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1 Correlation of Georgia Performance Standards for English Language Arts to Mirrors & Windows: Connecting with Literature Level I Unit 1 Fiction Finding a Place in the World Grade 6 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Introduction to Fiction 4 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1f ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h Guided Reading Understanding Plot 6 Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1h Fiction Reading Model 8 Literary ELA6R1e.i Read Aloud ELA6R3b 1

2 Lob s Girl by Joan Aiken 9 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1f, ELA6R2c, ELA6R2d Read Aloud ELA6R3c ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b, ELA6W1c Respond to Literature ELA6W2d Research ELA6W3a Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1a.i, ELA6C1c ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1d, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1k, ELA6LSV1m Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2c Understanding Characters 24 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.iii ELA6RC4a 2

3 The Goodness of Matt Kaizer by Avi 25 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.i ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Conventions ELA6C1a.iv, ELA6C1e ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1d, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1k, ELA6LSV1l Presentations ELA6LSV2a Grammar & Style Sentence Fragments and Run-ons40 Process ELA6W4b Conventions ELA6C1c Understanding Setting 41 Vocabulary ELA6R2d The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez 42 Literary ELA6R1c, ELA6R1e.ii Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Conventions ELA6C1a.iii Harvesting Hope: The Story of César Chávez by Kathleen Krull 50 Informational ELA6R1d Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Conventions ELA6C1d 3

4 Directed Reading The All-American Slurp by Lensey Namioka 56 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1h.i Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Technical ELA6W2a Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Conventions ELA6C1a.i ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2e Vocabulary & Spelling Synonyms and Antonyms 67 Vocabulary ELA6R2d Conventions ELA6C1e Eleven by Sandra Cisneros 68 Literary ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC4a ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1i Same Song by Pat Mora 72 Literary ELA6R1h.ii Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2e Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2f ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i Grammar & Style Types of Nouns 74 Conventions ELA6C1a.i 4

5 Comparing Literature 75 All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury 76 ELA6RC4a Conventions ELA6C1a.ii ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov 82 Literary ELA6R1e.i ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d The Scribe by Kristin Hunter 86 Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1f ELA6RC4a Technical ELA6W2a Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i The Sand Castle Alma Luz Villanueva 95 Literary ELA6R1e.ii ELA6RC4a, ELA6RC4c ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i 5

6 The Forecast: A Warmer World A News Article from Time for Kids 100 Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC3c Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c ELA6LSV1i Grammar & Style Semicolons and Colons 103 Independent Reading Aaron s Gift by Myron Levoy 104 Conventions ELA6C1c, ELA6C1d Literary ELA6R1e.ii Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Conventions ELA6C1a.ii La Bamba by Gary Soto 112 Literary ELA6R1e.i ELA6RC2e Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Conventions ELA6C1a.iv ELA6LSV1l For Your Reading List 119 ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1j 6

7 Workshop Expository : Responding to a Short Story 120 Speaking & Listening Workshop Delivering and Listening to an Expository Presentation 126 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Literary Response Joyriding by Jim Naughton 128 Revising and Editing Skills 129 Reading Skills Priscilla and the Wimps by Richard Peck 130 Informational ELA6R1e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b, ELA6W1c, ELA6W1d Technical ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1k Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Process ELA6W4a. ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1g 7

8 Unit 2 Fiction Meeting Challenges Grade 6 Guided Reading Understanding Point of View 134 Tuesday of the Other June Norma Fox Mazer 135 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Literary ELA6R1f Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC4a Respond to Literature ELA6W2a Conventions ELA6C1a.ii ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i Grammar & Style Identifying Personal and Possessive Pronouns 148 Conventions ELA6C1a.ii Understanding Theme 149 Literary ELA6R1d The Bracelet Yoshiko Uchida 150 Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1h.ii Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC2e ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i 8

