ELA – Grade 6 Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text Writing Tasks Research Projects Other 1 – Coming of Age/Making Your Voice Heard Writing to Inform and Explain Literary Reading Focus RL.3 W.2 RL.6 W.7 L.5 Short Story: “My Wonder Horse” (Sabine R. Ulibarri) “Eleven” (Sandra Cisneros) “Four Skinny Trees” (Sandra Cisneros) Short Story: “Thank You Ma’am” (Langston Hughes) Poem: “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” (Nikki Giovanni) Short Story: “What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?” (Avi) (Close Reader) Poem: “A Voice” (Pat Mora) Short Story: “The White Umbrella” (Gish Jen) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Wild Animals Aren’t Pets” (USA Today) Article: “Let People Own Exotic Animals” (Zuzana Kukol) Article: “Innocent and Imprisoned” (Robert McGuinness) (Close Reader) Article: “White House Conference Tackles Bullying” (Mimi Hall) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Parenting a Bully: What Are the Responsibilities?” (Damien Steiner) (Assessment Booklet)
Article: “Speaking Bonobo” (Paul Raffaele) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “When Animals Communicate, They are Not Using ‘Language’” (Mia Lewis) (Assessment Booklet) Graphic: “What is Language?” (Assessment Booklet) 2 – Decisions That Matter Argumentative Writing Informational Reading Focus RI.3 W.1 RI.5 W.7 RI.8 SL.3 Memoir Excerpt: “It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership” Powell) Biography Excerpt: “Colin Powell: Military Leader” (Warren Brown) Poem: “The Road Not Taken” (Robert Frost) Short Story: “The Ravine” (Graham Salisbury) Short Story: “The Jumping Tree” (Rene Saldana Jr.) (Close Reader) Article: “Ohio Overturns Pit Bull Bill” Article: “Miami-Dade County Votes to Keep Pit Bulls Out” Article: “Pit Bulls Haven’t Always Had a Bad Rep” Article: “The Media and the Pit Bull” Article: “Zoos and Aquariums Have a Positive Impact on Visitors”
Novel: Hatchet (Gary Paulsen) Article: “Do Zoos Shorten Elephant Life Spans?” Article: “Free Jumbo” Article: show: the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's African Elephant Crossing provides guests with a colossal close-up and engages the community in conservation efforts” Poem: “Paul Revere’s Ride” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (Textbook, Grade 6; HMH Assessment Booklet, Grade 8) Media/Audio Poem: “Paul Revere’s Ride” (narrated by C-David Cottrill) Excerpt: “The Real Story of Revere’s Ride” Essay: “Paul Revere and the American Revolution” (Ethel Ames) (HMH Assessment Booklet, Grade 8) Essay: “How Accurate Was Longfellow’s Poem?” (Franklin Johnson) (HMH Assessment Booklet, Grade 8)
Poem: “The American Hero” (Roger J. Robicheau) Article: “On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed to Perish Fighting” Media: “Memorial is Unveiled for Heroes of Flight 93” Short Story: “The First Day of School” Excerpts from The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Christopher Paul Curtis) Article: “Every Person Has a Story of Courage: The Little Rock Nine” Autobiography excerpt: “No One Ever Told Me Not To Dream” (Charlayne Hunter-Gault) (Elements of Literature, Third Course)
Folk Tale: “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” (Ai-Ling Louie) (Elements of Literature, First Course) Indian Folk Tale: “Six Men and an Elephant” (John Godfrey Saxe) (Assessment Booklet) African Folk Tale: “The Red and Blue Coat” (Assessment Booklet) Article: “What is a … Folk Tale” (Sandra Merrick) (Assessment Booklet)
Novel/Drama/ Graphic Novel: “The Prince and the Pauper” (Mark Twain) (Close Reader) 4- Mystery and Horror Writing Literary Reading RL.3 W.1 RL.5 W.3 RI/RL.7 W.6 RI/RL.9 W.8 “The House of Dies Drear” (Virginia Hamilton) Novel Series: “Sammy Keyes” (Wendelin Van Draanen) “Chasing Vermeer” (Blue Balliett) Short Story: “There Will Come Soft Rains” (Ray Bradbury) (Close Reader) Play Script/Audio: “Zero Hour” (Ray Bradbury) Drama/ Radio Play Audio/ Media Clip Visual: “Sorry, Wrong Number” (Annatole Litvak) Media & Text Excerpt: “The Storm Hag” (S.E. Scholosser) Article: “Fears and Phobias” (KidsHealth.org) Article: “Face Your Fears: Choking Under Pressure Is Every Athlete’s Worst Nightmare” (Dana Hudepohl) (Close Reader) Article: “In the Spotlight” (Glenn Murphy) Article: “Face Your Fears and Scare the Phobias Out of Your Brain” (Jason Koebler) (Close Reader) Media/Online Science Exhibit: “Wired for
Play: The Adventures of the Speckled Band Photo: Sherlock Holmes (BBC) eLearning Letter from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Dr. Joseph Bell Article: Letter Makes Real Holmes Elementary (Marc Horne) Photo: Dr. Bell (BBC) eLearning Map: “Hurricanes and Tornadoes in the U.S.” (Assessment Booklet) Info Text: “What You Should Know About Tornadoes” (Sheldon Hammond) (Assessment Booklet)