Integrated Unit Focus Sixth Grade Unit 1 Unit 2* Unit 3* See SVUSD Haiku page for the Integrated Unit Lesson Plan Units are not created yet, these are just suggestions from materials on hand Writing Informative/Explanatory Opinion/Argument Narrative Reading Informational Text (RI) Literature (RL) All American Slurp (short story) The Emperor’s New Clothes ( Fairy Tale) Content Area Reader: March of the Terracotta Soldiers Confucianism and Taoism Dog of Pompeii (short story) Pompeii (historical account) Content Area Reader: The Stadium of LIfe and Death Who Were the Gladiators? Ancient China Ch. 7 The Roman Republic The Roman Empire Ch. 11 ­ 12 Earthquakes Ch. 5 Roman Numerals Volcanoes Ch. 6 ​
Chinese Writing Roman Mosaics Focus Strategy (ies): ​
Understanding​text features and structure of informational texts Creating an outline of an informational text
The Great Wall of China Social Science Early Man from the Old Stone Age through The Middle Stone Age to The Neolithic Revolution Math Science Visual Arts Performing Arts Picture Books Novels ​
Cave Paintings 2 Point Perspective pictures of Neolithic Farming Villages Neolithic Farming Revolution Song Chinese Abacus Chinese Fortune Cookie Chinese Slat Book Tangram Art The Discovery of the Americas The First Dog The Empty Pot The Greatest Power Liang and the Magic Paintbrush The Buried City of Pompeii Twenty­One Balloons by William Pene du Bois suggested novel, but not included in the unit plan­ Maroo of the Winter Caves Additional Focus Units for Sixth Grade !! Writing Focus Expository Personal Narrative Narrative Reading Anthology Series Autobiography Storm Biography The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln (Aesop’s Fables) Fox and the Crow Wolf and the House Dog Baucis & Philemon Medusa’s Head (Greek Myths) Blanca Flor ​
(Play) Content Area Reader The Wonders of the Pyramids What Was Inside a Pyramid? The Finding of a Tomb Multitudes of Gods Cities of the Indus Valley A Vow to Conquer Dhamma Siddhartha Gautama: The Buddha The Ancient Olympics The Spartan Way In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great Science in Hellenistic World Social Science Ancient Egypt Ch. 4 Ancient India Ch. 6 Ancient Greece The Greek World Ch. 9­10 Math Science Sugar Cube Pyramids Geometric Shapes Erosion & Deposition Ch. 3 Water Erosion (3.3) Climate and Climate Change C. 9 Monsoons (9.1) Area & Circumference of Circles Weather Ch. 8 Visual Arts Performing Arts Foil Masks Cartouche Writing Clay Cats Lotus Flowers Ivory Soap Carvings Greek Masks Blanca Flor Play Picture Books The Winged Cat by Deborah Lattimore Hatshepsut, His Majesty by Catherine Andronik The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland One Grain of Rice by Demi The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis Literature Novels Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg More Focus Units for Sixth Grade Writing Focus Response to Literature Opinion/Argument Reading Anthology Series Short Stories Just Once All Summer in a Day Short Stories Tanaeka The Bracelet Content Area Reader Hammurabi’s Babylonia Writing and Alphabets Enheduana of Sumer The Patient and Persistent Babylonians The Monster Humbaba Education: The Sumerian School Social Science Uncovering the Past Ch. 1 Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent Ch. 3 Math Science Visual Arts Performing Arts Cuneiform Writing on Model Magic Clay Foil Cylinder Seals Picture Books Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman Literature Novels