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6th Grade Unit 4: / Wondrous Worlds / Suggested Time Frame: / Fourth Six Weeks
TAKS Objective: / 1, 2, 3, 4 / TEKS: / 6.2C, 6.9F, 6.10E, 6.10F, 6.10J, 6.10I, 6.12C, 6.12J, 6.12K
Unit Overview
Wondrous Worlds: There are world without and worlds within. Students connect to the real world as well as to the amazing world of their own imagination.
Enduring Understandings

Lives are enriched by both the real world and the imaginary. The worlds created internally may be the most interesting because anything is possible in imaginations.

/ Essential Questions

What is learned from the physical world?
How can an imagination enrich life?

/ Writing Purpose
How-To Writing
Focus and Coherence
Focus:
Pre-Intro (effective attention grabbers)
Develop organization plan
Graphic organizer
Avoid redundancy (and, then, because)
Flow from introduction to closure
Aligned to prompt
Organization
Writing Process
Prewriting
Brainstorming
Graphic Organizers
Drafting
Revising
Publishing and Reflecting
State rubric—“What Makes a 4”
Review student samples—find state rubric attributes
Depth of Development
Use chronological order
Develop ideas within a paragraph
Topic sentence
Supportive details
Build a writing vocabulary
Varied transitions
Use literary devices
In the “How-To” be sure to include caution statements
Tell: What to, how to, when to, and why to, for each step when appropriate
Voice
Focus: Vivid descriptions
Language appropriate for intended audience
Personal dialogue
Conventions
Review 6th grade expectations including: C33, C34. F4, F5, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, I4, I5, J4
Language of Instruction

compare/contrast
connotative
denotative
evidence
interpretive
literal
mood
sequencing
tone

Core Vocabulary
despair
prevail
privilege
prowl
prune
quaint
quarry
ration
reap
rebel
relay
remedy
resent
reservoir
rummage / shatter
specimen
standard
summit
summon
thorough
tone
torment
translate
tread
tribute
turf
warily
wrath
yolk
/ Relationships and/or Connections that should emerge

Students will realize that our lives are enriched by the world of animals, and that the human imagination is limitless. See Real World Links, p. xxvi, McDougal Littell Literature.

Products students will develop
Select from:

art
timeline
press conference
game show
brochure
role playing
book projects
recipes
writing directions

School Play
Who Are Your Readers
The First Emperor
Scout’s Honor
Life in the Day of Gary Paulsen
Calling All Nobodies
Oh, Broom, Get to Work
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Trading Card Talk
“Tutankhamen”from Lost Worlds

6th grade novels:

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Cay
My Side of the Mountain
Where the Red Fern Grows
Number the Stars
The SecretGarden

Selected Children’s Stories:

The Lorax
Christmas in the Big House
Christmas in the Quarters
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
The Tiny Seed
Are You My Mother?
Tall Tales e.g. Paul Bunyan,
Pecos Bill, John Henry,
Johnny Appleseed

/ Enrichment Workstations
Whole group
Small group
Paired learning (partners)
Library
Computer Lab

Writing/Grammar
Vocabulary
Reading Skills
Sustained Silent Reading
Poetry
Computer
Library Research

Technology & Electronic Resources

TEA website: interactive TAKS practice

Online reading resources:

Online video clips

Internet research

Other (i.e., Speakers, Field Trips) / Speaking/ Listening Skills/Processes
6.1A
6.1B
6.1C
6.1D
6.2A
6.2D / 6.2E
6.3A
6.3B
6.3C
6.4A
6.4C / 6.5A
6.5B
6.5C
6.5D
6.5E
6.5F
Reading Skills and Processes
6.6A
6.6B
6.6C
6.7A
6.7B
6.7C
6.7D
6.7E
6.8A
6.8B
6.8C
6.9A / 6.9B
6.9C
6.9D
6.9E
6.10K
6.10M
6.11A
6.11B
6.11D
6.12B
6.12D / 6.13A
6.13B
6.13C
6.13D
6.13E
6.13G
6.13H
6.13I
6.14A
6.14B
6.14C
Writing Skills/Processes
6.15F
6.15H
6.16A
6.16B
6.16C
6.16D
6.16E
6.16F
6.16G
6.18A
6.18B / 6.18C
6.18D
6.18E
6.18F
6.18G
6.18H
6.18I
6.19A
9.19B
6.19C
6.19D / 6.19E
6.20B
6.20C
6.20D
6.20E
6.20F
6.20G
6.21A
6.21B
ViewingRepresenting Skills/Processes
6.22A
6.22B
6.22C
6.23A
6.23B / 6.23C
6.23D
6.24A
6.24B
6.24C
WRITING MINILESSONS: / NOTES: / Method(s) of Assessment
Observation
AObservation evaluated by peers
BStudents engaged in learning activities
CDirect questioning
DObservation of performance or process
Constructed Response

TEKS Check
Open-ended
R2R:
– “John Fitch, Pioneer Steamboat Inventor”; and “A New Way to Save the Cheetahs”
Essay
Research Paper
Log / Journal
Story / Play / Poem
Model / Map / Video
Oral / Visual / Multimedia Presentation

Selected Response
1Fill-in-the-blank test
2Matching test
3Multiple choice test
4True/False test

Sixth Grade ELA 4thSix Weeks Summary

In this brief summary, dates will fluctuate according to your students, calendar, and special events.

Connections

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Recognize style, tone and mood
Modeling: The Lorax
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Begin Prewriting (brainstorming) for How-To writing

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Compare and Contrast
Modeling: Christmas in the Big House and Christmas in the Quarters
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Continue Prewriting (mapping ideas using graphic organizer) for How- To writing

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Distinguish between fact and opinion
Modeling: Tall Tale e.g. Paul Bunyon, Pecos Bill, John Henry or Johnny Appleseed
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Continue Prewriting (begin writing rough draft) for How-To writing.

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Distinguish Denotative/Connotative meanings
Modeling: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Complete rough draft. Editing and revising How-To writing

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Sequencing
Modeling: The Tiny Seed
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Publishing (final copy) of How-To writing

Suggested: 5 Days

Skills: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Modeling: Are you My Mother?
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Journal Writing

Suggested: 2 Days

Skills: Review various TEKS taught
Modeling: The Three Questions
Reading: Choose from the collection of short stories, poetry, etc. in McDougall Littell’s The Language of Literature
Novel Study: (can choose from the following): Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Cay; Number the Stars; My Side of the Mountain; The Secret Garden; Where the Red Fern Grows
Writing: Journal Writing

8/27/2007DRAFT 2