6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

1st nine weeks

Materials
William and Mary Language Arts Series- Persuasion
Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s English II
Holt
Elements of LiteratureResources for Teaching Advanced Students
Novels
recommended by the College of William and Mary and books that support Standards for Grade 6
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL- Holt Elements of Literature / Reading
Poems
“The Road NotTaken”WMp.1
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Day”WMp.51
“Birches”
“Putting in the Seed”
“After Apple Picking”
“The Gift Outright”
“The Bridegroom”HELp.62
“Earth”HELp.106
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
“Dragon, Dragon”HELp.5
“All Summer in a Day”HELp.41
“What Will Our Town Look Like”HELp.54
“In the Fog”HELp.75
Excerpt from Bud, Not BuddyHELp.127
“The Bracelet”HELp.149
“Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies”HELp.159
Excerpt from The Adventures of Tom SawyerWMp.2,HELp.198
Novels
Dragonwings
Journey to Topaz
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10 / Word Study
Grammar Study PacketWM
Vocabulary related to reading topics
Vocabulary Webs WM
Caesar’s English II Lessons XI-XV
Standards Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4 / Writing
Argumentative essay on the five generalizations about change
Persuasive essay on how to send $500 that has been given to your school
Problem-Solution essay
Compare/Contrast Essay on Japanese internment during World War II
Student Reading/Response Journals
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6 / Communications
Write a 2 minute speech on “The Gift Outright” that is for or against the choice of the poem being used at the inauguration of President John Kennedy
Write a 2 minute speech that persuades someone else to do a chore that you have to do.
Drama scenes from the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4 / Research
Internet research on topics covered during the 9 weeks period
Research on Robert Frost
Research on JFK
Research on Mark Twain
Analyze structure and purpose of a web site- Solar System Bodies: Venus from NASA web site
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8

6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

2nd nine weeks

Materials
William and Mary Language Arts Series- Persuasion
Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s English II
Holt
Elements of Literature for teaching Advanced Students
Novels
recommended by the College of William and Mary and books that support Standards for Grade 6
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL-Holt
Elements of Literature / Reading
Historical Document
The Declaration of Independence WMp.7
Essays on Censorship
“Libraries should Reflect Majority Values”WMp.11
“Libraries Should Reflect Diverse Views”WMp.13
Narrative Poem
“The Pied Piper of Hamelin”WMp.16
Short Stories
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”HELp.243
“La Bamba”HELp.346
Informational Texts
“Uniform Style”HELp.243
“Goodbye Records, Hello CDs”HELp.346
Myths
“Baucis and Philemon”HELp.257
“Medusa’s Head”HELp.350
“Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head”HELp.360
Novels
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10 / Word Study
Grammar Study Packets WM
Vocabulary related to reading topics
Vocabulary Webs WM
Caesar’s English II
Lessons XVI-XX
Standards Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4 / Writing
Critique a newspaper editorial
Write a newspaper editorial
Write an essay on censorship/banned books
Compare/Contrast essay
Reading/Response Journals
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6 / Communications
Film and present an editorial
Peer oral critique/evaluation
View United Streaming of events from the American Revolution and French Revolution/
Les Miserables
Listen to recording of the Gettysburg Address on line
Debate censorship/banned books(use reasoning wheel)
Write letter to local school board about censored books
View Faerie Tale Theater of “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4 / Research
Internet research on topics covered during the 9 weeks period
Research Thomas Jefferson, the American Revolution, and revolutions that were based on the Declaration of Independence- ex. French Revolution
Research on the Gettysburg Address
Research censorship and banned books
Research different versions of “The Piped Piper”
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8

6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

3rd nine weeks

Materials
William and Mary Language Arts Series- Persuasion
Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s English II
Holt
Elements of Literature for teaching Advanced Students
Novels
recommended by the College of William and Mary and books that support Standards for Grade 6
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL-Holt Elements of Literature / Reading
Speeches
“I Have a Dream”WMp.24
Poetry Web Site
Poems & Speeches by Civil Rights Leaders & Activists
Read Alouds
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Martin’s Big Words
Biographies, Autobiographies, Essays, & Articles
“Searching for Stories” from Mules and Men
HElp.392
“I Kept on Probing to Know”HELp.387
“A Brother”from I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsHELp.444
From The Land I Lostp.456
“A Glory Over Everything”HELp.468
“All Aboard With Thomas Garrett”HELp.483
From The Harriet Tubman SeriesHELp.489
“The Mysterious Mr.Lincoln”HELp.544
“Lincoln’s Humor”HELp.544
Novella
The Gold CadillacHELp.316
Interviews
I Was Not Alone:
An Interview with Rosa
Parks
Folktales
“How the Snake Got Poison”HELp.376
“How the Possum Lost the Hair on Its Tail”Help.379
“Why the ‘Gator is Black”HELp.384
Novels
Going Home
Taking Sides
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10 / Word Study
Grammar Study Packs WM
Vocabulary related to reading topics
Vocabulary Webs WM
Standards Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4 / Writing
Write a persuasive essay with at least 3 supported arguments for or against Goldilocks innocence or guilt on charges of breaking and entering
Compare/Contrast essay on how life in the US is similar and different from the times of segregation
described in the article “Separate But Equal”
Write an essay in which you discuss at least on conclusion you have reached about Zora Neale Hurston’s folktales.
Base your essay on the folktales and autobiographical selections that you have read.
Reading/Response Journals
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6 / Communications
Students will prepare a “mock” trial with guest attorney as “judge”
Use United Streaming for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech
Create web page for poetry
Interview someone from the Civil
Rights
Period
Write poetry and publish on web page
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4 / Research
Research on Bill of Rights
Research the civil rights and people involved with it
Research creating a web page
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8

6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT

4th nine weeks

Materials
William and Mary Language Arts Series- Persuasion
Michael Clay Thompson’s Caesar’s English II
Holt
Elements of Literature for teaching Advanced Students
Novels
recommended by the College of William and Mary and books that support Standards for Grade 6
Key
WM-William and Mary
HEL-Holt Elements of Literature / Reading
Speeches
The Case for Public Schools WMp.28
The Velvet Hangover WMp.31
Myths
“Sisyphus”(Website Wikipedia)
Plays
The Valiant WMp.36
Articles
Current Events
Newspaper Editorials
Novels
Morning Star, Black Sun: The Northern Cheyenne Indians and America’s Energy Crisis
Rising Voices: Writings of Young Americans
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10 / Word Study
Grammar
Handout Packet WM
Vocabulary related to reading topics
Vocabulary Webs WM
Standards Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4 / Writing
Use William & Mary Standards of Reasoning to evaluate Mann’s reasons of support for public schools
Write an essay on what treasures education creates and treasures you have found as a result of your education
Write a descriptive essay of what you think an ideal school would be like
Create a chart of allusions to myths that you encounter in literature and daily life
Student Reading/Response Journals
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6 / Communications
View FDR’s 1st inaugural address “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
View elements of persuasion in advertising(Scholastic.com
website- Persuasion Through Advertising)
Create an advertisement using techniques of persuasion
Demonstrate propaganda devices through commercials
Use technology while working on unit research
View Twelve Angry Men, then compare/contrast to “The Valiant”
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4 / Research
Unit research project -follow Characteristics of an Issue ( Handout 11B WM), Working with Sources (Handout 11C WM), Developing an (Handout 11D WM), Research Model(Handout 11E WM)
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8