6th Grade Resource Language Arts
Year At A Glance
1st 6 Weeks - Personal Narrative
Writer's Workshop: Bio Wordle, Personal Narrative
Skills We Will Learn: Inference, Text Connections, Author's Purpose, Using a Dictionary/Thesaurus, Organization & Progression, Idea Development
Assessments: SRI & QRI, Common Assessment #1 Literary Analysis
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - TOWER, SLANT, MAPS, COPS
2ND 6 WEEKS - LITERARY ANALYSIS
Writer's Workshop: Short Story, Reader's Response Journals
Skills We Will Learn: Theme, Point of View, Summary, Plot Development, Use of Language
Assessments: Common Assessment #1 Literary Analysis
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - WRAP, ACES, CRAM, AAAWWUBBIFS
3RD 6 WEEKS- PERSUASIVE
Writer's Workshop: Persuasive Flyer, Informal Letter
Skills We Will Learn: Inference, Text Connections, Author's Purpose, Summary, Idea Development
Assessments: Common Assessment #2 Informational Analysis
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - RAINS, PLOT, TOWER
4TH 6 WEEKS - POETRY
Writer's Workshop: Limerick, Haiku, Cinquain, Diamante, Color Poem
Skills We Will Learn: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Idioms, Understatement, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Imagery, Cliche
Assessments: Common Assessment #2 Informational Analysis
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - review SLANT, MAPS, WRAP
5TH 6 WEEKS - INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS
Writer's Workshop: Expository, Compare & Contrast
Skills We Will Learn: Inference, Text Connections, Author's Purpose, Summary of informational texts, Text Organization
Assessments: STAAR TESTS
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - review CRAM & ACES
6TH 6 WEEKS - RESEARCH
Writer's Workshop: Research Paper
Skills We Will Learn: Revising & Editing, Organization & Progression, Idea Development, Use of Language, Works Cited
Assessments: Common Assessment #2B Revising/Editing & Expository Writing
Mini-Lessons: Strategies - review RAINS, PLOT