13. Apply the elements of a short story in an original narrative
14. Develop characters, and setting
in story writing
15. Compare and contrast opinions
about the news, identify the purposes of watching TV news, and describe elements of TV newscasts
16. Examine graphics and other visuals in a newscast, and analyze how facts are supported
the stylistic aspects of writing 8. 1.3.6.K. Read and comprehend
literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
9.1.2.6.K. Determine or clarify the
meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools
10.1.4.6.O. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events
11. 1.2.6 D. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text
12. 1.3.6 B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
13. 1.4.6 M. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
14. 1.4.6 O. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events
15. 1.5.6 B. Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study
16. 1.5.6 B. Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively,
Unit Self Reflection
Identify evidence of learning
by responding to unit
essential questions using
academic vocabulary
Create a portfolio page that
explains how an artifact
demonstrates personal
growth or an increase in
understanding of the big
ideas, concepts, content, and
/or skills of the unit.
End-of-Unit 2 Assessment
Apply unit skills by reading passages and answering questions about what was read
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 6 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 2: Changes in My World Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: The world around us changes and presents us with challenges. We make choices to deal with life’s challenges.
We can learn how others have dealt with the choices and opportunities that change presents through fiction, nonfiction, print and non-print texts.
Unit Essential Questions: How are people influenced by changes in their worlds?
How does a writer effectively craft a story?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources by visuals in a news story
17. Design interview and open-
ended questions with answers 18. Identify a problem, or conflict,
and the solution or resolution 19. Identify the essential events of a
story, construct a headline and an interview report
20. Apply strategies for accessing
nonfiction, articulate problems and solutions in nonfiction, and recognize text-to-text connections transforming a text
21. Identify and examine internal
and external conflicts, understanding the effect of point of view in a story
22. Evaluate the use of dialogue in
writing and revise dialogue in writing
orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study. 1.5.6.G. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on grade 6 level and content
17. 1.4.6.V. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate
18. 1.4.6.C. Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension
19. 1.4.6.V. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate
20. 1.2.6.I. Examine how two authors present similar information in different types of text 1.2.6.L. Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
21. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution 1.3.6.D. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text
22. 1.4.6 Q, R. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing 1.4.6.R. Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling.
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 7 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 3: Changes in Self-Perception Unit Big Ideas/Understandings:
Individuals experience many changes throughout a lifetime.
Unit Essential Questions: How do internal and external factors influence one’s self-perception?
How does voice relate to audience and purpose?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources The student will know: Concept
Change Academic Vocabulary
Internal/External
Diction
Voice
Literary Analysis
Personal Letter
Setting
Subplot
Literary Terms/Devices
Subjective/Objective o camera point of view
Point of View
Topic Sentence
Perspective
Essay
Novel
Omniscient
Subplot
Flashback
Symbol
Tone
Textual Evidence
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
Commas
Adverbs
Book Titles
Action Verbs
Transitions of Comparison/Contrast
Present Tense
Context Clues
Parallel Structure
Quotations from a Text
Coherence
Action verbs
Writing
Procedural texts: Informal Letters
The students will be able to: 1. Compose sentences using
parallel structure
2. Analyze and evaluate characters by inferring character traits
3. Make and support inferences
4. Analyze and evaluate characters using precise adjectives, adverbs, and action verbs
5. Write in the voice of a character 6. Identify and explain textual
support for an opinion and compose a body paragraph
7. Compose text using voice appropriate for an identified audience and purpose
8. Recognize the effect of setting on mood or atmosphere
1. 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness
of the stylistic aspects of writing 1.4.6.S. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade level reading standards for literature and literary non-fiction
2. 1.3.. B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
3. 1.3.6.A. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text
4. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
5. 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing
6. 1.2.6.B. Cite textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text
1.4.6.C. Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension
7. 1.4.6.F. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition
8. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a
Methods for students to demonstrate their levels of proficiency: Embedded Assessment #1 Writing Letters in the Voice of Characters
Identify and apply the components of a distinct voice
Analyze characters
Apply RAFT
Use the letter format
Craft two letters about a common incident in Holes in two different character voices
Write a reflective piece explaining the difference in diction and character perspective between the two letters
Embedded Assessment #2 Writing a Character Analysis Essay
Craft a multi-paragraph literacy analysis essay using concrete details from the novel
Write a strong introduction with a hook and thesis
Use textual evidence to support a thesis statement
Incorporate direct quotations.
