6th Grade Language Arts Online
This course equips students with the essential language arts skills needed throughout their academic careers. Students read and analyze a variety of informational and fictional texts. Instruction and reading strategies accompany reading selections to help engage students in the text and sharpen their comprehension. Students express their ideas and knowledge using standard (formal) English in written and oral assignments. Writing expressive, analytical, and procedural compositions helps students develop communication skills necessary in today’s world. Vocabulary is taught explicitly and through an array of vocabulary acquisition strategies that give students the tools to independently increase their vocabulary. Students study grammar, usage, and mechanics; and practice sentence analysis, sentence structure, and proper punctuation. The course includes discussion activities that engage students in the curriculum while creating a sense of community.
When enrolling in the full year option of this course it will be delivered in two semesters. Transcripts will reflect each semester separately
REQUIRED BUT NOT PROVIDED-
The Secret Garden (ISBN: 9780689831416) -Required for Part 2
Twelfth Night (ISBN: 1980897018) -Required for Part 2
Unit 1: Lessons Learned
• "The Stone" (A)
• "The Stone" (B)
• "The Magic Prison" (A)
• "The Magic Prison" (B)
• "Kaddo's Wall"
• "Winning the Lottery: Dream Come True or Nightmare?"
• Writing a Paragraph
• Write About Theme
• "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights"
• "The Story of Baba Abdalla"
• "Aesop's Life"
• Fables by Aesop
• Universal Themes
• Use Words Purposefully
• Plan a Fable
• Complete Your Fable
• Lessons Learned Unit Review
• Lessons Learned Unit Test
Unit 2: Animals and Their People
• "Zlateh the Goat" (A)
• "Zlateh the Goat" (B)
• "The Black Snake" and "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" (A)
• "The Black Snake" and "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" (B)
• "The Golden Cat" and "The Cat and the Moon" (A)
• "The Golden Cat" and "The Cat and the Moon" (B)
• "Stray" (A)
• "Stray" (B)
• "Stray" (C)
• "Playing Robinson Crusoe" and "Lone Dog"
• Vocabulary Strategies
• Model Compare-and-Contrast Essay
• Compare-and-Contrast Essay Prewriting
• Compare-and-Contrast Essay Planning
• Compare-and-Contrast Essay Drafting
• Complete Your Compare-and-Contrast Essay
• Animals and Their People Unit Review
• Animals and Their People Unit Test
Unit 3: Animal Intelligence
• Model Research Paper
• "Are Dogs Dumb?"
• "The Day the Gulls Went Crazy"
• "The Think Tank"
• "Close Encounters of a Bear Kind"
• Research Paper Prewriting: Research Questions
• Research Paper Prewriting: Research Review
• Research Paper Prewriting: Organization
• Research Paper Prewriting: Outline
• Research Paper Drafting: Citations
• Research Paper Drafting: Synthesizing Information
• Research Paper Revising
• Research Paper Final Draft
• Planning a Presentation
• Presentation Visuals
• Research Presentation
• Animal Intelligence Unit Review
• Animal Intelligence Unit Test
Unit 4: Mythology
• "Perseus and the Quest for Medusa's Head" (A)
• "Perseus and the Quest for Medusa's Head" (B)
• "Joseph Campbell and the Power of the Hero's Story"
• "The Adventures of Theseus" (A)
• "The Adventures of Theseus" (B)
• "Atalanta, the Fleet-Footed Huntress" (A)
• "Atalanta, the Fleet-Footed Huntress" (B)
• "Damon and Pythias"
• "Australian Aborigines and the Dreamtime"
• "The Birth-Time of the Gods" and "Asgard Stories" (A)
• "The Birth-Time of the Gods" and "Asgard Stories" (B)
• Compare and Contrast Creation Myths
• Mythology Project Planning
• Mythology Project Drafting (A)
• Mythology Project Drafting (B)
• Finish Your Mythology Project
• Mythology Unit Review
