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READING Topic Introductions Procedures 1 Reading Expectations S Reading Routines T Reading Logs Literacy Q U MAP TESTING A Book Report R Biography/Autobiogra
T phy E Memoir R Reading Literature Literary Elements Reading Informational Text Nonfiction Features Previewing a Text Essential Questions How does LITERACY affect our daily lives? Content Skills Assessment Resources Them Against You Five Facts Verbal Activity NEWSELA Edmodo Informal Google Classroom Assessment Discussions Daily Writing Exercises Baseline What literacy is and why Assessment it is important. ​
MAP TESTING MAP TESTING MAP TESTING MAP TESTING RL RIT Vocabulary What are the five parts Literary Elements Explain Exposition POPCHECK! of a plot? Explain Rising Action I Can: RL6.1 Explain Climax Explain Falling Action THIEVES How does previewing Previewing a Text POPCHECK! Edmodo the text help before Use context clues read? Close Reads To read for various Structured Teacher Generated Why do we read...for Main Ideas purposes Journals Materials what purposes? Proper Nouns Identify main ideas Daily Oral Edmodo Facts I Can: RIT6.1 Comprehension Flocabulary How can we use the I Can: RIT6.5 text to figure out Self Assessment unknown words? Topic 1 S T Q U A R T E R Ancient Civilizations Archeology Fiction Piece Stone Age Nonfiction Chichen Itza Essential Questions Content Skills What do you know Archeology I Know… about life long ago? Artifacts I Want to learn... What questions do you have about the THIEVES Identify and Cite stone age/prehistoric Close Reading Important Ideas and life? Structured Journal Details Summarizing Generalizations Digging For Clues to Fact/Opinion Why is it important to the Past learn about the past? Close Reads A Boy Who Shaped RIT 6.1 Why is it important to Stone RIT 6.2 appreciate the work of RIT 6.9 an archeologist? Compare and Skara Brae Contrast Identify Key Ideas and Details and Accurately Cite Textual Evidence Implicit and Explicit Questions What are the Seven Religion Central Idea Wonders of the Entertainment Author’s Idea Ancient World? Economics Making Connections Beliefs Pyramids Explain the temples Structures Describe the Ball Court Explain Trading Explain Astrology Assessment Resources I Know... Graphic Organizer Structured Journal Archeology Close Reads Videos I Can…cite textual Stone Age evidence Videos R.A.P. Structured Journal Skara Brae Video I Can… Clips make inferences determine a Digging for Clues theme or to the Past central idea Interactive LINCS Tables Journals Words Worth I Can….describe Noticing I Can draw/chat POPCHECK Plot
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R NEWSELA Cave Drawings Human Remains Found Drought Essential Questions Content Skills Write a short Determine central paragraph that ideas or themes of a explains the central text and analyze idea of the article. their development, Use at least two summarize key details from the supporting details article to support and ideas. your response. Analyze how and What search why individuals , terms might you events, or ideas are use to conduct introduced, more research to illustrated, and understand some elaborated. of the topics in this Interpret word and article better? What phrases would you hope to learn in your research? BIOGRAPHY Biography/Autobiography Students will be BOOK REPORTS Memoirs able to read a biography of their choice, write a one page monologue, and report as if they are that person. Assessment Resources I can…RIT 6.2 I can…RIT 6.3 I can…RIT 6.3 I can…RIT 6.4 NEWSELA Oral Presentation Written Report Tradebooks Internet Rhodes School District 84.5 Curriculum Map Grade Sixth Subject ​
READING Topic Essential Questions Content Skills Assessment Resources Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Fill The Page Constructed response The Story of Gilgamesh IGNITE! 2 N D Q U A R T E R Why is learning about ancient civilizations important to our lives today? What would attract visitors to MESOPOTAMIA if it still existed today? Why is having Hammurabi’s Code justice necessary? Wonders of the World Hanging Gardens of Babylon Mesopotamia Themes Cite Textual evidence Compare & Contrast RL 6.2 Theme RL 6.3 Character Hammurabi’s Code Apply information about ancient Mesopotamians using the Code of Hammurabi Hanging Gardens of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar Geography Arts & science Govt. & Religion Fertile Crescent Real Estate Advertisement Journal entries Travel Brochure Get­Away If you lived in Mesopotamia…. Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia Internet Sources IGNITE! Discovery Ed Clips IGNITE! Ancient Civilizations I Can…. Scholastic Create a Code IGNITE! of Laws for the Tradebook Classroom Scholastic IGNITE! Real Estate for Internet HG of B Trade Books Rhodes School District 84.5 Curriculum Map Grade
