SL.1.d SL.2 Performance Task: Writing Write a Nonfiction Narrative Prompt: When did you have to use your imagination to find another way to do something? Language Development: Author’s Style: Voice Standards: W.3, W.3.a-e, L.3, L.3.a, W.4, W.5, W.6 Small-Group Learning Title and Author Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research Declaration of the Rights of the Child The United Nations General Assembly Public Document Use a Dictionary Development of Ideas Words related to laws and rights: entitled enactment compulsory Latin root -puls- Conventions: Pronoun Case pronoun pronoun case (or) subjective case objective case possessive case Writing to Sources Informational article, essay Standards L.4 RI.3 RI.5 L.4 L.4.b L.1 L.1.a W.2
four lines six lines Standards L.4 L.4.a RL.5 L.4 L.4.b L.5 L.5.c RL.4 W.2 W.2.a-b W.2.f W.5 W.9 W.9.a Monkey Master Waldemar Januszczak ESSAY Using a Specialized Dictionary N/A Words that have to do with art or the critique of art: purist aesthetic abstract Greek Suffix: -ist N/A Research and Discuss: Group discussion Standards L.4 L.4.c L.4.b L.4.d L.4 L.4.d W.7 W.8 SL.1 SL.1.c Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Julius Lester STORY Context Plot plot exposition conflict rising action climax falling action resolution Words that describe movement: milled skittered quivering Multiple-Meaning Words Conventions: Perfect Tenses of Verbs perfect tense present perfect past perfect Speaking and Listening: Informative multimedia presentation
future perfect Standards L.4 L.4.a RL.3 L.4 L.1 W.7 W.8 SL.1 Sl.1.b SL.5, SL.6.4, SL.6.6 Performance Task: Speaking & Listening Focus Deliver an Informative Presentation Prompt: How can the bonds between people and animals be surprising? Standards: SL.6.1, SL.4, SL.5, SL.6.6 Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay Prompt: How can animals and people help one another? Speaking & Listening Outcome: Informative Presentation Standards: W.2, W.10, SL.4, SL.6.6 Grade 6, Unit 3 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening Feathered Friend Arthur C. Clarke Short Story Determine Theme theme Words related to feelings of sadness, suffering, and regret: Greek root Conventions: Compound Words Argumentative Essay Multimedia Presentation
implied theme setting pathetically distressed mournfully apology lamented Standards RL.1 RL.2 RL.5 L.4 L.4.b L.5 L.1 W.1 W.1.a–c W.1.e W.7 SL.4 SL.5 SL.6.6 Teens and Technology Share a Future Stefan Etienne Blog Post Author’s Perspective: Argument argument claim Technical Vocabulary microchips trigonometry pixels Greek Suffix Conventions: Appositives and Appositive Phrases appositive appositive phrase N/A N/A Standards RI.6 RI.6.1 RI.6.5 L.4 L.4.b L.2 The Black Hole of Technology Leena Khan Blog Post Persuasive Techniques claim repetition appeal to emotion appeal to reason Words that relate to eating and taking in nutrients: devouring absorbing process consumed digesting Words Conventions: Independent and Dependent Clauses clause independent clause clause relative clauses nonrestrictive Writing to Compare: Argumentative Essay N/A
Standards RI.4 RI.8 RI.4 L.4 L.4.d L.1 L.2 L.2.a RI.8 RI.9 W.1 W.1.a-b W.1.e, W.9 W.9.b The Internet of Things IBM Social Media Video N/A Media Vocabulary images or graphics animation audio voiceover narrator N/A N/A Objective Summary Oral Report Fact Opinion Talking points Standards L.6 W.2 SL.2 SL.4 SL.6.6 Performance Task: Writing Writing an Argument Prompt: Do electronic devices and online access really improve our lives? Language Development: Style, Transitions Standards: W.1, W.1.a-e, W.5, W.6, W.9, W.9.a-b, W.10, L.6.1 Small-Group Learning Title and Author Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Technical / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research The Fun They Had Isaac Asimov SHORT STORY Context synonyms Science Fiction Writing Words used to describe an Anglo-Saxon Suffix -ful Conventions: Action Verbs Writing to Sources: Dialogue
surmise presume speculate simple predicate complete predicate compound subject Standards RL.3, RL.5–6 L.6.4 L.5, L.5.c L.1 The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II Susan Nanus DRAMA Stage Directions that relate to conflict, lack of trust, and feelings of doubt: suspiciously obstacle pessimistic malicious insincerity compromise Latin suffix -ity Conventions: Sentence Structure clause independent main dependent subordinate Narrative Retelling Dramatic Reading Standards RL.5 L.4 L.4.b L.1 L.3 L.3.a W.3 W.3.a-b SL.6 SL.6.1, SL.6.4 The Phantom Tollbooth Multimedia N/A Media Vocabulary directions (in audio) dialogue (in audio) and shadow (in images) N/A N/A Writing to Compare: Essay N/A Standards L.6 RL.7
W.2 W.2.a-e, W.6.5 SL.2, SL.6.1 Performance Task: Writing Write a Fictional Narrative Prompt: One day in the Kingdom of Wisdom . . . Language Development: Conventions: Combining Sentences for variety Standards: W.3, W.6.3.a-e, W.4, W.6.5, W.10, SL.4, SL.6 Small-Group Learning Title and Author Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze and Structure Concept / Technical / Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Carroll NOVEL EXCERPT Context Clues Characterization characterization direct characterization indirect characterization make inferences Words that have to do with Alice’s thirst for exploration and new experiences: Peeped Wondered Curiosity Word Relationships Conventions: Conjunctions and Interjections conjunctions coordinating conjunctions Research Report Standards L.4.a RL.1 RL.3 L.4 L.5 L.5.b L.1, L.2 W.2 W.2.a W.7 W.8 “Jabberwocky” from Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll Poetry Context synonyms Devices sound devices Words that relate to the boy’s battle victory: slain Anglo-Saxon Word Origins Author’s Invented Language syntax Speaking and Listening: Dramatic Reading,
from Tales From the Odyssey Mary Pope Osborne Epic Context Clues synonyms of ideas Universal Theme epic Words that relate to the goddess Athena in some way and the revenge she takes on Odysseus and his men: Invaded violent offended Latin Root: Conventions: Participial and Gerund Phrases participial phrase gerund gerund phrase Standards L.6.4.a RL.6.2, RL.6.5 L.6.4 L.6.4.b L.6.1 To the Top of Everest Samantha Larson Blog Context Central Idea Concept Vocabulary Words describe the difficult trip that Larson and the group take. expedition trek journeys destination latin Root: Conventions: Subject Complements subject complement predicate nominative predicate adjective Writing to Compare: essay Standards L.6.4.a RI.6.2, RI.6.3 L.6.4 L.6.4.b, L.6.4.c, L.6.4.d L.6.1 W.6.2.a-c, W.6.5, W.6.9.b from Lewis & Clark Nick Bertozzi Graphic Novel/Media Media Vocabulary penciler inker letterer Research: Create an annotated timeline