Fullerton School District
Holt
6th Grade Holt ELA Content Map
Trimester
Holt
1
Chapter 1
Story
Concepts
Just Once
All Summer in a Day
Suit Helps Girl
What Will Our Towns
Look Like
Solar System Bodies
Plot & Setting
(pgs. 4-5)
Ta-Na-E-Ka
Characters
(pgs. 52-53)
Activity
Standards Addressed in
Holt
Standards
Tested on Benchmark 1
Writing Genre
Plot and Conflict (pg. 6)
Developing Fluency (pg. 13)
Vocabulary Development (16, 27,
32, 41)
Reading Informational Materials
(pgs. 28, 33, 37)
Word Analysis, Fluency, Vocab
1.4 Monitor expository text for
unknown words
Reading Comprehension
*2.1 Focus on Informational Materials
Literary Response and Analysis
3.2- Identify main problem
3.3 – Analyze influence of setting on
the problem and its resolution
Word Analysis 1.2
Reading Comprehension *2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Writing
Workshop 1:
Narrative (pgs. 497519)
Character and Conflict (pg. 54)
Vocabulary Development (pgs. 63,
68, 77, 85)
Reading Informational Materials
(pgs. 64, 78, 86)
Standards Review (pg. 108)
Word Analysis, Fluency, Vocab
1.3- Recognize origins and meanings
of foreign words on English
Reading Comprehension
2.4 Clarify understanding of text
Literary Response and Analysis
3.2 Analyze effect of qualities of
character
Word Analysis 1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Writing
Workshop 2:
Exposition (pgs. 528544)- Writing a Howto” Explanation
District Writing
Assessment 1:
Descriptive Narration
on illustration in Holt
1
Chapter 2
Trimester
Holt
Story
2
Chapter 3
The All American Slurp
Everybody is Different
Baucis and Phileman
One Child’s Labor of
Love
Little Mangy One
Too Much TV
Theme
(pgs. 116-117)
Subject Versus Theme (pg. 118)
Vocabulary Development (pgs.
129, 134, 156)
Reading Informational Materials
(pgs. 130, 157)
Grammar Link: Homophones (pg.
161)
Standards Review (pg. 162-165)
Word Analysis, Fluency, Vocab
*1.2 Identify and interpret figurative
language
Reading Comprehension
*2.6 Determine the adequacy an
appropriateness of evidence for
author’s conclusion
Literary Response and Analysis
*3.6 Identify and analyze features of
themes in characters, actions, images
Word Analysis *1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, *2.6
Literary Response 3.4, *3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Writing
Workshop 3
Response to Literature
(pgs. 552-569)Writing a Short Story
Interpretation
2
Chapter 4
The Gold Cadillac
Forms of Fiction
(pgs. 172-173)
Novella (pg. 174)
Vocabulary Development (pgs.
188, 202, 207, 233)
Reading Informational Materials
(pg. 203-206)
Developing fluency (pg. 229)
Standards Review (pgs. 234-235)
Word Analysis, Fluency, Vocab
*1.2 Identify and interpret words with
multiple meanings
Reading Comprehension
2.2 Analyze text that uses compare
and contrast organizational pattern
Literary Response and Analysis
3.1 Identify the forms of fiction and
describe characteristics of each form.
Word Analysis *1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Mini-Workshop 1
(pgs. 660-664)
Writing a ComparisonContrast Essay
The Wind People
The Bracelet
War Time Mistakes
Go For Broke
Celebrating
Quinceanera
La Bamba
Goodbye Records
Three Fables
from All I Really Need
to Know
Concepts
* Standards addressed in Holt and on the Benchmark
6th Holt Pacing.doc/2007-08BDA/cw
Activity
Standards Addressed in
Holt
Standards
Tested on Benchmark 2
Writing Genre
Fullerton School District
Holt
6th Grade Holt ELA Content Map
Trimester
Holt
Story
2
Chapter 5
Storm
Brother
The Brother I Never
Had
A Glory Over
Everything
Three Readings on
Harriet Tubman
from John Brown: One
Man Against Slavery
from: Harriet Tubman:
Conductor
Pet Heroes
Trimester
Holt
Chapter 6
3
3
Chapter 7
Story
Concepts
First and Third
Person Narration
(pgs. 242-243)
Concepts
The Mysterious Mr.