9 In Response to Executive Order 9066 by Dwight Okita 158 Directed Reading Ta-Na-E-Ka by Mary Whitebird 160 Vocabulary & Spelling Denotation and Connotation 170 Comparing Literature 171 Becky and the Wheels-and-Brake Boys by James Berry 172 The Southpaw 179 by Judith Viorst Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer 183 Literary ELA6R1d Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Conventions ELA6C1a.ii, ELA6C1c ELA6LSV1c Conventions ELA6C1e Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.ii ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i Literary ELA6R1e.ii Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2e Grammar & Style Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 191 Conventions ELA6C1a.vii 9

10 The Dog of Pompeii by Louis Untermeyer 192 Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1f, ELA6R2b Conventions ELA6C1a.viii Pompeii by Robert Silverberg 202 Informational ELA6R1c Vocabulary ELA6R2b ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2e Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1a, ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1h President Cleveland, Where Are You? by Robert Cormier 213 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1f, ELA6R2d Research ELA6W3a ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1j Card-carrying Collectors by Kathleen McKenna 223 Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3a Grammar & Style Comma Use 228 Conventions ELA6C1d 10

11 Independent Reading Dragon, Dragon by John Gardner 229 Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1g Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Conventions ELA6C1c ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1k The King of Mazy May by Jack London 236 Literary ELA6R1e.ii ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b For Your Reading List 243 Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1k Workshop Narrative : a Short Story 244 Informational ELA6R1e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b, ELA6W1c, ELA6W1d Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Presentations ELA6LSV2a Speaking & Listening Workshop Delivering and Listening to a Literary Interpretation 252 Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2c, ELA6LSV2d 11

12 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Literary Response 254 Revising and Editing Skills 255 Reading Skills The Tunnel by Sarah Ellis 256 Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1f 12

13 Unit 3 Nonfiction Defining Freedom Grade 6 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Introduction to Nonfiction 260 ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1j, ELA6LSV1k Guided Reading Nonfiction Reading Model 262 The Jacket by Gary Soto 263 ELA6RC4a Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1j Abd al-rahman Ibrahima by Walter Dean Myers 270 Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g Vocabulary ELA6R2c ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC2f, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2d Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1j Grammar & Style Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 284 Conventions ELA6C1a.ii Understanding the Essay 285 Literary ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g ELA6RC2e 13

14 Why? by Anne Frank 286 Literary ELA6R1f ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1j from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum 291 The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be by Nikki Giovanni 296 Directed Reading from The Need for Solidarity Among Ethnic Groups by Aung San Suu Kyi 298 Literary ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g Literary ELA6R1d Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Literary ELA6R1g Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d Expository ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Persuasive ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W2b from There Is No Salvation for India by Mohandas Gandhi 303 Literary ELA6R1c Informational ELA6R1c, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d 14

15 An Old Language Lives from Tales from the Times by Rachel L. Swarns 306 Literary ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2d Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2e Technical ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Vocabulary & Spelling Spelling by Syllables 310 from The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa by Zitkala-Sa and Doreen Rappaport 311 Conventions ELA6C1e Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1f ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2c Grammar & Style Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns 320 from The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel 321 Conventions ELA6C1a.ii Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1h.ii Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1j 15

16 Vocabulary & Spelling Word Parts (Prefixes, Suffixes, and Base Words) 331 Comparing Literature 332 Satchel Paige by Bill Littlefield 333 The Shutout by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. 340 Conventions ELA6C1e Literary ELA6R1c, ELA6R1h.ii Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b Little Rock, Arkansas by Jim Haskins 344 Literary ELA6R1c, ELA6R1g ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2e Youth by Langston Hughes 348 Literary ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2e Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2d Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Grammar & Style Capitalization Rules 350 Conventions ELA6C1f 16

