GRADE 6 Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence

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1 GRADE 6 Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER (MARKING PERIOD 1) READING Unit One: Narrative - Launch - Review of Literary Elements - Close-Reading Focus: Character Development Writing Piece : Literary Analysis of Character Development WRITING Unit One: Personal Narrative - Launch - Pre-Assessment: Personal Narrative - Refine Narrative Skills - Focus: Character Development - Post-Assessment: Personal Narrative NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/ JANUARY (MARKING PERIOD 2) Unit Two: Non-Fiction - Section One (Nov.-mid. Dec.): Narrative Non-Fiction - Section Two (mid-dec.-jan.): Informational Text Focus: Identify and Analyze Text Features/Text Structure Writing Piece : Text Feature and Text Structure Contributes to the Author s Purpose Unit Two: Research Simulation Task - Research Simulation Task: Pre-Assessment - Development of Central Idea Across Multiple Texts Focus: Developing and Supporting Claims - Research Simulation Task: Post-Assessment JANUARY/FEBRUARY (MARKING PERIOD 3) MARCH Unit Three: Fiction Book Club: High Interest Focus : Theme and Analysis of Theme Writing Piece : Connection Between Theme and Intended Audience Unit Four: Poetry Analysis Focus: Review of Close Reading Skills, Review of Theme Writing Piece: Long-Write on Poem/Song (compare/contrast Unit Three: Narrative: Perspective Writing - Pre-Assessment: Perspective Writing - Focus: Write from a Different Perspective (Using Published Story) and Develop a Theme Unit Four: Narrative: Author s Craft/Theme - Focus: Continue Development of a Theme and Author s Craft Using a Selected 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 1

2 APRIL of theme) PARCC Practice (2-3 weeks in April or May-TBD) - Post-Assessment: Author s Craft PARCC Practice (2-3 weeks in April or May-TBD) MAY/JUNE (MARKING PERIOD 4) Unit Five: Fiction Book Club: Adventure/Survival Focus: Debatable Issues Within Literature and Writing Piece: Argument Writing Piece (related to each particular novel) Unit Five: Research-Based Argument - Choosing a Side (Claim) and Developing and Supporting It - Focus: Relevant Quotes from the Text - Post Assessment 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 2

3 GRADE 6 Reading and Writing Materials SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER (MARKING PERIOD 1) READING MATERIALS Unit One: Narrative - The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo( Goals 1,2,12,13) - Novel Choice: Wonder - Guided Fiction Short Reads - Close-Reading( Notice and Note Signposts and Falling in Love with Close Reading, Christopher Lehman) - Engagement Inventory: om/shared/companionr esources/e05300/enga gementinventory.pdf - Reading Survey : om/readingstrategiesbo ok/images/whatcaniwor konreader_serravallo.p df - The New Kid, by Patricia Hermes - Scholastic Book Wizard: om/teachers/bookwizar d/ Suggested Texts : - Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant ENGLISH MATERIALS Unit One: Mentor Texts: - Student Samples from Previous Years - First Person Stories from Shells, by Cynthia Rylant - When I Was Your Age by Amy Ehrlich - Heinemann resources on website NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/ Unit Two: Non-Fiction - Reading Strategies Book(Goals 8,9,10,11,12,13) *****Section One: Narrative Unit Two: Research Simulation Task Pre On-Demand Texts: 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 3

4 JANUARY (MARKING PERIOD 2) Non-Fiction - Scholastic Scope and Action magazines - Guided Reading Nonfiction Suggested Texts: Sections in Black Sunday (Scholastic Scope, March 2017) ****Section Two: Informational Text: - Sections of Leveled and Non-leveled Short Books (from library and Grant Project) - NewsELA Process Piece Texts: The Evil Swirling Darkness (Oct. 2015), Mountain of Fire (Feb. 2016) and Surviving Hurricane Sandy (Oct. 2013) JANUARY/FEBRUARY (MARKING PERIOD 3) MARCH Unit Three: Fiction Book Club: High Interest - Reading Strategies Book(Goals 5,7,12,13) - Notice and Note Signposts Unit Four: Poetry -Student Selected Poems and Songs (lyrics from internet) -Poetry Books - Falling in Love with Close Reading (Christopher Lehman) Unit Three: Narrative Writing Perspective Mentor Text (Story from Object s Perspective): assroom-resources/lesson-plan s/story-writing-from-object html OR (Story from Character s Perspective): The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Unit Four: Text-Based Narrative (Point of View) Suggested Stories to Finish : (Continue Story from Selected Text-half of story) : The Day It Rained Cats, The Secret Ingredient and Lost and Found, Alice in Wonderland 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 4

