English Language Arts Curriculum
6th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will examine the topics of self-awareness and identity while citing sources through comparing, contrasting, and presenting through various media sources, fiction, and non-fiction texts. |
Outcomes and Components:
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LA.6.6 |
Students will produce a real or imagined narrative by analyzing the text structure of previously read texts. |
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
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Standard(s) |
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LA.6.6.1 |
Write a narrative by establishing context, organizing events, using dialogue to develop events or characters, including transition words to signal time shifts, utilizing precise words and phrases and sensory words to convey experiences, and providing a conclusion. |
6.W.3a 6.W.3b 6.W.3c 6.W.3d 6.W.3e |
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LA.6.6.2 |
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. |
6.W.4 |
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LA.6.6.3 |
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources, and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. |
6.W.7 |
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LA.6.6.4 |
Construct sentences where pronouns are in the proper case (intensive, subjective, objective, possessive). Identify and correct vague pronouns or inappropriate shifts. |
6.L.1.a 6.L.1.b 6.L.1.c 6.L.1.d |
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LA.6.6.5 |
Distinguish variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language. |
6.L.1e |
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Academic Vocabulary: plot, lead, transitions, organization, elaboration, conclusion |
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Content Vocabulary: |