MP4 6th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Week
Process Skills
Content SE’s
Vocabulary
 2A (Greek and Latin
roots)
 2B (context clues)
 2C (analogies)
 2D (foreign words)
3&6
 Figure 19C (monitor & adjust
comprehension)
 Comprehension: Figure 19D
(inference), Figure 19E
(summarize, paraphrase,
synthesize), and
 Key SE for connection:
Figure 19F (make
connections)
• Figure 19C (monitor & adjust
comprehension)
 Comprehension: Figure 19D
(inference), Figure 19E
(summarize, paraphrase,
synthesize), and
 Figure 19F (make
connections)
Vocabulary
 2A (Greek and Latin
roots)
 2B (context clues)
 2C (analogies)
 2D (foreign words,
commonly used
terms)
Generating
Connections:
All Genres
9
Research
Reading
Connecting Genres
Writing
• Write a literary response: 17C
Oral and Written
Conventions &
Listening & Speaking
 6.20C: use proper
mechanics
Writing
Expository (for research)
 6.14C revise drafts
 6.14D edit drafts
 6.17D: multi-media presentation
Research
 6.22A: brainstorm topic
 6.22B: generate research plan
 6.23A: collect data
 6.23B: primary and secondary sources
 6.23C: record data
 6.23D: identify sources
 6.23E: paraphrase/ plagiarism / citing source
 6.24A: refine research questions
 6.24B: evaluate sources
 6.25A: compile info from multiple sources
 6.25B: topic sentence
 6.25C: present findings
 6.25D: quotations
Oral and Written
Conventions &
Listening & Speaking
 6.20C: use proper
mechanics
LITERARY TEXTS
 Genre: 6A (Fiction) 6A (plot); 3A (implicit theme); 6B
(dialect and conversational voice); 6C (point of view)
 Genre: 5A (Drama)
 Genre: 4A (Poetry) 4A (figurative language)
 Genre: 7A (Literary Nonfiction); 7A (identify literary
language in memoirs and personal narratives)
INFORMATIONAL TEXTS
 Genre: Expository: 10A (main idea; supporting
details); 10B (facts in an argument for or against);
10C (organizational pattern, main idea, author’s
viewpoint); 10D (connections within and across texts)
 Genre: Persuasive: 11B (simply faulty reasoning)
All Genres
• 9A (compare/contrast stated or implied purpose on
same topic)
• 11A (compare/contrast viewpoints of authors for
same purpose)
Reading
Informational Texts
 Genre: Expository: 10A (main idea; supporting
details); 10B (facts in an argument for or against);
10C (organizational pattern, main idea, author’s
viewpoint); 10D (connections within and across texts)
MP4 6th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Recommended Resources
Week
Source
Suggested Reading Selections, Activities, and Assessment
Commonlit.org
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Rosa Parks and The Montgomery Bus Boycott/The Underground Railroad
The First Flag/Valley Forge and The American Revolution
Don't Hate on The Trait/Where Do I Come From
Let's See What You're Made Of/Things Get More Complicated When You're Older
Can't We All Just Get Along/The Lion and The Mouse
Manifest Destiny, I Do Believe/I Am Offering This Poem
Excerpt From The Trail of Tears Diary/Lewis and Clark: American Explorers
Tiny Plastic, Big Problem
Biometrics: New Ids That Are Uniquely You
STAAR Master
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The Hammerman/A Steam Solution
Consider a School Switch/Give Co-Ed a Chance
The Stone-Carved Face/Finding Sara Crewe
Keeping Clean/The Black Death
Literature Book
• Why Monkeys Live in a Tree/The Case of the Monkeys That Fell From the Trees
• The Sound of Summer/Eleven
• From Something to Compare/Backwoods Boy
Springboard
(from 7th grade
book)
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Measuring Up
• Learning to Speak Bear/What's a Bear to Eat
• The Famous Ride of Paul Revere/I Won't Give Up
• Letter to Editor/Health Blog
3, 6 Weeks
Generating Connections:
All Genres
Oranges/Seventh Grade
Fighting the Bully Battle/Taming Wild Girls
City School's Cut Parents/Hang it Up
Disease/Dis-Ease
MP4 6th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Recommended Resources
Week
Source
Motivation Reading
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Arachne, The Weaver/The Sing-Off
Becoming a Royal/An Interview with Kate Middleton
A Place to Play/A Place to Learn
A Gold Medal in Goodwill/In His Own Words
The Walton Way/Want to Succeed in Retail? Take a Lesson from Sam Walton
The Legend of Pele and Kahawali/Violent Vents
Dark Days/Culture Shock
Fighting Like Cats and Dogs
E- Commerce: The World Market of Your Fingertips
ReadWorks
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All Pieces Matter/Pythons Invade the Florida Everglades
A Bad Robot/ The Origins of the Internet
A Monument/Transcript of the Gettysburg Address
A School Trip to the Aquarium/Atka and The Wolves of South Salem
Alexander Graham Bell/Louis Braille
Blue Lightning/ The Go-Kart
Scope Magazine
(Nov) Swimming for Her Life/Dreams
(Feb) Fire Breather/Could You Be the Next Garrett Morgan?
(Sept) Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?/How the Telephone Made America Rude?
3, 6 Weeks
Continued
Generating
Connections:
All Genres
Suggested Reading Selections, Activities, and Assessment
MP4 6th Grade ELAR Pacing Guide 2016-2017
Recommended Resources
Week
Source
Suggested Reading Selections, Activities, and Assessment
Glencoe/McGraw Hill
Writers Choice- Research Paper/Report Writing:
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/rprw/68rprw.pdf
Spring Board, Level 1
Unit 5: Research
Humble ISD
http://www.humbleisd.net/cms/lib2/tx01001414/centricity/domain/29/researchguideelem.pdf
Teachers Pay Teachers
• Freebie: Invention Research Project
• Freebie: Greek Gods Research
• Freebie: Biography Research
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Research
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR WRITING
COMPOSITION
MECHANICS
• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang
_write.htm
• http://interactivesites.weebly.com/punctuat
ion.html
• https://thejournal.com/Articles/2015/06/25
/15-Online-Resources-That-HelpImprove-Essay-Writing-Skills.aspx
• https://www.quill.org/
• http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/b
raingames/iknowthat/P
• http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.ht
maintball/Medium.cfm
• http://www.savethecomma.com/game/
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR WRITING
G R A M M A R P R AC T I C E
GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS
• http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/0
7/the-best-sites-for-grammar-practice/
• https://www.noredink.com/
RECOMMENDED SITES FOR READING
PA S S AG E S
S T R AT E G I E S
• Prentice Hall Literature
• Lead4ward
• Fast R Passages
• WICOR
• Read Works
• Fundamental 5
• Newsela
• CommonLit
• SISD LINKS Booklets