SCOS GOALS AND · Web viewIndividualized word lists Common spelling rules and patterns Word Study Context clues Structural Analysis (prefixes/root words/suffixes) Structural Analysis

Pitt County Schools Revised 2009

Pitt County SchoolsInstructional Guide/ Grade 6

Reading and Writing

Content SCOS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT/

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SUGGESTED TASKS AND STRATEGIES

1st Nine Weeks Vocabulary/Spelling Individualized word lists

Common spelling rules and patterns

Word Study

Context clues

Structural Analysis (prefixes/root words/suffixes)

Structural Analysis of Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossary

Academic Vocabulary as applied to content for this 9 weeks

Blooms Taxonomy/EOG word lists

6.02 Why is it important to

understand the relationship of the prefix, root and suffix?

How do I apply common spelling rules and patterns to reading and writing?

How can I use reference materials to extend my vocabulary knowledge?

Why is it important to learn and use new words and their various meanings?

How can I use contextual clues to better understand words and entire texts?

Thinking Maps resource notebook.

Bear: Words Their Way (ELL also available)

Marzano & Pickering: Building Academic Vocabulary

Reference materials(Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossary)

Suggested prefix, root, suffix list (see attached)

Internet resourceswww.merriam-webster.comwww.edhelper.comwww.quia.com

Flocabulary CD (available at some schools)

Vocab Rocks (available through Scholastic Books)

Echevarria, Vogt, Short: Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners

Completion of vocabulary thinking maps weekly

Develop individualized word list to be kept in notebook.

Assist teacher in developing a word wall.

Apply common spelling rules and patterns various assignments

Determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words using context clues

Analyze structural analysis of words (prefix, suffix, root)

Use Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised to develop higher order thinking skills.

Revised 2006 1

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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks Grammar Capitalization

Punctuation (commas, end marks, colon, semicolon)

Nouns/Pronouns

Verbs (action, linking, helping)

6.01

6.02

How can I critique a selection for correct capitalization and punctuation?

What strategies can I use to ensure proper use of nouns and pronouns?

How can I determine which verb is appropriate to use in a sentence?

PH Daily Oral Language

PH Writing and Grammar Communication in Action

Holt: Middle School Handbook

Image Grammar by Harry Noden

Internet resourceswww.edhelper.comwww.studyisland.comwww.webenglishteacher.comwww.rhlschool.orgwww.teacherweb.com

Analyze usage in samples and examples.

Apply conventions of grammar and usage in speaking and writing.

Create/play grammar games for practice in grammar topics.


Writing Reading Response Journals Learning Log

Developing writing styles (paragraphs, types of paragraphs, six writing traits, stages of writing process, proofreading)

Sentence types (interrogative, Declarative,

1.02

1.04

6.01

6.02

What conventions should I follow to create essays, stories, and other written texts?

How do I apply the use of writing traits in daily assignments?

Analyze written materials for errors using correct proofreading marks.

Connecting the Dots

Atwell: Lessons that Change Writing

NC Writing Training Series

Atwell: In the Middle

Lane: Reviser’s Toolbox

Heard: The Revision Toolbox

Develop writing portfolio for maintaining information regarding writing.

Display information regarding writing styles

Journals

Peer editing

Conferencing

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1st Nine Weeks Imperative, exclamatory) and structure (simple, compound)

Can I classify sentences based on type and structure?

Cuham: 6+1 Traits of Writing

Robb: Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out

Study Island

Project on the writing traits and how they are applied in writing process.


Reading: Fiction Types of Fiction (novels,

short stories, folk tales, myths, fables, legends, tall tales, drama)

Elements of Fiction

5.015.02

How do I apply strategies to explore, respond to, or analyze expressive materials that are read, heard, or viewed?

How do I analyze elements of fiction as applied in a text?

How do I relate fictional text to personal experiences?

How do I determine the author’s attitude and purpose within each type of fiction?

How do I analyze the cultural/historical value as it influences an author’s writing?

