Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 1
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 1
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: What defines home?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 1- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
SWBAT express ideas
and feeling, ask and
answer questions
and give commands
SWBAT tell ideas and
feelings, ask and
answer questions,
and give commands.
SWBAT compare and
contrast.
SWBAT organize
ideas using
comparison and
contrast.
T21, 38
SWBAT identify
context clues to
distinguish multiple
meaning words.
Students will use
context clues to
distinguish
multiple/meaning
words.
T21, 39, 57
Students will be able
to distinguish the
differences among
statements,
questions, and
commands.
T25, 43
Students will
preview, predict, and
set a purpose for
reading.
T11, 29, 47
Students will write
paragraphs:
With examples
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T7, 25, 43
T1Wa-!31W
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
6.6.3.2
Grammar
Text structures
6.1.2.2
Context
6.3.1.7
Prewriting
6.1.4.1
6.1.1.1
predicting
6.6.3.2
Grammar
6.6.1.1-6.6.1.5
6.6.2.2
6.6.3.2
Writing
Process
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Using compare and
contrast
Using main idea and
details
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 2
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Compare
/Contrast
Main
idea/details
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 2
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 3
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): How do we depend on Earth’s resources?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 2- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T69, 87, 111
SWBAT:
Express needs
and wants
Give information
Elaborate
SWBAT distinguish
between fiction and
nonfiction
SWBAT recognize
related words:
Word categories
Synonyms
Antonyms
SWBAT identify
nouns, complete
sentences, and
subject/verb
agreement.
SWBAT monitor
his/her reading.
T82, 100, 118
T83, 107, 119
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
6.5.1.1 listening
6.5.2.3 speaking
6.2.1.1
Genre
6.3.1.1
Vocabulary
6.6.1.4
Grammar
T96, 87, 111
T73, 91, 115
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
6.1.4.1
6.1.1.1
Prereading
predicting
6.6.2.2 explain
6.6.1.1-6.6.1.5
Writing
process
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Language
Objectives
SWBAT sequence
paragraphs of fiction
SWBATexplain
nonfiction
paragraphs
Content
Objectives
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 4
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 3
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 5
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): How do people deal with the forces of nature?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 3- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
SWBAT engage in
conversation, ask
and answer
questions, and give
advice.
Write narratives:
Friendly letter
Personal
narrative
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T94W-T137W
Students will identify
word parts:
Compound words
Base words
Suffixes
Students will identify
subject pronouns,
use pronouns
correctly, and use
helping verbs
correctly.
T146, 168, 190
T147, 169, 191
T131, 151, 173
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
6.5.3.1
Speaking
6.5.1.1
listening
T131, 151, 173
SWBAT identify
features of fiction
and nonfiction in
Narrative writing
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
6.2.1.1
Genre
6.1.2.1
Main idea
6.2.3.1
Prereading
6.3.1.5
Roots, affixes
6.6.12.1 convey
experience
6.6.1.1.- 62.3.5
Writing process
6.6.3.4 grammar
6.6.1.4 grammar
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 4
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 6
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): How can a powerful character inspire a range of reactions?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 4- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
SWBAT describe
people and places,
make comparisons,
and describe an
event or experience.
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T205, 227, 249
SWBAT write a short
story
T137,wa, T179 w
SWBAT identify
elements of fiction:
Plot
Characters
Setting
SWBAT identify word
parts:
Base words
Prefixes
Latin and Greek
roots
SWBAT identify and
use adjectives and
adverbs correctly.
SWBAT visualize as a
story is being read.
T223, 245, 269
T205, 231, 253
T209, 231, 253
6.2.1.1
genre
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
6.5.1.1
Listening
6.5.3.1
speaking
Writing
LA.6.6
6.6.2.1
Convey experience
6.6.1.1.-6.6.1.5
Writing process
6.3.1.5
Roots, affixes
6.6.3.4 grammar
6.2.3.4
visualize
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 7
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 5
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 8
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): How do discoveries change us and the world?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 5- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
SWBAT ask for and
give information,
engage in discussion,
and define words to
explain a topic.
SWBAT write an
informational report.
Content
Objectives
Resources
SWBAT organize
ideas:
Sequence
Main Idea and
Details
T296, 318, 342
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
6.1.2.1
Main idea,
sequence
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T281, 301, 323
Students will identify
word parts:
Prefixes and
Suffixes
T179,wa-T245 w
Students will create
present and past
tense verbs.