Analyze character change
Employ third-person point of view
Write an insightful conclusion discussing the larger ideas of change than expressed in the novel
Apply smooth transitions, parallel structure, and appropriate descriptive diction
Spring Board Text, Level 1
Essential DVD Holes( 2003) 786936225495 Andrew Davis
Essential DVD The Mighty (1998)
6305428247 Peter Chelsom
Essential Text
Holes(2003) 044040414806 Andrew Davis
Independent Reading
Resources at appropriate reading levels Suggested Authors: o Small Steps-Louis Sachar
Chasing Vermeer-Blue Balliet
o Hoot-Carl Hiassen o Maniac Magee-Jerry
Spineli, o The Westing Game-Ellen
Raskin o The Outcasts of 19
Schuyler Place- E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary Notebooks
Writing Workshop #7 Procedural Texts: Informal Letters
Writing Workshop #9 Response to Literary or Expository Texts
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 8 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 3: Changes in Self-Perception Unit Big Ideas/Understandings:
Individuals experience many changes throughout a lifetime.
Unit Essential Questions: How do internal and external factors influence one’s self-perception?
How does voice relate to audience and purpose?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources (Writing Workshop #7)
Response to Literary or Expository Texts (Writing Workshop #9)
Looping
Double-entry journals
Quick writes
Reading Strategies
Skim and scan
Make predictions
Summarize/Paraphrase
Think-Pair-Share
Close Reading
Mark the text
Visualize
RAFT (role, audience, format, topic)
Reread
Scanning
9. Write descriptively in first person 10. Visualize, predict, and generate
inferences about text 11. Make connections between plot
and subplot 12. Use context clues to determine
word meaning 13. Reflect through writing
14. Identify and evaluate a
character’s development through an extended text development
15. Evaluate character relationships
resolution 9. 1.4.6.O. Use narrative techniques
such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events
10.1.3.6.A. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
11. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
12.1.3.6.F. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context
13. 1.4.6.X. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences
14. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
15. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change
Unit Self Reflection
Identify evidence of learning
by responding to unit
essential questions using
academic vocabulary
Create a portfolio page that
explains how an artifact
demonstrates personal
growth or an increase in
understanding of the unit’s
big ideas, concepts, content,
and/or skills
End-of-Unit 3 Assessment
Apply unit skills by reading passages and answering questions about what was read
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 9 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 3: Changes in Self-Perception Unit Big Ideas/Understandings:
Individuals experience many changes throughout a lifetime.
Unit Essential Questions: How do internal and external factors influence one’s self-perception?
How does voice relate to audience and purpose?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources 16. Explain traditional devices in film
17. Compare film and novel
treatments of the same text 18. Use context clues to derive
meaning of unfamiliar words 19. Compose an introduction with a
quotation and a thesis statement 20. Use precise adjectives to
describe characters and to create transitions
as the plot moves toward a resolution
16.1.5.6.B. Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study
17. 1.3.6.G. Compare and contrast the experiences of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what is “seen” and “heard” when reading the text to what is perceived when listening or watching
18. 1.2.6.K. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools
19. 1.4.6.B. Identify and introduce the topic for the intended audience.
20. 1.4.6.C. Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 10 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit 4: Measuring Changes in Me
Unit Big Ideas/Understandings: Reflecting on changes in our lives helps us to recognize personal growth and
provides information to help us set goals for the future.
Unit Essential Questions: Why is it important to reflect on personal change and growth?
Why does successful writing require revision?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources Students will know: Concept:
Change
Academic Vocabulary
Local/Global Revision
Reflection
Literary Terms/Devices
Genre
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics
Topic Sentences
Compound Sentences
Independent Clause
Non count Nouns
Ellipsis Points
Subordinating Conjunctions
Writing:
Personal Narrative (Writing Workshop #4)
Persuasive Writing
Revision Strategies o Adding o replacing o deleting
Reading Strategies
Skim and Scan
Predict
Summarize/Paraphrase
Students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate fluency when reading
2. Write a paragraph with a strong
topic sentence 3. Demonstrate comprehension of
non-fiction and fiction text 4. Analyze nonfiction text 5. Identify and apply one or more
strategies to a new piece of writing
1. 1.2.6.L. Read and comprehend
literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently 1.3.6.K. Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
2. 1.4.6.N. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters
3. 1.2.6.F. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context 1.3.6 F. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context
4. 1.2.6 L. Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently
5. 1.4.6.D. Organize ideas, concepts,
and information using strategies
Methods for students to demonstrate their levels of proficiency: Embedded Assessment #1
Revising, Reflecting, and Publishing
Identify areas in need of revision and describe strategies that will aid in the revision process
Deeply revise a text by adding, replacing, and deleting content.
