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.6.8 |
Students will compare and contrast the point of view in texts of different genres and their approaches to similar themes and topics. |
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
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Standard(s) |
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LA.6.8.1 |
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. |
6.RL.6 |
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LA.6.8.2 |
Compare and contrast central messages/themes and topics in texts from different genres such as historical novels, fantasy stories and stories and poems. |
6.RL.9 |
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LA.6.8.3 |
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the central message/theme, setting, or plot. |
6.RL.5 |
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LA.6.8.4 |
Interpret context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) to determine the meaning of a word or phrase. |
6.L.4a |
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LA.6.8.5 |
Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas, central messages/themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. |
6.SL.4 |
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Academic Vocabulary: theme, evidence, claim, analysis, support, motive |
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Content Vocabulary: |