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Resources and Instructional ModelInstructional Framework: Grade 6
57 Transparencies
12 Read-Alouds
7 Graphic Organizers
Complete Lesson Plans
CD-ROM with electronic versions of each transparency
3 Student Instruction Books
4 units in each book
Includes cross-curricular units that link to Science, Social Studies, Health, and Character Education
Comprehensive Teacher’s Resource
Audio and Video Package available with media clips and recordings of selections from the Student Instruction Books
48 selections, 6 copies of each
4 selections per unit, with a range of levels starting at two grade levels below
Teacher’s Resource with lesson plans for supporting reading, writing, and oral language
Meaningful links to titles in these series (which you may already have in your classroom)
Links based on content, text form, or strategy
Student InstructionBooks and Teacher’s Resource
Guided and Independent Reading Kit
Chapter Books and Information Texts
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Read-Aloud Modelled Shared Guided
PracticeIndependent
PracticeIndependent Application
Each unit in Nelson Literacy has a clearly articulated instructional focus. Instructional Purpose
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LiteratureSuspense
ScienceBiodiversity
Social StudiesFirst Nations and Early Explorers
HealthYour Choices
LiteratureBiographies
ScienceElectricity
Social StudiesCanada’s Links to the World
Science Flight
LiteratureScience Fiction
ScienceSpace Technology
Character educationYou in the World
ScienceExploring Space
Oral Language
Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies
Use common • courtesies to acknowledge different points of view
Comprehension Strategies
Incorporate a • number of ideas heard to visualize a new picture
Appropriate Language
Use appropriate • words and phrases including inclusive and non-discriminatory language
Demonstrating Understanding
Summarize • important information in conversations
Making Inferences
Infer point of • view while you listen
Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies
Paraphrase and • summarize to clarify understanding
Extending Understanding
Make connections • in oral texts to the world around them
Appropriate Language
Use language to • achieve a desired effect
Vocal Skills and Strategies/Non-Verbal Cues
Use appropriate • body language and gestures
Demonstrating Understanding/ Clarity and Coherence
Communicate in a • clear manner to present a point of view
Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies
Build on different • points of view
Presentation Strategies/Clarity and Coherence
Communicate in a • clear, coherent manner for a multimedia presentation
Reading Activating Prior Knowledge/ Making Connections
Make connections • to self, text, and
VisualizingMake pictures in • your mind to clarify complex concepts
PredictingMake predictions • using text features
Finding Important Ideas
Find important • ideas and identify supporting details
Making Inferences
Use stated or • implied ideas to support interpretation of texts
QuestioningAsk questions to • check understanding and evaluate a text’s message
SummarizingSummarize main • ideas to arrive at new understandings or conclusions
Monitoring Comprehension
Clarify the meaning • of complex words and concepts and check understanding
RetellingRetell a story to • deepen understanding
Making Inferences
Make judgments • and draw conclusions about ideas in texts
EvaluatingDraw conclusions • about the validity of ideas and information
SynthesizingSynthesize • information from two different points of view
Text Patterns and Features
Text PatternNarrative•
Text FormIllustration,• chapter story,• suspense story,• cartoon,• movie poster,• book cover,• factual recount•
Text PatternDescription•
Text FormPhoto match • game,informational • report,informational • explanation,observation,• article•
Text FeaturesVisual • information, captions
Text FormPhoto essay,• informational • explanation,informational • report,factual recount•
Text PatternCause/Effect•
Text FormPhoto collage,• persuasive text,• guide, cartoon,• public service ad,• informational • explanation,informational • report
Text PatternNarrative •
Text FormPhoto collage,• biography,• autobiography,• profile, book • cover,cartoon, factual • recount
Text FeaturesFonts•
Text FormIllustration,• informational • explanation,profile,• public service ads,• informational • report,newspaper article•
Text PatternSequence•
Text FormIllustration,• informational • report,informational • explanation,list, profile•
Text PatternQuestion/ Answer•
Text FormIllustrated • timeline,informational • explanation,informational • report,cartoon, • procedural text
Text PatternNarrative•
Text FormComic strip,• short story,• poem, radio play•
Text FeaturesFeatures of an • activity
Text FormInformational • explanation, informational report, procedural text, quiz, cartoon
Text PatternProblem/Solution •
Text FormPhoto collage,• news article,• procedural text,• true story,• profile•
Text PatternCompare/Contrast•
Text FormQuiz,• informational report,• informational • explanation,letter to the editor,• blog entry,• news article•
Word Study
Language Conventions
Quotation marks; • suffixes, word patterns, adverbs; adverb phrases; colon
Form and StyleVivid language•
Language Conventions
Word meanings; • commas; subordinate clauses
Form and StyleStrong verbs•
Language Conventions
Compound words; • parentheses; synonyms; dictionary skills
Form and StyleSpecific nouns; • simple, compound, and complex sentences
Language Conventions
Homonyms; • personal object pronouns; dictionary skills
Form and StyleSentence word • order; alliteration; similes
Language Conventions
Synonyms; • apostrophes; capitalization
Language Conventions
Word meanings; • dashes; word patterns; conjunctions; prefixes; suffixes
Language Conventions
Parentheses; • subordinate clauses; word meanings, adjectives
Form and StyleSimple, • compound, and complex sentences
Language Conventions
Word meanings; • word patterns; idioms
Language Conventions
Personal subject • pronouns; apostrophe; semi-colon, colon; verb tenses
Form and StyleVivid language•
Language Conventions
Adverbs; word • patterns; dictionary skills
Form and StyleSentence fluency•
Language Conventions
Acronyms; • apostrophe; word meanings
Language Conventions
Word patterns; • suffixes; prefixes; quotation marks
Writing TraitIdeas: Clarify ideas•
ProcessGenerate, gather, • and organize ideas
TraitIdeas: Plan for • concise writing
ProcessGenerate, gather, • and organize ideas
TraitOrganization: Use • strong transitions
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitOrganization: • Write an organized paragraph
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitVoice: Identify • and define voice
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitVoice: Put voice • into flat writing
ProcessDraft and Revise•
Trait Word Choice: Use • strong words to make writing clear and interesting
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitWord Choice: Use • correct terminology to establish authority
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitFluency: Eliminate • run-on sentences
ProcessDraft and Revise•
TraitFluency: Use • elements of fluency
ProcessDraft and Revise•
Trait Conventions: • Distinguish between revising and editing
ProcessEdit and • Proofread
TraitPublishing: Use charts • for effective presentation
ProcessPublish/Share•
Media Literacy
Purpose and Audience
Identify purpose • and audience for a variety of media texts
Media FormsIdentify the • characteristics of magazine covers and tables of contents
Conventions and Techniques
Explain how • conventions are used to convey meaning in art
Making Inferences/ Interpreting Messages
Use overt/ implied • messages in public service ads
Audiences Responses
Explain why • different audiences respond differently to media texts
Media FormsDescribe how • some media texts suit purpose and audience
Conventions and Techniques
Explain how • conventions of a media text are used to create meaning
Point of ViewRecognize that • different ads reflect different points of view
Responding to and Evaluating Texts
Express opinions • about ideas, themes, issues, and experiences presented in media texts
Conventions and Techniques
Explain how • conventions of a website help convey meaning
Point of ViewIdentify point of • view in various media texts
Media FormsIdentify characteristics • of some media forms
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