Explain how revisions improve the original text
Unit Self-Reflection
Identify evidence of learning by responding to unit essential questions using academic vocabulary
Create a portfolio page that explains how an artifact demonstrates personal growth or an increase in understanding of unit big ideas, concepts, content, and/or skills
End of Unit Four Assessment
Apply unit skills by reading passages and answering questions about what was read
Spring Board Text, Level 1
Independent Reading Resources (Biography and Autobiography)
One minute, grade level appropriate, oral reading passages (teacher-selected)
Vocabulary Notebooks
Writing Workshop #4 Personal Narrative
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 11 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit: 5 – Changing Times and Places Unit Big Ideas/Understandings:
By applying the conventions to an original text we can transform it into something new.
Unit Essential Questions: Why do objects change over time, and how does this change affect society?
How does setting affect characterization and plot?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources Students will know: Concept:
Change Academic Vocabulary
Research
Tone
Presentation
Drama
Parenthetical Credit
Literary Terms/Devices
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Fable
Interpretation/Oral Interpretation
Limerick
Rhythm
Quatrain
Free Verse
Grammar/Usage/Mechanics:
Subordinate Clauses
Complex Sentences
Writing:
Research (Writing Workshop #10)
Script Writing (Writing Workshop #5)
Prewriting
Reading Strategies:
Think-Pair-Share
Skim/Scan
Marking the Text
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Prediction
Students will be able to: 1. Describe chronological order
through the identification of objects that have changed over time and through transitions
2. Develop a rationale for giving
credit when using the words or ideas of others
3. Assess predictions and
summarize texts 4. Interpret tone found in text
5. Apply memorization techniques in
poetry 6. Apply and evaluate character
action, pantomime, and write and speak dialogue when writing
7. Compare elements of a dramatic voice
1. 1.4.6 D. Organize ideas, concepts,
and information using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension
2. 1.4.6.W. 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 basic bibliographic information for sources
3. 1.3.6.B. Describe how a particular
story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution
4. 1.3.6.F. Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used in grade level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context
5. 1.3.6.F. Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used in grade level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context
6. 1.4.6.Q. Write with an awareness
of the stylistic aspects of writing 7. 1.5.6.F. Adapt speech to a variety
of contexts and tasks
Methods for students to demonstrate their levels of proficiency: Embedded Assessment #1 Researching and Presenting an Item That Has Changed Over Time
Research an item that has changed over time
Use details, examples, and commentary to explain an item’s development over time
Use visual images to enhance text
Demonstrate accurate spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Collaborate to design, plan, rehearse, and present
Employ effective transitions in presentation
Embedded Assessment #2 Transforming and Performing a Scene from a Play
Read text closely for historical context
Identify setting, plot, characterization, and theme
Transform the setting, voice, and tone of a text
Write a dramatic script.
Produce a plan for design and rehearsal through collaboration
Prepare props, sound, and costumes to enhance performance
Memorize lines and express a convincing tone
Unit Self-Reflection:
Identify evidence of learning by responding to unit essential questions using academic vocabulary
Create a portfolio page that
Spring Board Text, Level 1
Essential DVD Big (1988) B00000)K3CR
Essential DVD Back to the Future B000006AL1E
Non Fiction books about inventors or inventions
Vocabulary Notebooks
Writing Workshop #10 Research
Writing Workshop #5 Script Writing
May 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT MAPS – GRADE 6 ACCELERATED Page 12 of 12 Course: Grade 6 Accelerated – English Language Arts Unit: 5 – Changing Times and Places Unit Big Ideas/Understandings:
By applying the conventions to an original text we can transform it into something new.
Unit Essential Questions: Why do objects change over time, and how does this change affect society?
How does setting affect characterization and plot?
Content/Topics Skills/Competencies Standards Assessments Resources
8. Justify how movement, teamwork,
role playing, and precision contribute to a performance
1.5.6.G. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on grade 6 level and content
8. 1.5.6.F. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks 1.5.6.G. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on grade 6 level and content
explains how an artifact demonstrates personal growth or an increase in understanding of unit big ideas, concepts, content, and/or skills
End of Unit Five Assessment
Apply unit skills by reading passages and answering questions about what was read