6thGrade Language Arts Pacing Guide 2017-18

Week / Topic / Lesson
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8/15-8/19 / Reading & Writing / Set up writing journals, Establish reading and writing basics.
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8/22-8/22 / The Sentence / Unit 1 Lessons 1-3, Spelling, Daily Journal Writing
3
8/29-9/1 / Unit 1 Lessons 4-8, Daily Journal Writing, Reading Text Selection 1, Spelling
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9/5-9/8 / Nouns / Unit 1 Test, Daily Journal Writing, Unit 2 Lesson 1-5, Spelling
5
9/12-9/15 / Unit 2Test Unit 3 Lessons 1-6, Daily Journal Writing, Spelling
6
9/19-9/22 / Verbs / Unit 3 Lessons 7-13, Journal Writings, Spelling
7
9/26-9/29 / Unit 3 Lesson Test, Reading Text Selection 2, Spelling
8
10/3-10/6 / Adjectives / Unit 4 Lessons 1-8, Journals, Spelling
9
10/10-10/13 / Literary Genres / Unit 4 Lessons 9-10 & Test,Reading Text Selection 3, Literary Genres
10
10/17-10/20 / Reading Skills, Comprehension & Strategies / Literary Genres, Text Connections & Features, Spelling
11
10/24-10/27 / Pre-Reading Strategies / Pre-reading strategies, Begin Class Chapter Book
12
10/31-11/3 / Setting, Characters and their traits, Plot / Class chapter book reading, Discussions, Vocabulary
13
11/7-11/17 / Reading Comprehension / Class chapter book reading, Discussions, Book Review Writing
14
11/28-12/1 / Capitalization & Punctuation / Unit 5 Lessons 1-8
15
12/5-12/8 / Pronouns / Unit 5 Lesson Test, Unit 6 Lessons 1-6
16
12/12-12/15 / Critical Thinking and Meaningful Discussions / Unit 6 Lesson 7-8 & Test, Reading Text Selections 4-7, Spelling
17
1/2-1/5 / Prepositional Phrases / Unit 7 Lessons 1-5
18
1/9-1/12 / Narrating and Entertaining / Unit 12 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share a personal narrative.
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1/16-1/19 / Unit 12 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share a personal narrative.
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1/23-1/26 / Unit 13 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share a story.
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1/30-2/2 / Unit 13 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share a story.
22
2/6-2/9 / Explaining and Informing / Unit 10- Writing to Compare and Contrast
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2/13-2/16 / Unit 10- Writing to Compare and Contrast
24
2/20-2/23 / Unit 11 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share research report.
25
2/27-3/2 / Unit 11 - Using the writing process, write, publish, and share research report
26
3/6-3/9 / Pre-Reading Strategies / Pre-reading strategies, Begin Class Chapter Book
27
3/13-3/16 / Setting, Characters and their traits, Plot / Class chapter book reading, Discussions,
28
3/20-3/23 / Reading Comprehension / Class chapter book reading, Discussions, Book Review Writing
29
4/3-4/6 / Expressing & Influencing / Unit 8- Using the writing process, Write to Express an Opinion.
30
4/10-4/13 / Unit 8- Using the writing process, Write to Express an Opinion.
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4/17-4/20 / Unit 9- Using the writing process, Write to Persuade.
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4/24-4/27 / Unit 9- Using the writing process, Write to Persuade.
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5/1-5/4 / Pre-Reading Strategies / Pre-reading strategies, Begin Class Chapter Book
34
5/8-5/11 / Setting, Characters and their traits, Plot / Class chapter book reading, Discussions,
35
5/15-5/17 / Reading Comprehension / Class chapter book reading, Discussions, Book Review Writing

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