17 Independent Reading from Woodsong by Gary Paulsen 351 Literary ELA6R1e.ii ELA6RC2e ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1i Mi Familia by Carmen Tafolla 355 Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b For Your Reading List 361 ELA6LSV1a, ELA6LSV1b Workshop Persuasive : Persuasive Essay 362 Speaking & Listening Workshop Delivering and Listening to a Persuasive Speech 368 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Persuasive Essay The Fan Club by Rona Maynard 370 Revising and Editing Skills 371 Reading Skills from I m Still Me by Christopher Reeve 372 Informational ELA6R1e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b Respond to Literature ELA6W2f Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2g ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1j Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2c, ELA6LSV2d Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f Literary ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g Informational ELA6R1c, ELA6R1d 17

18 Unit 4 Nonfiction Testing Limits Grade 6 Introduction to Informational Text and Visual Media 376 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Informational ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b ELA6RC2f Guided Reading The Five Wanderers of the Ancient Skies by Dennis Brindell Fradin 378 Informational ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2f ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1j, ELA6LSV1k Earth from Space Photographs from NASA 386 Informational ELA6R1b ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2f An Ancient Computer Surprises Scientists by John Noble Wilford 389 Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2f Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1k Noise Levels by Bob Ludlow 392 Informational ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2f 18

19 Hearing Under Seige by Bob Ludlow 394 Informational ELA6R1a ELA6RC2d Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Technical ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b Presentations ELA6LSV2e Vocabulary & Spelling Context Clues 397 Conventions ELA6C1f Directed Reading Comparing Literature 398 Developing Your Chops by Fran Lantz 399 Literary ELA6R1g Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC3b, ELA6RC3c Structure ELA6W1a ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c Muddy Waters from The Blues Singers by Julius Lester 405 Literary ELA6R1c Informational ELA6R1d Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2e Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Conventions ELA6C1a.vi 19

20 Grammar & Style Parts of Speech 409 Conventions ELA6C1a.i, ELA6C1a.ii, ELA6C1a.iii, ELA6C1a.iv, ELA6C1a.v, ELA6C1a.vi, ELA6C1a.vii, ELA6C1a.viii, ELA6C1a.ix, ELA6C1b How to Surf 410 Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d A Sea Worry by Maxine Hong Kinston 414 Literary ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2e Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Technical ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c from Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey 419 from Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat 423 Literary ELA6R1f Informational ELA6R1d Informational ELA6R1d Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1i Grammar & Style Subject-Verb Agreement 426 Conventions ELA6C1a.i, ELA6C1a.iv, ELA6C1c 20

21 Childhood Photographs by Jacques-Henri Lartigue 427 Informational ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2f from Diary of a Century by Jacques-Henri Lartigue 431 Independent Reading A Breath of Fresh Air? by Alexandra Hanson-Harding 434 The Adventures of Tintin: The Black Island by Hergé 438 Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2d Informational ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f For Your Reading List 441 ELA6RC1 Workshop Expository : Cause-and-Effect Essay 442 Viewing Workshop Critical Viewing: Getting Information from Visuals 448 Informational ELA6R1e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b, ELA6W1c, ELA6W1d Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2h Technical ELA6W2a Respond to Literature ELA6W2f Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2d, ELA6LSV2e 21

22 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Expository Essay 450 Revising and Editing Skills 451 Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Conventions ELA6C1f Reading Skills from The Challenger Disaster by Peggy Noonan 452 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2e 22

23 Unit 5 Poetry Expressing Yourself Grade 6 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Introduction to Poetry 456 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2b ELA6LSV1h Presentations ELA6LSV2b Understanding Imagery and Figurative Language 458 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii Poetry Reading Model 459 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii Read Aloud ELA6R3a ELA6RC3a Ode to La Tortilla by Gary Soto 460 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC3a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c Narrative ELA6W2b Respond to Literature ELA6W2b Presentations ELA6LSV2b Vocabulary & Spelling Spelling with Prefixes and Suffixes 464 Vocabulary ELA6R2b, ELA6R2d ELA6RC4c Conventions ELA6C1e 23

