6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map

1 1/25/2012

SpringBoard

Unit (# and Title)

Measuring Changes:

(Unit 4 in SpringBoard)

Skills and vocabulary to be embedded through

all units

Unit 1:

Changes in Me Independent Reading: Autobiographical, Fiction,

Nonfiction Narratives

Unit 2:

Changes in My World Independent Reading:

Narratives & News

Unit 3:

Identify ,Changes, Holes Possible Independent Reading: Other Louis

Sachar works

MSP

Testing Window

Unit 5:

Changing Times and Places Independent Reading: Science Fiction & Nonfiction

Re:inventors / Inventions

Timeline

Embed throughout Year

September - Mid-December / 11 weeks

January - Mid-March / 8-9 weeks

Mid-March - Mid-May / 7 weeks

Apr. 25-May

17th

Mid May – End of Year / 6 weeks

Unit Goals

● To recognize personal and academic change and growth over time.

● To practice thoughtful reflection.

● To build global revision skills.

● To set goals for future reading and writing.

● Define change, and identify the types of change that adolescents encounter.

● Make thematic connections among texts and between texts and your own life.

● Use descriptive language in writing both narrative and expository text.

● Understand and explain the relationship between cause and effect.

● To explore the craft of storytelling and write a short story.

● To recognize essential elements of plot, point of view, characterization and setting.

● To build oral reading fluency. ● To write using precise adjectives and adverbs.

● To explore the concept of voice through both reading and writing.

● To read challenging texts, both fiction and nonfiction, with fluency and comprehension.

● To identify elements of legends and myths present in a contemporary work of fiction.

● To identify how a character is presented and how he or she changes throughout a novel.

● To develop writing skills through various stages of the writing process.

● To research, gather and organize content to achieve purpose for a presentation.

● To relate setting to action, characterization, and plot. ● To define, identify, and analyze various elements of

drama. ● To rehearse and present an engaging performance.

Embedded Assessments

Revising, Reflecting, and Publishing components integrated in embedded assessments in all units

● EA#1: Writing a Personal Narrative About an Incident That Changed Me -- use for common building/district assessment

● EA#2: Writing an Expository Essay about a Change in Me Note: For EA #2, consider collaborating with social studies teachers; unit goals align with social studies standards

● EA#1: Creating a Short Story --use for common building/district assessment

● EA#2: Producing a TV News Story Note: For EA #2, consider collaborating with social studies teachers; unit goals align with social studies standards

● EA#1: Writing Letters in the Voices of Characters ● EA#2: Writing a Character Analysis Essay -- use for

common building/district assessment

● EA#1: Researching and Presenting an Item That Has Changed Over Time

Note: For EA #1, consider collaborating with social studies teachers; unit goals align with social studies standards ● EA#2:Transforming and Performing a scene from a Play

Essential Questions

● Why is it important to reflect on personal change and growth?

● Why does successful writing require global revision?

● What is the relationship between change and growth? ● How do writers use different modes to express their

ideas?

● How are people influenced by changes in their worlds? ● How does a writer effectively craft a story

● How do internal and external factors influence one’s self-perception?

● How does voice relate to audience and purpose?

6th graders will have 1 day of reading and 1 day of math within the window

● Why do objects change over time, and how does this change affect society?

● How does setting affect characterization and plot?

6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map

2 1/25/2012

SpringBoard Unit

(# and Title)

Measuring Changes: (Unit 4 in

SpringBoard) Skills and vocabulary to be embedded through

all units

Unit 1:

Changes in Me Independent Reading: Autobiographical, Fiction,

Nonfiction Narratives

Unit 2:

Changes in My World Independent Reading:

Narratives & News

Unit 3:

Identify ,Changes, Holes Possible Independent Reading: Other Louis

Sachar works

MSP

Testing Window

Unit 5:

Changing Times and Places Independent Reading: Science Fiction &

Nonfiction Re:inventors / Inventions

Power Activities

(Number and Title)

4.6 Applying Reading Strategies 4.8 Applying Revision Strategies: Adding 4.9 Applying Revision Strategies: Replacing 4.10 Applying Revision Strategies: Deleting Note: Teach & review revision strategies lessons (Activities 4.8-4.10) within the other units See bold writing process in Vocabulary

EA 1 1.1 Previewing the Unit 1.2 Planning to Revisit, Revise and Reflect 1.3 The Idea of Change 1.6 A Lion’s Narrative 1.7 Memory Map (Consider using this as the prewrite for EA1) 1.8 Family Stories 1.9 Getting Superpowers 1.10 Narrative Openings 1.11 What Makes a Good Narrative EA 2 1.13 Explaining Change 1.14 Changing Narrative to Expository Consider alternate expository texts 1.15 Using Context Clues 1.16 Changes in Three Arrows 1.17 Reading “The Jacket” 1.18 The Mermaid Speaks

EA 1 2.1 Previewing the Unit 2.2 A Toy’s World 2.3 Changes in My World 2.5 Changes in Simba’s World 2.6 Play Ball: Part 1 2.7 Play Ball: Part 2 2.8 Picturing Green Gables 2.9 He Said, She Said OR 2.10 Character Changes 2.11 Writing about a Chance Encounter, consider Step 8 only EA 2 2.12 Understanding TV News 2.13 The Parts of a News Story 2.17 Meet the Watsons Note: For the second half of Unit 2, consider alternate texts (narratives from Unit 1, social studies text, etc.)