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READING 3 R D Q U A R T E R Topic Essential Questions Content (Understandings) FOLK LITERATURE Paired Passages What are the types of folk literature? Why are there so many children abandoned in Vietnam? Folk Tales Legends Fables Fairy Tales Myths Universal Themes Vietnamese Folk Tales/Informational Text NEWSELA Moses Skills (Know and Able to do) Understanding a Text Main Ideas & Summaries Literary Elements Analyzing Events & Concepts Literary Structure Text Features Point of View & Author’s Purpose Visual Literacy Identifying Connections Making Inferences Main Idea Literary Elements Sequence Literary Structure Cause/Effect Point of View Conflict/Resolution Theme African Folk Tale Symbolism Scientific Article Morals About Monkeys RL 6.1 RL 6.7 RL 6.3 RIT 6.7 Students will compare Chimp Language and contrast paired Gorilla Orphans passages RIT 6.2 RIT 6.5 Analyze Story History of Moses Key Ideas and Details Assessment Resources (Curriculum) POPCHECK! The Tiger Who Elements of Would Be King Folk Lit (African) Story Mapping The Ant and the I Can…6.1 Dove I Can…6.2 (Russian) I Can…6.3 A Lion and The I Can…6.3 Bulls I Can…6.5 (Aesop) I Can…6.5 A Crippled Boy I Can…6.6 Vietnam Text I Can…6.7 Read Alouds I Can…6.8 Religious Folk Self Tales Assessment Prentice Hall Paired Passages Writing Prompt Teacher Created RIT 6.3 Discovery Ed Videos Graphic NEWSELA organizers I can…6.1 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 Informative Essay Quizzes Teacher Created Pharaohs Egypt Canaan Nile River Red Sea Who were the Israelites? What must one do to persevere as a reader? Egypt Informational Text Tombs of Ancient Egypt Informational Text What changes did ancient Egyptian inventions bring about for the ancient Egyptian people? Why is it important to learn as much as we can about ancient Egypt? How did ancient Egyptian Writing work? The Ten Plagues Clever Inventions Monitor Reading Set a Purpose Synthesize information Egypt Society Homes/Cuisine Farming/Floods Hieroglyphs/Afterlife Mummies/Pyramids Burial Chambers Afterlife Pictograms Hieroglyphs Ideographs Rebus Writing R.A.P. Paraphrasing Summarizing Compare/Contrast Drawing Conclusions Predicting Outcomes Inferring Drawing Conclusions Stop & Chats Structured Journals Discovery Ed Videos Extended Response Scott Foresman Egypt Tombs of Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs Rhodes School District 84.5 Curriculum Map Grade
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READING 3 R D Q U A R T E R Topic Essential Questions Content (Understandings) Skills (Know and Able to do) Assessment Legends Folk Music To identify legend elements Do we need words to communicate well? Biography of Robert What inspires poets Frost to write their themed Edgar Allen Poe poetry? The Pasture Rose Pogonias Annabel Lee The Bells Poetry Elements of Poetry Poetic Structure Theme Poetry elements to express thoughts and feelings Close Read “Twelfth Song of Thunder” “Oranges” Independent “Ode to Family Photographs” Nature as an inspiration Sadness Loneliness/Depressi
on as an inspiration Analyze poetic language Hear rhythm & rhyme Analyze structure Visualize Identify speaker Identify theme & mood Understanding symbolism Hear repetition Use alliteration Identify onomatopoeia Resources (Curriculum) The Weeping Woman La Lorena
Self Assess RL 6.4 RL 6.5 Prentice Hall RL 6.6 POPCHECK! Poetry for Young Literary People Analysis Task Scholastic Rhodes School District 84.5 Curriculum Map Grade: ​
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Topic Essential Questions Content Skills Assessment Resources 4 T H Q U A R T E R Greece Mythology Titans Olympians Zeus Poseidon Hades Hera Hestia Demeter Athena Dionysus Apollo Artemis Ares Aphrodite Hephaestus Hermes Why did the ancient Greeks believe in mythology and the powers of Gods and Goddesses? How did the ancient Greeks explain natural phenomenons? What mythology is Who the Titans were Who the Olympians were Who the heroes were Classic myths Classical Athens How Spiders Came to be Pride/Conceit Literal and Inferential Questions Sequencing Reading for Key Information Comparing texts Key Ideas and Details Story Analysis Compare/Contrast Close Reading Theme Selection Test Myth Folder Notes Summaries in Structured Journal LINCS Tables Reader’s Response In the Beginning Handout The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus Gods, Goddesses, and Mortals Classical Athens Athena Arachne Athena and the Spider ​
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READING Topic Essential Questions Content Skills 4 T H Q U A R T E R Perseus Perseus Medusa Persephone Hades God or Goddess Report What qualities do you feel are qualities of that of a hero? How can imagery intensify the elements of a story? Why should you (assigned god or goddess) be the NEW ruler of Greece? How has democracy impacted modern society? Heroes in Greek Mythology The Gorgon’s Head Imagery Story Elements Figurative Language Research Character Analysis Democracy Past & Present Key Ideas & Details Character Analysis Vocabulary Context clues Affix study Greek Origins Compare Characters Literal/Inferential Comprehension Quiz Compare/Contrast Assessment Resources Graphic The Heroes Organizers Perseus Comprehension Checks The Gorgon’s LINCS Tables Head Just The Facts Rap Sheet Wanted Posters Triumphs of the Diamonte Gods Poem Persephone Evidence from the Text Slogan Campaign Speech Campaign Poster Presentation Gods & Goddesses Visual Aides of Mount Olympus mythman.com Rhodes School District 84.5 Curriculum Map Grade​
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READING Topic Essential Questions Content Skills Assessment Resources 4 T H Q U A R T E R SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES ∙ Daily Reading Comprehension Grade 6­Evan Moor Fiction and Nonfiction passages­Direct Instruction of reading strategies and skills ∙ Treasure Trackers Sundance ∙ Nonfiction Reading Comprehension – Social Studies: Vocabulary & Comprehension Development Teacher Created Materials ∙ Nonfiction Reading Comprehension – Science: Vocabulary &Comprehension Development Teacher Created Materials ∙ It’s Your World, Where Do You want to Go? Middle East, Egypt, India, China, Greece, Italy ∙ Comprehension Skills­Myths, Legends, Neat Things: Instructional Fair