1. Mrs. O’Hara’s 6th Grade Language Arts Class

2. Course Description Reading (literature and informational text) Writing
The sixth grade English/Language Arts curriculum will follow the Common Core State Standards for Literacy. These standards are based on four areas of study:
Reading (literature and informational text)
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a global society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and non-print texts in media forms old and new.

3. Formal Grades – 65% Informal Grades – 35% Grading Policy Tests
Projects/Long Term Assignments
Final Draft Writing/Essays
Formal Quizzes
Informal Grades – 35%
Homework
Informal Quizzes
Classwork 
Participation

4. Late Work Policy
Homework will be written by each student in their agenda daily. Parents are expected to check the agenda and wiki each day and make sure work is completed.

5. All late work must be turned in but will result in a loss of points
All late work must be turned in but will result in a loss of points. Homework is expected to be complete when class begins.
Late homework, projects, and final draft writing will be penalized 10 points per day late.

6. Tutoring Times
Extra help will be available on Thursdays from 11:40 – 12:30. Tutoring can be initiated by either the teacher or student.

7. Course Overview

8. Quarter One Genre Overview Author’s Purpose Story Elements Mood/Tone
Point of View
Central Idea/Supporting Details
Making Inferences
Summarizing
Active Reading Strategies
Novel Study - Stargirl
Novel-based Vocabulary/Greek and Latin Stems
Grammar – Parts of Speech and Sentence Types
Argumentative Writing

9. Novel- Touching Spirit Bear Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems
Quarter 2
Informational Text
Text Structure
Cause/Effect
Fact/Opinion
Compare/Contrast
Folklore Study
Dialogue/Dialect
Symbolism
Character Analysis
Novel- Touching Spirit Bear
Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems
Grammar – Basic Sentence Structure/Pronoun Focus

10. Quarter 3 Persuasive Techniques Bias Poetry Figurative Language
Symbolism
Performance Techniques in Drama
Novel – The Call of the Wild
Parallel Structure
Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems
Grammar – Pronoun Focus

11. Quarter 4 Intensive EOG Review Literature Circles

12. STARGIRL
Please make sure that your child has Stargirl by Friday, September 26.

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