EA 1 3.1 Previewing the Unit 3.2 Changes: Voluntary & Involuntary 3.3 Character Presented in a Film Clip 3.4 Character Analysis in Bad Boy 3.5 Finding & Using Textual Evidence 3.6 Walter Says “Thank You” 3.9 Beginning the Journey 3.10 You are Entering Camp Green Lake 3.11 Visualizing the Subplot 3.12 Vocabulary in Context 3.13 The New Kid 3.14 / 3.16 Tracing Stanley’s Character, consider jigsaw or as ongoing assignment 3.15 Writing a Letter Home 3.19 Stanley & Zero 3.20 Kissin’ Kate Barlow EA 2 3.22 Visualizing Vocabulary 3.24 Hector Zeroni 3.25 Evolution of the Caveman

EA 1 5.1 Previewing the Unit 5.2 Passing of Time 5.3 Recognizing How Time Relates to Change 5.4 Creating a Works Cited Page 5.5 Technology Changes Note: For EA 1, consider collaborating with social studies teachers; unit goals align with social studies standards 5.6 Forced Changes 5.7 Tone Changes 5.8 Reader’s Theater 5.10 Poetry Presentation 5.11 Creating a Dramatic Script from a Poem 5.13 Guided Reading of Rip Van Winkle 5.14 Poetry Performance 5.16 Playing with Time Periods

Basic Skills

(Grammar/ Writing

Process)

Ellipses Points, Compound Sentence, Independent Clause

EA1 verbs (state of being verbs and action verbs) nouns subject predicate adjectives dialogue punctuation quotation marks dialogue tags vivid verbs active and passive verbs EA2 semicolon simple sentences compound sentences clause compound subjects compound predicates parentheses pronouns interjections adverbs

EA 1 adverbs, quotation marks, dialogue, preposition, prepositional phrase, subject, predicate EA 2 subject verb agreement, verb tense, commonly confused words (pg 172)

EA 1 parallel structures, commas (listing), action verbs, diction, syntax EA 2 transitions (coherence)

No new concepts introduced

6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Map

3 1/25/2012

SpringBoard

Unit (# and Title)

Measuring Changes: (Unit 4 in

SpringBoard) Skills and vocabulary

to be embedded through all units

Unit 1:

Changes in Me Independent

Reading: autobiographical, fiction, nonfiction narratives

Unit 2:

Changes in My World

Independent Reading:

narratives & news

Unit 3: Identify

Changes Holes

Possible Independent Reading: other Louis Sachar works

MSP

Testing Window

Unit 5:

Changing Times and Places

Independent Reading: science fiction & nonfiction re:inventors /

inventions

Vocabulary

Local/Global Revision, Reflect, Reflection, Diffusing, Genre, Metaphor, Personification

EA1 Fluency, Alliteration, Rhyme Scheme, Characterization, Narrative, Point of View, Expository, Writing Cause/Effect Narrative Writing Conflict: (external/internal) Plot, Character Resolution,Setting Dialogue, Chronological Commentary, Details Incident, Sequence of Events, Thesis Statement, Topic Sentence, Hook (Lead), AQQS, Transitions, Sensory Details Graphic Organizer Summary Revision-adding, deleting, replacing EA2 Introduction Conclusion Denotation Connotation Expository Writing Opinion, Analogy Diffusing, Prediction Textual Evidence Simile, Metaphor Revision-adding, deleting, replacing

EA1 Short Story, Figurative Language, Monologue Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Prewriting, Theme, Meta-cognitive Markers, Character Traits, Personification Revision-adding, deleting, replacing EA2 Anchor, Crawler, Feature (soft news) Story, Graphics, Hard News Story, Lower Third, MOS Interview, On-camera Reporter,Idiom, hyperbole, Reflection, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia Revision-adding, deleting, replacing

EA1 Internal/External, Diction Voice, Personal Letter, Setting Subplot, Looping, Voluntary, Involuntary, Subjective, Objective, Inference, Essay, Novel, Omniscient, Flashback, Subplot, Symbol, Symbolism, Tone, Synonyms, Antonym, Homophone, Monologue, Textual Evidence, Paraphrase, Purpose, Audience, Tone, Context, Double Entry Journal Revision-adding, deleting, replacing EA2 QHT, Scan, Literary Analysis, Revision-adding, deleting, replacing

EA1 Primary Source, Secondary Source, Artifacts, Research EA2 Tone, Transform Presentation, Drama, Performance Interpretation, Oral Interpretation, Inflection, Pitch, Rate, Rhythm, Volume, Script, Pantomime, Gestures, Predicting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Rereading, Preview, collaborate, Free Verse, Quatrain, Rhyme Scheme Revision-adding, deleting, replacing

Resources

Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing Reading Extensions

Writing Workshop 1: Writing Process Writing Workshop 4: Personal Narrative Writing Workshop 6: Expository Texts Reading Extensions Island of the Blue Dolphins Girl Who Owned a City Parvanna’s Journey (Online) Unit Reading Assessment

Writing Workshop 2: Short Story Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing Reading Extensions Watson’s Go to Birmingham Anne of Green Gables Hunger Games (Online) Unit Reading Assessment

Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts: Informal Letters Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literature and Expository Texts Reading Extensions Small Steps Freak the Mighty Bad Boys

Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing Writing Workshop 10: Research Reading Extensions Eva Wrinkle in Time Transall Saga Other Readers’ Theatre