6th+Grade+Qtr+1

The Big Idea: Literature gives us clues to understand how people lived and thought in the past. Literature allowes us to experience the cultures of the past. || ** SKill ** || **Activities** || **Assessment** || RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, || Literary Text || * Cite textual Evidence Biblical passages focusing on the historical record. The Epic of Gilgamesh "Ahmed, the Boab's son: A story from Egypt" by Andy Entwistle //Rise of the Golden Cobra// by Henry Aubin Virtual Field Trip || **Formative Assessments:** Quiz, Ticket-out-the door, Quick write, Survey, Likert scale, observation RI.6.2, RI 6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5. RI.6.6, RI.6.7 || Non-Fiction Text || * Cite textual evidence "Horses and Camels play a key role" by Lisa Heidorn "Scribes" by Lois Sepahban "Writing in Mesopotamia" by Elizabeth Payne "Too Long a Roaming the story of Sinuhe" by Damon, Duane ||  || W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.6.9, W.6.10 W.6.3 || Narrative Writing || * Development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience 2. Information seeking strategies: OPAC, Infohio, databases, Google Scholar, Websites 3. Location and Access: Evaluation of sources, plagerism, citation 4. Use of information: paraphrase, summarize, creative commons 5. Sythesis: Prezi, PPT, Moviemaker, website creation, Publisher, glogster, 6. Evaluation || Research a geographical location or culture and write a narrative as if you had visited that place or experienced the culture. || SL.6.5, SL.6.6 || Speaking and Listening || * Engage in collaborative discussions Students participate in creating a rubric or grading criterion. Students create a production schedule. || Present research information using technology. Examples: Create a Movie, a stage play, prezi, song, website, animation, electronic scrapbook, storybook, etc. || L.6.2, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.5, L.6.6 || Language || * Use of standard English in writing and speaking Example: Students rewrite narrative in a different point of view. Students identify all passive verbs in narrative and change to active. Students rewrite narrative from a different perspective. Students identify overused words and use a thesarus to improve their word usage. Students identify any uses of idiom, cliche, analogies, allusions and other figurative language in their writing. Ask them to say rewrite without using figurative language and then make a determination which is better. ||  ||
 * || Quarter 1: Early Humans and Societies/ Mesopotamia, Egypt and Kush ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || **Content**
 * RL.6.1,
 * Analyze explicit meanings
 * Draw inferences
 * Determine theme
 * Provide objective summary
 * Identify plot development
 * Describe Character development
 * Determine Figurative and Connotative meaning
 * Analyze word choice
 * Analyze structure of text
 * Explain use of Point of View || **Suggested Reading**:
 * Summative Assessment** in the style of the current state testing done in conjunction with Social Studies. ||
 * RI.6.1,
 * Analyze texts explicit and inferential meaning
 * Determine Central idea
 * Analyze how key elements are introduced, illustrated and elaborated
 * Determine figurative, connotative and technical meaning
 * Analyze how structure contributes to idea development
 * Determine point of view and purpose
 * Integrate information presented in different media and formats || **Unit Vocabulary**: Theme, bias, stereotyping, prejudice, inference, evaluate, identify, analyze predict, elaborate, categorize,
 * Suggested Reading**: (examples are attached):
 * W.6.4,
 * Planning, editing, revising
 * Use technology to produce and publish writing
 * Collaborate with classmates
 * Utilize Narrative
 * Descriptive details
 * Construct well structured event sequence
 * Establish a context and POV
 * Utilize dialogue, pacing, reflection, sensory details
 * Use transitions that convey sequence and relationships
 * Develop reflective conclusions || 1. Task Definition: Use of graphs, interest surveys, KWL, etc
 * SL.6.1,
 * Expressing ideas clearly
 * Use researched material during discussions
 * Set goals
 * Meet deadlines
 * Follow discussion protocol
 * Pose relevant questions
 * Respond to others
 * Qualify and justify views
 * Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations
 * Adapt speech to audience and purpose || Peer Revision Groups
 * L.6.1,
 * Explain the function of verbals ( Gerunds, participles and infinitives
 * Use verbs in passive and active voice
 * Use verbs in indicative, imperative, interrogative conditional and subjunctive mood
 * Use correct Capitalization, punctuation and spelling
 * Use coma, ellipsis and dash
 * Use verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood
 * Determine the meaning of a word by using a range of strategies
 * Using context clues
 * Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots to understand meaning
 * Know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses to clarify meaning, determine pronunciation and part of speech
 * Identify, use and understand Figurative language
 * Use grade appropriate vocabulary || Revision and Deep Revision techniques