24 Abuelito Who by Sandra Cisneros 465 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a The Bats from Under the Royal Palms by Alma Flor Ada 468 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC3a Structure ELA6W1c Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Respond to Literature ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1h Understanding Sound Devices 472 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC4c Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b Life Doesn t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou 474 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC2e Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1c Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b 24

25 The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll 479 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R2d ELA6RC4a, ELA6RC4c Structure ELA6W1a Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b Vocabulary & Spelling Use Reference Materials to Determine Word Meanings 486 Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC4b, ELA6RC4c Conventions ELA6C1e Directed Reading Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll 487 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g Read Aloud ELA6R3a ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC3b Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c 25

26 from The Other Alice by Christina Björk 490 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.ii Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC3c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2c Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1e Comparing Literature 493 There Is No Word for Goodbye by Mary Tallmountain 494 Literary ELA6R1f, ELA6R1j ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC3c ELA6LSV1c If You Should Go by Countee Cullen 496 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1i ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b, ELA6W1c Narrative ELA6W2a Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a 26

27 One Time by William Stafford 498 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1f ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2b Arithmetic by Carl Sandburg 501 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC2e Structure ELA6W1a Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1c Grammar & Style Dashes and End Punctuation 505 Process ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1f Steps by Naomi Shihab Nye 506 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b Expository ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b, ELA6W3c ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1e 27

28 Grammar & Style Adjective and Adverb Clauses 510 Process ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1a.iii, ELA6C1a.vi, ELA6C1d Break, Break, Break by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 511 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC2e Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b, ELA6W3c ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c Almost Evenly Divided by Emma Suárez-Báez 514 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3a ELA6LSV1c 28

29 The Sidewalk Racer, or On the Skateboard by Lillian Morrison 517 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2b Respond to Literature ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b Independent Reading Jimmy Jet and His TV Set by Shel Silverstein 520 Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2d ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1i, ELA6LSV1l Good Hot Dogs by Sandra Cisneros 522 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1b Expository ELA6W2d, ELA6W2g 29

30 A Remarkable Adventure by Jack Prelutsky 524 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1j Presentations ELA6LSV2a For Your Reading List 527 ELA6RC1 ELA6RC2a ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1g Workshop Narrative : Personal Narrative 528 Informational ELA6R1e Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1e, ELA6C1f ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1h Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2d Speaking & Listening Workshop Delivering and Listening to an Oral Summary 534 ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1k Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2c, ELA6LSV2d 30

31 Test Practice Workshop Skills: A Personal Narrative My Father s Song by Simon Ortiz 536 Revising and Editing Skills 537 Reading Skills from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 538 Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Process ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1e, ELA6C1f, ELA6R2c 31

32 Unit 6 Poetry Encountering Nature Grade 6 Guided Reading Understanding Meaning in Poetry 542 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Literary ELA6R1f, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC3a The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes 543 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1f, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii Read Aloud ELA6R3c ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC3c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a in Just by E.E. Cummings 547 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii Read Aloud ELA6R3b ELA6RC3a Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1e Presentations ELA6LSV2a 32

33 Directed Reading The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 551 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii Vocabulary ELA6R2d Read Aloud ELA6R3c ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC3c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Dangers of the Deep by Alex Markels 557 Informational ELA6R1d, ELA6R2c, ELA6R2d ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC2d, ELA6RC3a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2g Presentations ELA6LSV2a Grammar & Style Simple and Compound Subjects 561 Child on Top of a Greenhouse by Theodore Roethke 562 Conventions ELA6C1a.i, ELA6C1b Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a 33

34 Cynthia in the Snow by Gwendolyn Brooks 565 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2c Technical ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b Presentations ELA6LSV2a Comparing Literature 568 Seal by William Jay Smith 569 Whale Breathing by Bill Holm 570 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c Expository ELA6W2d, ELA6W2f Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1g Spring is like a perhaps hand by E.E. Cummings 572 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2h Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1d 34

