English Language Arts Curriculum

6th Grade

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:

LA.6.4

Students will write an informative/explanatory essay expressing the main idea and defining key words and phrases found in literary nonfiction.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.6.4.1

Utilize text evidence to determine how the central idea is developed over the course of a text.

6.RI.1

6.RI.2 

6.RI.5

 

LA.6.4.2

Produce goals and engage in discussions in order to review the key ideas expressed and determine the figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases in a text.

6.SL.1b

6.SL.1d 

6.RI.4 

 

LA.6.4.3

Write a formal argument by introducing the topic; organizing ideas with facts, details, and precise language; using transitions; and providing a conclusion.  

6.W.2a

6.W.2b

6.W.2c

6.W.2d

6.W.2e

6.W.2f

 

LA.6.4.4

Consult reference materials to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech. 

6.L.4c

 

LA.6.4.5

Maintain consistency in style and tone with a focus on sentence patterns to determine meaning.

6.L.3a

6.L.3b

 

LA.6.4.6

Interpret information from diverse media in order to delineate and clarify claims, and then present findings using media components.

6.SL.2 

6.SL.3

6.SL.5

Academic Vocabulary: claim, evidence, research, statistics, infographic, logic, reasoning, consistency

Content Vocabulary: activist, activism, Nobel Peace Prize, Taliban