Grammar/Vocabulary Curriculum Revised 2015

GRADE 6

Formative Assessments: Classroom Practice Pages; Interactive Notebooks; Reviews

Summative Assessments: Chapter Tests; Spelling Tests

SHURLEY LESSON for Grammar/Vocabulary / SHURLEY LESSON for Writing / SHURLEY LESSON for Reading / CONTENT COVERED
Ch. 1-Lesson 2 / Lesson 2(journal) / Pre-test
Lesson 3 / Syn/Antonyms/Vocab.
Lesson 4 / Analogies
Lesson 5 / Capitalization/Punct.
Lesson 6 / Capitalization/Punct.
Lesson 7 / Review/Ch. Test
Lesson 8 / Info. Passage
Ch. 2-Lesson 1 / Nouns/Verbs
Lesson 2 / Adverbs
Lesson 3 / Parts of Sentences
Lesson 4 / Adjectives
Lesson 5 / Article Adjectives
Lesson 6 / Adj Sentences
Lesson 7 / Sentence Types
Lesson 8 / Latin
Lesson 10 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 11 / Narrative Passage
Ch. 3-Lesson 1 / Prepositions
Lesson 2 / Noun check/parts of speech
L. 2/3 Word Connections
Lesson 4/5 / Spelling Rules/Test
L. 6 / Building Sentences/Revisions
Lesson 7 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 8 / Info. Passage
Ch. 4- / L. 1 / Transition Words
L. 2 / Writing Traits
L. 3 / Similes/Metaphors/Personification/Ono
L. 4 / Descriptive Paragraphs
L. 5 / Prewriting/organizers
L. 6 / Drafts
L. 7/8/9 / Revision/Final Writing
Ch. 5-Lesson 1 / Pronouns
Lesson 2 / Subject Pronouns
Lesson 3 / Poss. PN
Lesson 4/5 / Spelling Pretest/Test
Lesson 6 / Building Sentences-PN
Lesson 7 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 8 / Narrative Passages
Ch. 6- / L. 1-7 / Fact/Opinions/Propaganda
Ch. 7-Lesson 1 / Conjunctions
Lesson 2 / Comma splices/review
Lesson 3 / Complex Sentences
Lesson 4/5/6 / Spelling rules/tests
Lesson 7 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 8 / Library: NF/F/Auto/Bio
Ch. 8- / L. 1/2/4/6/7 / L. 3/5 / Writing/POV/Elements
Ch. 9-Lesson 1 / Helping Verbs
Lesson 2 / Natural/Inverted Order
Lesson 3 / Quotations
Lesson 4/5 / Review
Ch. 9-Lesson 6/7/8 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 9 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 10 / Info. Passages
Ch. 10- Lesson 2 / Contractions
Lesson 3 / Homonyms
L. 4/5/6 / Narratives/Precise Language
Ch. 11-Lesson 1 / Interjections
Lesson 2 / Poss. Nouns
Lesson 3/4/5 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 6 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 7 / Cause and Effect
Ch. 12-Lesson 1 / DO
Lesson 2 / Verb Tenses
Lesson 3 / Obj PN
Lesson 4 / Irreg. Verbs/Reg. Verbs
Lesson 5 / Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Lesson 6/7/8 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 11 / Oral Review/Test
Ch. 13- / L. 1-9 / Team Writing Assignments
Ch. 14-Lesson 1 / IO/Pattern 3/Pattern 1-3 Review
L. 2/3/4 / Reviews
Lesson 5/6/7/8 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 9 / Oral Review/Test
Ch. 15-Lesson 1 / Sentence pattern review
Lesson 2 / Linking Verbs
Lesson 3 / Noun Jobs
Lesson 4 / Mixed Patterns
Lesson 5/6/7 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 8 / Oral Review/Test
Ch. 16-Lesson 1 / Pred. Adj./LV/Pattern 5
Lesson 2 / Linking Verb
Lesson 3 / 8 Parts of Speech
Lesson 4 / Intro. Mixed Patterns
Lesson 5/6/7 / Spelling Review/Test
Lesson 8 / Oral Review/Test
Lesson 9 / Post Test
Ch. 17 / L. 1-7 / Writing Outlines/Articles
Ch. 18 / L. 1-6 / Explanatory Writing
Ch. 19 / L. 1-7 / Research Reports
Ch. 20 / L. 1-9 / Research Reports

L. 6.4 c Students will consult reference materials (e.g. Dictionaries/glossaries/thesauruses) both print and digital to find the pronunciations of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech. (Will be utilized throughout year.)

NOTES:

Ø  Look at “Lesson Ancillary” Box to see what materials are needed.

Ø  Look at green Student Objectives’ box to see what is covered.

Ø  SKIP: Jingle Time/Reading Time/Writing Connections Time—these can be covered in Reading/Writing Integration class.

Ø  Focus on Word Time/Vocabulary Time/Skills Time

Ø  Practice Question and Answer Flow and labeling sentences.

Ø  Vocabulary/Spelling Words: have students complete interactive notebook entries.

Ø  With 15 minutes each day, we will need to get straight to the content.