Lincoln
Lincoln’s Humor
What Do Fish Have to
Do with Anything?
Getting Leftovers Back
on the Table
Eleven
His Gift to Girls
Literary Devices
(pgs. 328-329)
The Sneetches
Poetry: Seeing
Likenesses
Ode to Mi Gato
In A Neighborhood in
LA
Hard on the Gas
Haiku
How to Read (and Own)
a Poem
John Henry
Becoming a Critical
Reader
Forty-one Seconds
Poetry
(pgs. 378-379)
* Standards addressed in Holt and on the Benchmark
6th Holt Pacing.doc/2007-08BDA/cw
Activity
First Person Point of View- (pg.
244)
Grammar – Mini-Lesson:
Good/Well- (pg. 253)
Modifiers (pg. 273)
Vocabulary Development (pgs.
268, 299)
Reading Informational Materials
(pgs. 269, 300, 301)
Standards Review (pgs. 315-321)
Activity
Standards Addressed in
Holt
Word Analysis, Fluency,
Vocabulary
1.4 Monitor expository text for
unknown words by using word,
sentence, paragraph clues.
Reading Comprehension
*2.3 Connect and clarify main ideas
by identifying their relationships to
other sources
Literary Response and Analysis
3.5 Identify the speaker, and
recognize difference between first
and third person narrative.
Standards Addressed in
Holt
Standards
Tested on Benchmark 2
Word Analysis 1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
*2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Standards
Tested on Benchmark 3
Writing Genre
Writing Workshop 4
(pgs. 578-603)
Write a Research
Report
District
Writing Assessment
2:
Greatest Person in My
World
Firsthand Biography:
Brother
Writing Genre
Metaphor (pg. 330)
Vocabulary Development (pgs.
337, 341,358, 362, 369)
Standards Focus (pgs. 370-371)
Word Analysis, Fluency,
Vocabulary
1.5 Understand and explain shades
of meaning in related words
Reading Comprehension
2.7 Make reasonable assertions
about text
Literary Response and Analysis
*3.7 Explain the effects of common
literary devices
Word Analysis 1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, *3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Mini-Workshop 2
(pgs. 665-670)
Rhyme (pg. 380)
Metaphor, Similes, Personification
(pgs. 387-388)
Haiku (pgs. 395-396)
How to Read A Poem (pgs. 399401)
Vocabulary Development
(pgs. 410, 422)
Repetition (pg. 404)
Reading Informational Materials
(pgs. 412-418)
Word Analysis, Fluency,
Vocabulary
*1.2 Identify and interpret figurative
language
Reading Comprehension
2.8 Note instances of unsupported
inferences, fallacious reasoning,
persuasion, and propaganda
Literary Response and Analysis
*3.4 Define how tone or meaning is
conveyed in poetry
Word Analysis *1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response *3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Mini-Workshop 6
(pgs. 678-680)
Writing a ProblemSolution
Essay
Writing a Descriptive
Essay
Fullerton School District
Holt
6th Grade Holt ELA Content Map
Trimester
3
Holt
Chapter 8
Story
The Dog of Pompeii
Pompeii
Preparing an
Application
Concepts
Literary Criticism
(pgs. 428-429)
* Standards addressed in Holt and on the Benchmark
6th Holt Pacing.doc/2007-08BDA/cw
Activity
Credible characters (pgs. 430-431)
Vocabulary Development
(pgs. 446,459, 466)
Grammar Link/Mini-Lesson:
Pronouns and Antecedents
(pg. 460)
Reading Informational Materials
(pg.449, 463-465)
Standards Addressed in
Holt
Word Analysis, Fluency,
Vocabulary
1.4 Know common affixes and use
knowledge to analyze meaning of
words
Reading Comprehension
2.5 Follow multiple step instructions
for preparing applications
Literary Response and Analysis
3.8 Critique the credibility of
characterization and the degree to
which the plot is contrived or realistic
Standards
Tested on Benchmark 3
Word Analysis 1.2
Reading Comprehension 2.1
2.3, 2.6
Literary Response 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Writing Strategies 1.2, 1.6
Language Convention 1.1, 1.2,
1.5
Writing Genre
Writing Workshop 5
(pgs. 618-635)
Writing a Persuasive
Essay
Writing Workshop 3
Response to Literature
(pgs. 549-569)
District Writing
Assessment 3:
Ta-Na-E-Ka
Response to Literature