35 Vocabulary & Spelling Homonyms, Homophones, and Multiple-meaning Words 575 Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple by Emily Dickinson 576, ELA6R2c ELA6RC4b Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W2b Grammar & Style Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 579 Haiku by Matsuo Bashō 580 Process ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1a.vii, ELA6C1b Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1b Persuasive ELA6W2a, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1c Comparing Literature 584 The Eagle: A Fragment by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 585 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1d ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a 35

36 Street Corner Flight by Norma Landa Flores 586 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g, ELA6W2h Presentations ELA6LSV2a Regrets on the Way to an Airport by Ali Abunimah 588 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1i English Sparrows (Washington Square) by Edna St. Vincent Millay 591 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Narrative ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Persuasive ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1i Presentations ELA6LSV2a 36

37 Limericks by Edward Lear 594 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii Vocabulary ELA6R2d Read Aloud ELA6R3c ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2e A Minor Bird by Robert Frost 598 Literary ELA6R1g ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1h Presentations ELA6LSV2a Independent Reading We grow accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson 601 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1h.iii ELA6RC2a Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d ELA6LSV1l 37

38 City Trees by Edna St. Vincent Millay 603 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b For Your Reading List 605 ELA6RC1, ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c Presentations ELA6LSV2a Workshop Descriptive : Descriptive Essay 606 Informational ELA6R1e Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2g, ELA6W2h Technical ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2f Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1a.iv, ELA6C1b, ELA6C1e, ELA6C1f Speaking & Listening Workshop Giving and Actively Listening to Narrative Presentations 612 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Descriptive Essay 614 Revising and Editing Skills 615 Reading Skills Cat and the Weather by May Swenson 616 ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1h Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2e Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2g, ELA6W2h Process ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c ELA6RC2e, ELA6RC3a 38

39 Unit 7 Drama Discovering Other Worlds Grade 6 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Introduction to Drama 620 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.iii ELA6RC3a Structure ELA6W1c Guided Reading Drama Reading Model 622 Read Aloud ELA6R3b, ELA6R3c ELA6RC4a In the Fog by Milton Geiger 623 Literary ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1g Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC3a Respond to Literature ELA6W2d Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b from Gettysburg by John Stanchak 635 Informational ELA6R1d ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2d Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1i Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2a 39

40 Directed Reading Comparing Literature 637 The Fairies Lullaby by William Shakespeare 638 The Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats 640 Literary ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC4a Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1j Vocabulary ELA6R2c, ELA6R2d Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b ELA6LSV1h Grammar & Style Independent and Dependent Clauses 643 Do You Think I m Crabby? by Clark Gesner 644 Conventions ELA6C1b Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.ii Read Aloud ELA6R3c ELA6RC2b, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c ELA6LSV1h Vocabulary & Spelling Figurative vs. Literal Meaning, Idioms, and Analogies 649 ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC3c, ELA6RC4b Conventions ELA6C1e 40

41 Independent Reading The Phantom Tollbooth, Act 1 by Norton Juster 650 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R2d ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b Presentations ELA6LSV2a The Phantom Tollbooth, Act 2 by Norton Juster 667 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.i, ELA6R2d ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Visual/Oral Text and Media ELA6LSV2b For Your Reading List 687 ELA6RC1 ELA6LSV1e, ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i 41

42 Workshop Expository : Compare-and-Contrast Essay 688 Informational ELA6R1e Expository ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2g Technical ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2f Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1f ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1h Speaking & Listening Workshop Giving and Actively Listening to Informative Presentations 694 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Expository Essay from Charlotte s Web by E. B. White 696 Revising and Editing Skills 697 Reading Skills Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adapted by Richard R. George 698 ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1k, ELA6LSV1m Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2b, ELA6LSV2d Expository ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2g Process ELA6W4b, ELA6W4c Conventions ELA6C1e, ELA6C1f Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1h.i ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC3a 42