T296, 318, 342
Students will ask
questions while
reading
T285, 305, 327
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
6,5,1,1
Listening
6.5.3.1
speaking
6.3.1.1
Vocabulary
6.2.3.4
Ask questions
6.6.2.2
6.6.1.1- 6.6.1.5
Writing process
6.6.3.4
Grammar
6.6.1.4
grammar
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 9
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Unit 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 10
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): How far will people go for the sake of freedom?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 6- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
SWBAT summarize
information, make
comparisons, and
express opinions.
SWBAT write a
summary paragraph,
and create a cause
and effect essay.
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
T335, T3751, 397
SWBAT identify ideas
using cause and
effect.
SWBAT identify and
use context clues
from a :
Definition
Restatement
Synonym
Antonym
Example
SWBAT correctly use
:
Subjects and
predicate
nouns
Subject and
object
Pronouns
Possessive nouns
T370, 392, 414
6.1.2.2
Text structure
6.3.1.1
Vocabulary
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
6.5.1.1.
Listening
6.5.2.3
speaking
Writing
LA.6.6
6.6.2.2
Explain
6.6.1.1-6.6.1.5
Writing process
T371, 393, 415
T355, 375, 397
6.2.3.4
Determine
importance
6.6.1.4
grammar
6.6.3.4
grammar
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Students will
determine
the importance of
information.
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 11
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Resources
T359m 379, 401
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Unit 7
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 12
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): Why are both storytellers and scientists drawn to the stars ?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 7- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Resources
SWBAT describe a
picture, define and
explain, and
persuade.
T 427, 449, 469
SWBAT write a
descriptive essay,
and write a
persuasive business
letter
T 281,wa-T321W
SWBAT determine
author’s purpose:
Persuasive
Writing
T466
SWBAT determine
context clues,
multiples meaning
words, jargon.
T445, 465, 487
SWBAT use
prepositions,
pronouns in
prepositional phrases
and participles
T427, 449, 469
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
6.1.2.1
Main idea
6.1.3.2
Author’s style
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
6.3.1.7
Context
6.2.3.4
Monitor
comprehension
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
6.5.1.1
Listening
6.5.2.3
speaking
Writing
LA.6.6
6.6.2.3
Persuade
6.6.1.1-6.6.1.5
Writing process
6.6.1.4 grammar
6.6.3.4
grammar
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Unit 8
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 13
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Essential Question: (Guiding): What do we learn about people from their artful expressions?
Strand: 1-Informational Text, 2.Literature, 3. Reading Process, 4. Research, Media and ICT Literacy, 5.Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing
Standards: 1.Text Features and Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, 2. Literary Analysis and Literacy Response, Reading
Comprehension, 3. Word Knowledge, Fluency, 4. Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, 5. Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, 6. Writing Process, Writing
Purpose, Writing Craft
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Assessments: Level C, Unit 8- Selection Review, Selection Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Reflection and Self-Assessments, Language Acquisition Rubrics, Fluency
Assessments, Writing Rubrics, Affective and Metacognative Measures, Summative Assessments, Gains Tests.
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
Resources
SWBAT use
appropriate word
choice and retell a
story
T 499, 517, 539
SWBAT write social
notes of invitation
and thank-you.
T321wa-T355w
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
Reading Process
LA.6.2
LA.6.3
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
6.5.1.1
Listening
6.5.2.3
speaking
Writing
LA.6.6
6.6.1.1-6.1.5
Writing process
SWBAT provide a
literary response.
6.6.1.1 -6.6.1.5
Writing process
SWBAT distinguish
text features of
fiction and
nonfiction.
SWBAT identify
figurative language.
SWBAT identify and
create complete
sentences, and
compound and
complex sentences.
SWBAT synthesize
T494
T513, 535, 557
6.2.1.1.
genre
6.3.1.6
Figurative
language
T499, 517, 539
T503, 521, 543
6.2.3.2
6.6.3.3.
Grammar
6.6.1.4
grammar
Language Literacy and Content C
Grade 6
Semester 1: Units 1 - 4
Language
Objectives
Content
Objectives
information.
Course Title: Language Arts 1 through ESOL
Course # 1002000 (H)
Page 14
Semester 2: Units 5-8
Resources
Informational
Text
LA.6.1
Literature
LA.6.2
Reading Process
LA.6.3
synthesize
Research, Media
& ICT Literacy
LA.6.4
Listening, Speaking
& Collaborating
LA.6.5
Writing
LA.6.6