Grade 6 Writing Pacing Guide

September / October-April / November-January / February-March / April - May
What do students need to know and be able to do?
(Genre/Purpose) / Personal Narrative
MEAP Pre-test: Accepting Differencesand MC Questions / Poetry / Adventure Story
MEAP Prompt: Choices / Folk Tale / Persuasive Essay
MEAP Prompt: Facing a Challenge / Comparative Essay / Informational Research Project / Personal Narrative
MEAP Post-test: Accepting Differencesand MC Questions
Assessments/End Product
(How will I know they’ve learned it?) /
  • Narrative Checklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Personal Narrative Essay
  • MEAP ESSAY(Use same Narrative checklist & 6 + 1 Rubric for MEAP Essay)
/
  • Poetry Checklist
  • Poetry Rubric
  • POEMS: Free Verse, Simile/Metaphor, Diamante, Bio Poem, and Couplets
/
  • Adventure StoryChecklist
  • 6 +1Rubric
  • Adventure story
  • MEAP ESSAY
(Use same Narrative checklist & 6 + 1 Rubric for MEAP Essay) /
  • Folk Tale Checklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Folk Tale
/
  • Persuasive Checklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Persuasive Essay
  • MEAP ESSAY
(Use same Narrative checklist & 6 + 1 Rubric for MEAP Essay) /
  • Comparative Checklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Comparative Essay
/
  • Research ProjectChecklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Research Project
/
  • Narrative Checklist
  • 6 + 1Rubric
  • Personal Narrative Essay
  • MEAP ESSAY
(Use same Narrative checklist & 6 + 1 Rubric for MEAP Essay)
GLCE alignment / W.GN.06.01-03
W.PR.06.01-05
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01
W.SP.06.01.
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.01 & .03,
W.PR.06.03,
W.PR.06.05,
W.PS.06.01
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.01-.03,
W.PR.06.01-05,
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01,
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.01,
W.PR.06.02-5
W.PS.06.01
W.GR.06.01,
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.02-03,
W.PR.06.01-05,
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01,
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.02,
W.PR.06.01-05
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01,
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.01-.03
W.PR.06.01-05,
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01,
W.SP.06.01,
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01 / W.GN.06.01-03
W.PR.06.01-05
W.PS.06.01,
W.GR.06.01
W.SP.06.01.
W.HW.06.01,
W.AT.06.01
GLCE Genre Requirements /
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • MEAP Prompt: Choices
  • Personal Narrative Writing
/
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • Poetry
(Student writes a variety of poetic forms to engage the reader) /
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing& drafts
  • MEAP Prompt: Accepting Differences
  • Adventure Story (internal & external conflict, adverse conditions)
/
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • Folk Tale (entertains, reveals human nature, conveys morals and values)
/
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • MEAP Prompt: Facing a Challenge
  • Persuasive Essay (states a position, supports the position)
/
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing& drafts
  • Comparative Essay(Compare and contrast two texts, theories, historical figures, scientific processes, essays, etc.)
/
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • Informational Research
Project(Formulates research questions using multiple resources) /
  • Pre-writing exercises
  • Self / Peer editing & drafts
  • MEAP Prompt: Choices
  • Personal Narrative Writing

Suggested Resources /
  • The First 10 Days by Oakland ISD
  • StudyIsland
  • Jumpstart MEAP Prep Materials
/ /
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulson
  • The Cay
  • Brian’s Winter
  • The River
  • Julie of the Wolves
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  • Where the Red Fern Grows
  • City of Ember
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  • Esperenza Rising
  • When Zachery Beaver Comes to Town
  • Loser

Revised 3/13/08