Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 6
2014-2015
Language Arts- Grade 6
September
Literature
Survival Story Unit (pre-reading for Hatchet, see Nov.)
Weekly writing-labs focus on
“Hypothermia” by Franklin M. Branley
(nonfiction article found: Quest pp. 57-59)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
““Bearstone” by Will Hobbs
(realistic fiction excerpt found: Quest pp. 36-53)
-work related to quarterly book report
Survival Story Unit contd.
October
Writing
“My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George
(realistic fiction excerpt found World of Language pp. 2430)
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
-work related to literature unit
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Sentence structure
-4 types of sentences
-subjects & predicates
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
-work related to quarterly book report
“Survival at Sea” by Ariane Randall (autobiographical
article found: Quest pp. 100-107)
Grammar
Nouns
-proper & common
-plural
-possessive
-work related to literature unit
Vocabulary
Red Hot Root Words (Prufrock Press Inc., 2005)
Weekly list of 10 thematically related words
-daily homework practice
-daily in-class sentences (using context clues)
-weekly quiz
Lesson 1: “Over & Under” (sub, trans)
Lesson 2: “More, More, More (hyper, super, supr, sur)
Lesson 3: “Before & After” (fore, pre, post)
Lesson 4: “Backward & Forward” (pro, retro)
Lesson 5: “Around & Around” (cir, circum, peri)
Lesson 6: “Ways to Move” (ad, re, se)
Lesson 7: “Coming Through” (dia, per)
Lesson 8: “Outside” (e, ec, ef, ex, extra, exter)
Lesson 9: “All Together” (co, col, com, con, sun, sum)
Lesson 10: “Moving Away” (ab, abs, apo)
Lesson 11: “Against” (ant, anti, contra, counter, ob)
Lesson 12: “Numbers 1-4” (mono, bi, du, tri, quad, etc.)
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Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 6
2014-2015
Language Arts- Grade 6
November
Literature
Writing
Begin novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Assignment 1: ch. 1 & 2
-literary techniques (simile, repetition, objective correlative)
-nonfiction background reading articles & presentations
-discussion (integration of Biblical concepts: honoring God,
honoring each other)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
Assignment 2: ch. 3 & 4
-literary techniques (color symbolism, personification,
alliteration, flashback)
-Comparison/Contrast with “Bearstone” (see Sept.) on:
-superstition & faith
-character & personality
-circumstances & events
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
Grammar
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Verbs
-action & being
-linking
-main & helping
-verbs with direct objects (transitive & intransitive)
-verb tense
-principal parts of verbs
-irregular verbs
Vocabulary
Lesson 13: “Numbers 5-10” (penta, quint, hexa, sept, etc.)
Lesson 14: “Beside, Between & Among” (epi, inter, para)
Lesson 15: “Down & Away” (cata, de, tele)
Lesson 16: “In & Into” (en, em, in, im, intro, intra)
Lesson 17: “The Size of Things” (mega, poly, semi, etc.)
Lesson 18: “Just Not” (a, an, il, ir, im, in, non)
Lesson 19: “Bringing & Building” (port, struct, stru)
Lesson 20: “Ways of Writing” (graph, gram, scrip, scrib)
Lesson 21: “Reaching the End” (fin, sat, term)
Lesson 22: “Father, Mother, Birth” (gen, mater, pater, etc.)
Lesson 23: “All Things Great & Small” (magn, micro, etc.)
Lesson 24: “All About Work” (labor, oper, techni, trib)
Lesson 25: “Just Asking” (quer, ques, quir, quis, rog)
Lesson 26: “Life & Death" (mori, mort, nat, vit, viv)
Assignment 3: ch. 5
-literary techniques (metaphor, review simile)
-begin group focus projects:
-cartographers
-botanists
-zoologists
-anthropologists
Assignment 4: ch. 6
-continue group focus projects
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Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 6
2014-2015
Language Arts- Grade 6
January
December
Literature
Writing
Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Assignment 5: ch. 7
-literary techniques (review flashback & other terms)
-continue group focus projects (see Nov.)
-discussion (integration of Biblical concepts: fear vs.
understanding, honoring God, honoring others)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
Grammar
Vocabulary
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Adjectives
-proper adjectives
-predicate adjectives
-demonstrative adjectives
-comparison with adjectives (degrees of comparison)
Assignment 6: ch. 8 & 9
-reference earlier Biblical integration discussion (ch. 1 & 2)
-continue group focus projects
-introduce use of Biblegateway.com as a research/learning
tool (connecting significance of “fire” in novel to its symbolic
meanings, some of which are spiritual)
Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Assignment 7: ch. 10-11
-introduce Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (at age level)
-Compare/contrast with Matthew 6:33 “Seek first…”
-continue group focus projects
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
Assignment 8: ch. 12
-“Hope Deferred” by Langston Hughes
-Proverbs 13:12 (introduce concept of Biblical allusion in
literature & discuss significance within poem)
-continue group focus projects
-work related to literature unit
-work related to quarterly book report
Adverbs
-comparison with adverbs (degrees of comparison)
-avoiding double negatives
-using adjectives &adverbs
Assignment 9: ch. 13
-cross-curricular connection: refraction experiment
-Genesis creation account
-“Tough Hope”: rescue vs. knowledge (connect to spiritual
life in Christ)
-continue group focus projects
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Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 6
2014-2015
Language Arts- Grade 6
Literature
Writing
Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet
February
Assignment 10: ch. 14
-review Maslow/ Matt. 6:33 discussion (ch. 10-11)
-“Mistakes” activity; discuss action & consequence, with
spiritual application
-continue group focus projects
Assignment 11: ch. 15
-continue group focus projects
-discuss time & perception (Biblical integration on God’s
view of time vs. ours & its significance)
-discuss how “focus” impacts outcome (with spiritual
implications as well as physical)
Grammar
Vocabulary
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Weekly writing-labs focus on
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
Conjunctions
-coordinating (compound sentences)
-subordinating (complex sentences)
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
Assignment 12: ch. 16
-cross-curricular connection: meteorology & tornado
formation
-continue group focus projects
March
Assignment 13: ch. 17
-review earlier discussion of action & consequent (ch. 14)
-continue group focus projects
Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Assignment 14: ch. 18
-continue group focus projects
-review how “focus” relates to outcome (ch. 15)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
Assignment 15: ch. 19
-cross-curricular connections: health & mood (relate to
emotions exhibited in Psalms)
-literary techniques: irony
-finish group focus topics & present to class
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Prepositions
-prepositional phrases
-prepositional phrases as:
-adjectives
-adverbs
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Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 6
2014-2015
Language Arts- Grade 6
May
April
Literature
Writing
Novel unit study of Paul Fleischman’s Seedfolks
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Unit to focus on:
-World cultures represented by neighborhood
-traditions
-beliefs
-comparison/contrast with our own
-Impact of common ground (both literal & figurative)
-soil
-plants
-water
-metaphoric use in scripture, comparison to novel
-The transformation from divisive fear to community
-“Little child shall lead them”
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
Weekly writing-labs focus on
Grammar
Vocabulary
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
Pronouns
-pronoun reference
-subject & object pronouns
-possessive pronouns
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers, 2013)
-writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (EvanMoor Educational Publishers, 2013)
Interjections
-work related to quarterly book report
-work related to literature unit
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