PH Unit 2: Short Stories Unit 6: Folk Literature Unit 5: Drama Unit 1: Fiction

Novel: see grade level NCDPI/School book list

Thinking Maps Resource Notebook

Laura Robb: Differentiating Reading Instruction

Laura Robb: Teaching Reading Notebook

Study Island

County Benchmark

STAR Testing/AR

See PCS 28 Instructional Strategies

Continue to use the comprehension skills and strategies used by good readers (i.e. predicting, questioning, clarifying)

Read for comparison stories found on internet

Literature Circles

Compare and contrast various fictional accounts using thinking maps

Create their own personal fictional stories using thinking maps

Project for the elements of fiction or genres of fiction.

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1st Nine Weeks

Compare and contrast the sub-genres (mystery, historical, realistic, fantasy) of fiction?

Making content comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model

Class novel


2nd Nine WeeksVocabulary Individualized word lists


Word Study

Context clues



Academic Vocabulary as applied to content for this 9

6.02 Why is it important to

understand the relationship of the prefix, root and suffix?




How can I use contextual






Internet resourceswww.merriam-webster.comwww.edhelper.comwww.quia.com


Develop individualized word list to be kept in notebook

Assist teacher in developing a word wall

Apply common spelling rules and patterns various assignments



Revised 2006 4






Reading and Writing


BENCHMARKS


1st Nine Weeks weeks

Blooms Taxonomy/EOG word lists

clues to better understand words and entire texts?

www.studyisland.com





Grammar Capitalization

Punctuation

Adjectives

Adverbs

Run-ons

Fragments

Common Conjunctions

6.02 How can I critique a

selection for correct capitalization and punctuation?

How can I use adjectives and adverbs to modify sentences?

How can I organize a sentence to avoid fragments and run-ons?

How do I determine what conjunctions are necessary in creating a compound sentence?








Create grammar songs/raps as a class or small groups


Writing 1.02 How do I evaluate a Connecting the Dots Writing Portfolio samples

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Reading and Writing


BENCHMARKS


1st Nine Weeks Problem Solution essays Reading

Response/Learning Logs

1.042.013.023.034.026.02

problem for solutions?

Do I use planning as a tool for organizing writing?

Do I use proper transitions in my writing?








Study Island

Newspapers

Current Events

Speeches

Weekly Thinking maps

Classroom newsletter

Daily Reflector entries

Journals

Problem-solution essays dealing with local events and current events.


Reading: Fiction Types of Fiction (novels,

short stories, folk tales, myths, fables, legends, tall tales, drama)

Elements of Fiction

5.015.02

How do I apply strategies to explore, respond to, or analyze expressive materials that are read, heard, or viewed?

How do I analyze elements

PH Unit 2: Short Stories Unit 6: Folk Literature Unit 5: Drama Unit 1: Fiction Novel: see grade level



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Reading and Writing


BENCHMARKS


1st Nine Weeks of fiction as applied in a text?

How do I relate fictional text to personal experiences?

How do I determine the author’s attitude and purpose within each type of fiction?

school/county book lists

Thinking Maps Resource Notebook

Laura Robb: Differentiating Reading Instruction

Laura Robb: Teaching Reading Notebook

Study Island

County Benchmark

STAR Testing/AR


Movie based on a fictional novel

Read for comparison stories found on internet

Compare and contrast various fictional accounts using thinking maps

Create their own personal fictional stories using thinking maps

Create posters describing fictional elements and examples

Class novel


3rd Nine WeeksVocabulary Individualized word lists

Common spelling rules and

6.02 Why is it important to understand the relationship of the prefix, root and suffix?


Bear: Words Their Way (ELL


Develop individualized word list

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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks patterns

Word Study

Context clues




Bloom’s Taxonomy/EOG word lists





also available)




Internet resourceswww.merriam-webster.comwww.edhelper.comwww.quia.comwww.studyisland.com




to be kept in notebook


Apply common spelling rules and patterns in various assignments




Grammar Capitalization

Punctuation

6.02 How can I critique a selection for correct capitalization and punctuation?




Apply conventions of grammar

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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks

Verb tenses How can I determine which verb tense is appropriate in a sentence?

Can I identify various verb tenses in sentences?




and usage in speaking and writing.


Writing Book/Media Review that

Evaluates

Informational Piece (research report)

Reading Response/Learning Logs

1.02

1.04

2.01

2.02

4.01

6.01

Do I evaluate books or media for author’s attitude, purpose, biases, etc?

Do I apply a variety of credible sources in research papers?