• Mythology Unit Test
Unit 5: On the Outside Looking In
• "Law of the Jungle"
• "Mowgli's Brothers" (A)
• "Mowgli's Brothers" (B)
• "The Difficult Path"
• "Primary Lessons"
• Word Relationships
• "How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe" (A)
• "How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe" (B)
• "Tears of Autumn"
• "All Summer in a Day"
• “Word Collage Poems”
• "The Pasture" and "The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were"
• "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Until I Saw the Sea"
• "The Voice" and "Elegy for My Brother Poet"
• "Borderbus" (A)
• "Borderbus" (B)
• On the Outside Looking In Unit Review
• On the Outside Looking In Unit Test
Unit 6: Influential People
• "The Child of Urbino"
• "Mary Cassatt: Artist and Trailblazer"
• "Marian Anderson Sings"
• "Mohandas Gandhi: Truth in Action"
• “'Equal Justice Under Law': Thurgood Marshall"
• "On the Front Lines with Thurgood Marshall"
• President John F. Kennedy’s Speech at Rice University
• First Lady Michelle Obama’s Remarks with Youth of Northern Ireland
• Spelling and Commonly Confused Words
• Model Personal Narrative
• Personal Narrative: Planning
• Personal Narrative: Language That Shows
• Personal Narrative: Drafting
• Personal Narrative: Dialogue
• Personal Narrative: Conclusions
• Personal Narrative: Revising and Proofreading
• Influential People Unit Review
• Influential People Unit Text
Unit 7: The Secret Garden
• The Secret Garden (A)
• The Secret Garden (B)
• The Secret Garden (C)
• The Secret Garden (D)
• The Secret Garden (E)
• The Secret Garden (F)
• The Secret Garden (G)
• The Secret Garden (H)
• The Secret Garden (I)
• The Secret Garden (J)
• The Secret Garden (K)
• Model Book Review
• Book Review: Author Research
• Book Review: Summarizing Fiction
• Book Review: Drafting
• Book Review: Revising and Proofreading
• The Secret Garden Unit Review
• The Secret Garden Unit Test
Unit 8: Human Kindness
• Giving to a Charity
• "Thank You Ma'am" (A)
• "Thank You Ma'am" (B)
• "An Hour with Abuelo" (A)
• "An Hour with Abuelo" (B)
• Malala
• "The Strangers That Came to Town"
• Similar Topics, Different Genres
• Multiple-Meaning Words and Context
• Universal Experiences
• Model Literary Essay
• Literary Essay: Prewriting
• Literary Essay: Planning
• Literary Essay: Drafting (A)
• Literary Essay: Drafting (B)
• Literary Essay: Revising and Proofreading
• Human Kindness Unit Review
• Human Kindness Unit Test
Unit 9: The Impact of Words
• "Pro/Con: Is Binge-Watching a Healthy Pastime?" (A)
• "Pro/Con: Is Binge-Watching a Healthy Pastime?" (B)
• "Opinion: The Digital Communication Revolution"
• President Barack Obama's Third Annual Back-to-School Speech
• Model Argument Essay
• Argument Essay: Planning
• Argument Essay: Prewriting
• Argument Essay: Drafting (A)
• Argument Essay: Drafting (B)
• Argument Essay: Editing
• "Why We Buy What We Buy"
• The Impact of Media
• Present an Advertisement (A)
• Present an Advertisement (B)
• Present an Advertisement (C)
• Present an Advertisement (D)
• The Impact of Words Unit Review
• The Impact of Words Unit Test
Unit 10: Twelfth Night
• Discover Shakespeare
• Reading Drama
• Twelfth Night (A)
• Twelfth Night (B)
• Twelfth Night (C)
• Twelfth Night (D)
• The Language of Shakespeare
• Twelfth Night (E)
• Twelfth Night (F)
• Twelfth Night (G)
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Planning
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Drafting (A)
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Drafting (B)
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Drafting (C)
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Drafting (D)
• Modernize Twelfth Night: Revising and Editing
• Twelfth Night Unit Review
• Twelfth Night Unit Test