Course Organizer English Language Arts (6th) Course Standards: The Teacher(s): The Course Organizer Student: Time: Course Dates: Course Standards: This Course: 3 1 English Language Arts (6th) Course Assessments: is about Improving language skills through reading, writing, oral, and written conventions, research, listening, and speaking. What? How? Content: Reading Focus Writing Focus Vocabulary Enrichment Grammar Enrichments Warm-ups/Closures Daily Activities Independent Practice Group Discussions Quizzes/Tests Common Assessments Course Questions: How do we establish an atmosphere of collaboration and independent learning? Why is inferencing an important reading skill? How does academic language help you to understand language used in the context of ELA? How does the study of roots and affixes enhance comprehension? Why do authors use stylistic elements and figurative language? How does the plot structure guide the narrative process as a reader and writer? How do you use the steps of the writing process? How does an author select an appropriate writing genre?

English Language Arts (6th) Community Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Concepts English Language Arts (6th) 8 6 7 Homework Independent Reading Warm-ups/Do-now Learning Stations/Centers Reading Strategies Differentiated Instruction Best Practices Graphic Organizer Video presentation Small group/whole group Guided instruction Rubric/Homework Log Self questioning Time monitoring T.E.A.M. Work. Together.Everyone. Achieves.More. “Growth Mindset” Unit Organizer Frame LINCS Unit Tests Quizzes 4 Short Story (R) Roots and Affixes Context clues Analogies Dictionary Skills Figurative language Stylistic Elements Synthesize Author’s Purpose Purpose for Reading Self Questioning Comprehension Make Inferences Textual Evidence Making Connections Writing Process Literary Response Narrative (including Poetry) Literature Circles Persuasive (may be a research paper) Learned in these UNITS 5 Drama Literary Nonfiction Novel Studies Expository Expository (W) (may be a research paper) Persuasive/Media Literacy