43 Unit 8 Folk Literature Imagining the Fantastic Grade 6 Georgia English Language Arts Grade 6 Introduction to Folk Literature 702 Literary ELA6R1j ELA6RC3c Conventions ELA6C1d Guided Reading Folk Literature Reading Model 704 Read Aloud ELA6R3b, ELA6R3c ELA6RC4a Arachne by Olivia Coolidge 705 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.iii Vocabulary ELA6R2b ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1c ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1c The Orb Weaver by Robert Francis 713 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1j Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC2a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2f Presentations ELA6LSV2a 43

44 Vocabulary & Spelling Greek and Latin Roots and Word Origins 715 Vocabulary ELA6R2b, ELA6R2d ELA6RC4b Conventions ELA6C1e Why Monkeys Live in Trees by Julius Lester 716 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1h.ii, ELA6R1i ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1l Directed Reading The Twelve Labors of Hercules by Walker Brents 722 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1e.ii Vocabulary ELA6R2d Read Aloud ELA6R3b ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1c Expository ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e Persuasive ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Presentations ELA6LSV2a Grammar & Style Simple and Compound Predicates 731 Conventions ELA6C1a.iv, ELA6C1a.v, ELA6C1b 44

45 Comparing Literature 732 The Magic Mortar by Yoshiko Uchida 733 Literary ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii, ELA6R1f Vocabulary ELA6R2d ELA6RC3c, ELA6RC4a Conventions ELA6C1a.vi, ELA6C1b The Stone by Lloyd Alexander 738 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1i ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2g Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a The Cow of No Color by Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin 745 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1e.i ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1b Ewe Proverbs 748 Literary ELA6R1b, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Persuasive ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2f Research ELA6W3b 45

46 The Legend of the Hummingbird by Pura Belpré 750 Literary ELA6R1d, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC3a, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a Persuasive ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b The Creation by Joseph Bruchac 755 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Expository ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a The Living Kuan-yin by Carol Kendall and Yao-Wen Li 759 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1g, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c Research ELA6W3b Presentations ELA6LSV2a Grammar & Style Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences 766 Conventions ELA6C1a.v, ELA6C1c, ELA6C1d 46

47 The Affair of the Horns by Victor Montejo 767 Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Narrative ELA6W2a, ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2c, ELA6W2e ELA6LSV1hm, ELA6LSV1i Grammar & Style Conjunctions 773 Independent Reading Clever Anaeet by Tanya Robyn Batt 774 Conventions ELA6C1a.viii, ELA6C1b Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1b, ELA6R1e.iii ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Expository ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e How Robin Hood Saved the Widow s Three Sons by Sara Hyry Barry 780 Literary ELA6R1d ELA6RC2a, ELA6RC2c, ELA6RC4a Structure ELA6W1a, ELA6W1c Presentations ELA6LSV2a 47

48 For Your Reading List 783 Literary ELA6R1e.i, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1e.iii ELA6RC1 ELA6LSV1g, ELA6LSV1h, ELA6LSV1i Workshop Expository : Research Report 784 Informational ELA6R1e Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2f, ELA6W2g Technical ELA6W2d Respond to Literature ELA6W2f Research ELA6W3a, ELA6W3b, ELA6W3c Conventions ELA6C1e, ELA6C1f Speaking & Listening Workshop Giving and Actively Listening to Research Presentations 792 Test Practice Workshop Skills: Research Report 794 Revising and Editing Skills 795 Reading Skills from Why the Sky Is Far Away from the Earth by Fitzgerald Iyamabo 796 ELA6LSV1b, ELA6LSV1f, ELA6LSV1h Presentations ELA6LSV2a, ELA6LSV2d Expository ELA6W2b, ELA6W2d, ELA6W2e, ELA6W2h Research ELA6W3b, ELA6W3c Process ELA6W4a, ELA6W4c Literary ELA6R1a, ELA6R1e.ii, ELA6R1h.ii ELA6RC2a 48

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