5 APRIL (MARKING PERIOD 4) PARCC Practice - Heavy Review of Informational actice-tests/english/ PARCC Practice -Heavy Review of Informational actice-tests/english/ MAY/JUNE Unit Three: Adventure/Survival Book Clubs - Suggested Novels: Touching Spirit Bear, Hatchet, the Cay Unit Three: Research-Based Argument - Heinemann resources on website - Text sets on NewsELA - Scholastic GO 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 5

6 UNIT ONE Reading: Launching Reading Workshop (2 Weeks) - Create and write in a Reader s Notebook. - Read independently for an extended period of time. - Participate in discussions on literature with a partner or small group. - Keep track of reading progress. - Use individual strategies taught in conferences. -Choose books around appropriate level. Writing: Launching Writing Workshop - Create and write in a Writer s Notebook. - Generate a wide variety of ideas - Write independently for an extended period of time. - Use individual strategies taught in conferences - Revise and edit writing with peers Reading: Narrative - Record thoughts/ideas and practice strategies in Reader s Notebooks. - Identify the literary elements and how they influence each other. - Closely read a text. - Refer to the text for support when analyzing and drawing information. - Correctly cite evidence from the text - Use evidence from the text to make inferences about a character. - Acknowledge and accept others differences(character building) Writing: Personal Narrative - Record ideas and practice strategies in Writer s Notebook - Use a variety of opening and closing strategies. - Use a combination of thoughts, action, dialogue, and detail to raise the quality of narrative writing. - Use dialogue correctly. - Vary sentences in structure, length, and type. - Use paragraphs appropriately - Write a story that S T R E T C H E S a small moment in time. - Use pronouns that agree with their antecedents. - Revise and edit writing with peers Unit Two Reading: Non-Fiction - Differentiate between narrative nonfiction and informational texts. - Choose books around independent Writing: Research Simulation Task Skill Mastered: - Record ideas and practice strategies in Writer s Notebook - Create a claim based on a variety of 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 6

7 reading level. - Use strategies specific to reading in the informational genre. - Closely read a text. - Summarize and retell a non-fiction text. - Identify central idea and key details - Identify text features and text structure - Analyze text structure and how it contributes to a text as a whole, as well as to the author s purpose. - Evaluate the effectiveness of a text structure. - Identify author s point of view and potential biases. - Respond to text and write long in Reader s Notebook nonfiction texts. - Support the claim by citing relevant evidence from the text.. - Organize writing in a logical fashion. - Use transitions appropriate to the writing style. - Recognize the difference between a formal and informal writing style and choose the appropriate style. - Include explanation of each piece of text evidence. - Draw conclusion based on research. - Write routinely for an extended period of time. - Use pronouns appropriate for a third person writing piece - Revise and edit writing with peers Unit Three Reading: Fiction Book Clubs - Record ideas and practice strategies in Reader s Notebooks. - Choose books around independent reading level. - Create a supportive climate within groups in order to be comfortable discussing ideas. - Use Reader s Notebook to record close reading thoughts - Extend thoughts from close reading - Use strategies from class mini-lessons, conferences, and small group instruction. - Determine the theme or central idea of a text Writing: Perspective Writing - Record ideas and practice strategies in Writer s Notebook - Recognize character s perspective on events and creatively rewrite story - Incorporate literary elements that are consistent to the original text. - Use pronouns that agree with their antecedent in number and case - Revise and edit writing with peers. Unit Four Reading: Poetry - Choose poems and songs and analyze them using knowledge of close reading skills, including literary Writing: Theme/Author s Craft in Narrative - Recognize the author s craft - Continue writing a story using the author s style of writing and 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 7

8 elements, word choice/meaning, and figurative language. - Record ideas/analysis on printed poem/song established literary elements - Write routinely for an extended period of time in Writer s Notebook - Revise and edit writing with peers Unit Five Reading: Fiction - Continue to develop reading stamina and reading practices - Prepare for book club discussions by reading closely and practicing strategies in Reader s Notebooks - Draw a debatable issue from novel and discuss with group - Determine how the setting/environment influences the plot and discuss impact Writing: Research-Based Argument - Choose a controversial topic to write about from a collection of teacher-selected articles - Identify both sides of the issue and determine which side to write about - Create a claim - Choose information from the texts that best supports the claim. - Link the text evidence to claim. - Present information - Revise and edit writing with peer. Spelling, grammar, and root word mini-lessons throughout the year, when needed 7/17 Grade 6 ELA 8