Can I properly cite resources in MLA style?

Can I create an MLA style title page?

Connecting the Dots








Writing Portfolio samples



Visual/Oral Presentations


Journals

Evaluative Book/Media Review

Content Specific Research Report

Use Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised

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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks

Study Island

Media Specialist

Reference Materials

Internet sources of book reviews

Newspaper book/movie reviews

to develop higher order thinking skills.

Reading: Poetry Types of Poetry (pattern

such as haiku or limerick, blank verse, concrete)

Elements of Poetry (sound devices, figurative language)

Nonfiction Elements of nonfiction

5.015.02

2.014.01

What is the effect of the author’s use of literacy devices on the meaning of the text?

How do I interpret the author’s attitude and message using their choices of poetic elements?

How do I compare the elements of fiction with nonfiction?

PH Unit 4: Poetry


DPI poetry selections

Study Island

Thinking maps

PH Unit 1: Nonfiction

School/Classroom collections


Art/Poetry integration projects/presentation

Analyze a poem for specific elements.

Create poems using specific elements in various genres of poetry.

Use thinking maps to analyze a poem

Thinking map to show elements of nonfiction

Revised 2006 10



Reading and Writing


BENCHMARKS


1st Nine Weeks

How do I analyze elements of nonfiction as applied in a text?

Newspapers, internet resources, magazines

Primary resources

Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out by Laura Robb


Comparison of elements of fiction and nonfiction

Literature Circles



4th Nine WeeksVocabulary Individualized word lists


Word Study

Context clues

6.02 Why is it important to understand the relationship of the prefix, root and suffix?


How can I




Reference materials


Develop individualized word list to be kept in notebook


Apply common spelling rules and

Revised 2006 11



Reading and Writing


BENCHMARKS


1st Nine Weeks Structural Analysis

(prefixes/root words/suffixes)



Bloom’s Taxonomy/EOG word list

use reference materials to extend my vocabulary knowledge?



(Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossary)


Internet resourceswww.merriam-webster.comwww.edhelper.comwww.quia.comwww.studyisland.com




patterns various assignments




Grammar Capitalization Punctuation Subject-verb agreement

6.02 How can I critique a selection for correct capitalization and punctuation?

What strategies can I use to identify correct subject-verb agreement?

How can I ensure that the








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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks subject – verb agree in my writing? Internet resources

www.edhelper.comwww.studyisland.comwww.webenglishteacher.comwww.rhlschool.orgwww.teacherweb.com

Writing Reading

Response/Learning Logs Response to a Public

Document

1.021.043.014.014.03

Can I identify public documents?

Can I analyze a public document for author’s attitude, message, biases, etc?

Can I formulate a response that uses proper writing techniques, planning, and organization of thoughts?

Connecting the Dots








Study Island

Writing Portfolio samples




Journals

Completed Response to a Public Document


Reading: Nonfiction Autobiographies

Biographies

2.024.035.015.02

How do I apply strategies to explore, respond to, or analyze informational materials that are read,

PH Unit 1: Nonfiction PH Unit 3: Types of

Nonfiction


Continue to use the comprehension

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Reading and Writing


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1st Nine Weeks

Letters, diaries, speeches, newspapers and journals

Content specific pieces

Graphics, maps, charts

Instructional works (recipes, directions)

heard, or viewed?

How do I analyze the elements of nonfiction as applied in a text?

How do I evaluate the credibility of a resource?

How do I determine the author’s attitude and purpose within each type of nonfiction?

How does the structure and organization of a nonfiction text relate to the content of this text?

Newspapers, internet resources, magazines

Primary resources (diaries, speeches, letters)

Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out by Laura Robb

Guiding Readers and Writers by Fountas and Pinnell


Thinking maps notebook

Study Island


skills and strategies used by good readers (i.e. predicting, questioning, clarifying)

Create an autobiography or biography collage or project

Analyze documents for nonfiction elements.

Analyze graphics, charts, and maps in nonfiction works.

Create recipes

Literature Circles

Student made quizzes for nonfiction works read in class (multiple choice)


Revised 2006 14

Documents

SCOS GOALS AND · Web viewIndividualized word lists Common spelling rules and patterns Word Study Context clues Structural Analysis (prefixes/root words/suffixes) Structural Analysis