Language Arts- Grade 6 - LAMS · Language Arts- Grade 6 Literature Writing Grammar Vocabulary er “Hypothermia” by Franklin M. Branley Survival Story Unit (pre-reading for Hatchet,

Calendar Mapping Grade 6 Lititz Area Mennonite School 2014-2015

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Grade 6 – L.A. Calendar Mapping

Language Arts- Grade 6

Literature Writing Grammar Vocabulary

Sep

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Survival Story Unit (pre-reading for Hatchet, see Nov.) “Hypothermia” by Franklin M. Branley (nonfiction article found: Quest pp. 57-59) ““Bearstone” by Will Hobbs (realistic fiction excerpt found: Quest pp. 36-53)

Weekly writing-labs focus on -writing prompts related to Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) -work related to quarterly book report -work related to literature unit

Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Sentence structure -4 types of sentences -subjects & predicates

Red Hot Root Words (Prufrock Press Inc., 2005) Weekly list of 10 thematically related words -daily homework practice -daily in-class sentences (using context clues) -weekly quiz Lesson 1: “Over & Under” (sub, trans) Lesson 2: “More, More, More (hyper, super, supr, sur) Lesson 3: “Before & After” (fore, pre, post) Lesson 4: “Backward & Forward” (pro, retro) Lesson 5: “Around & Around” (cir, circum, peri) Lesson 6: “Ways to Move” (ad, re, se) Lesson 7: “Coming Through” (dia, per) Lesson 8: “Outside” (e, ec, ef, ex, extra, exter) Lesson 9: “All Together” (co, col, com, con, sun, sum) Lesson 10: “Moving Away” (ab, abs, apo) Lesson 11: “Against” (ant, anti, contra, counter, ob) Lesson 12: “Numbers 1-4” (mono, bi, du, tri, quad, etc.)

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Survival Story Unit contd. “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George (realistic fiction excerpt found World of Language pp. 24-30) “Survival at Sea” by Ariane Randall (autobiographical article found: Quest pp. 100-107)


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Nouns -proper & common -plural -possessive


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No

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Begin novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet Assignment 1: ch. 1 & 2 -literary techniques (simile, repetition, objective correlative) -nonfiction background reading articles & presentations -discussion (integration of Biblical concepts: honoring God, honoring each other) Assignment 2: ch. 3 & 4 -literary techniques (color symbolism, personification, alliteration, flashback) -Comparison/Contrast with “Bearstone” (see Sept.) on: -superstition & faith -character & personality -circumstances & events Assignment 3: ch. 5 -literary techniques (metaphor, review simile) -begin group focus projects: -cartographers -botanists -zoologists -anthropologists Assignment 4: ch. 6 -continue group focus projects


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Verbs -action & being -linking -main & helping -verbs with direct objects (transitive & intransitive) -verb tense -principal parts of verbs -irregular verbs

Lesson 13: “Numbers 5-10” (penta, quint, hexa, sept, etc.) Lesson 14: “Beside, Between & Among” (epi, inter, para) Lesson 15: “Down & Away” (cata, de, tele) Lesson 16: “In & Into” (en, em, in, im, intro, intra) Lesson 17: “The Size of Things” (mega, poly, semi, etc.) Lesson 18: “Just Not” (a, an, il, ir, im, in, non) Lesson 19: “Bringing & Building” (port, struct, stru) Lesson 20: “Ways of Writing” (graph, gram, scrip, scrib) Lesson 21: “Reaching the End” (fin, sat, term) Lesson 22: “Father, Mother, Birth” (gen, mater, pater, etc.) Lesson 23: “All Things Great & Small” (magn, micro, etc.) Lesson 24: “All About Work” (labor, oper, techni, trib) Lesson 25: “Just Asking” (quer, ques, quir, quis, rog) Lesson 26: “Life & Death" (mori, mort, nat, vit, viv)


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Dec

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Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet Assignment 5: ch. 7 -literary techniques (review flashback & other terms) -continue group focus projects (see Nov.) -discussion (integration of Biblical concepts: fear vs. understanding, honoring God, honoring others) Assignment 6: ch. 8 & 9 -reference earlier Biblical integration discussion (ch. 1 & 2) -continue group focus projects -introduce use of Biblegateway.com as a research/learning tool (connecting significance of “fire” in novel to its symbolic meanings, some of which are spiritual)


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Adjectives -proper adjectives -predicate adjectives -demonstrative adjectives -comparison with adjectives (degrees of comparison)

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Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet Assignment 7: ch. 10-11 -introduce Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (at age level) -Compare/contrast with Matthew 6:33 “Seek first…” -continue group focus projects Assignment 8: ch. 12 -“Hope Deferred” by Langston Hughes -Proverbs 13:12 (introduce concept of Biblical allusion in literature & discuss significance within poem) -continue group focus projects Assignment 9: ch. 13 -cross-curricular connection: refraction experiment -Genesis creation account -“Tough Hope”: rescue vs. knowledge (connect to spiritual life in Christ) -continue group focus projects


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Adverbs -comparison with adverbs (degrees of comparison) -avoiding double negatives -using adjectives &adverbs


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Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet Assignment 10: ch. 14 -review Maslow/ Matt. 6:33 discussion (ch. 10-11) -“Mistakes” activity; discuss action & consequence, with spiritual application -continue group focus projects Assignment 11: ch. 15 -continue group focus projects -discuss time & perception (Biblical integration on God’s view of time vs. ours & its significance) -discuss how “focus” impacts outcome (with spiritual implications as well as physical) Assignment 12: ch. 16 -cross-curricular connection: meteorology & tornado formation -continue group focus projects Assignment 13: ch. 17 -review earlier discussion of action & consequent (ch. 14) -continue group focus projects


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Conjunctions -coordinating (compound sentences) -subordinating (complex sentences)

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Continue novel unit study of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet Assignment 14: ch. 18 -continue group focus projects -review how “focus” relates to outcome (ch. 15) Assignment 15: ch. 19 -cross-curricular connections: health & mood (relate to emotions exhibited in Psalms) -literary techniques: irony -finish group focus topics & present to class


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Prepositions -prepositional phrases -prepositional phrases as: -adjectives -adverbs


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Novel unit study of Paul Fleischman’s Seedfolks Unit to focus on: -World cultures represented by neighborhood -traditions -beliefs -comparison/contrast with our own -Impact of common ground (both literal & figurative) -soil -plants -water -metaphoric use in scripture, comparison to novel -The transformation from divisive fear to community -“Little child shall lead them”


Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Pronouns -pronoun reference -subject & object pronouns -possessive pronouns

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Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2013) Interjections

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Language Arts- Grade 6 - LAMS · Language Arts- Grade 6 Literature Writing Grammar Vocabulary er “Hypothermia” by Franklin M. Branley Survival Story Unit (pre-reading for Hatchet,