6th+Grade+Qtr+3

Quarter 3: Foundations of Western Ideas Hebrews and Judaism, Ancient Greece, Sparta, Athens, Persia

The Big Idea: The ancient Greeks created great myths and works of literature that influence the way we speak, write and live today. The Ancient Greeks made lasting contributions in the arts, philosophy and science. || SKill  ||  Activities  || Assessment || RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.9 || Literary Text || * Cite textual Evidence Aesops Fables Illiad Odyssey || **Formative Assessments:** Quiz, Ticket-out-the door, Quick write, Survey, Likert scale, observation, visual timeline, scrapbook, RAFT || RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5. RI.6.6, RI.6.7 RI.6.8 RI.6.9 || Non-Fiction Text || * Cite textual evidence "Homer Who?" by Anthony Kugler "The has it" By Anthony Kugler || **Summative Assessment** in the style of the current state testing done in conjunction with Social Studies. || W.6.5, W.6.6, w.6.7, W.6.9, W.6.10, W.6.1, W.6.8 || Argumentative 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 || Students will continue their research into Greek culture by forming an argument as to which of the Greek city states was the most important to history or which one provided a better life for its citizens. || SL.6.5, SL.6.6 SL.6.3 SL.6.4 || Speaking and Listening || * Engage in collaborative discussions Students participate in creating a rubric or grading criterion. Students create a production schedule. || Participate in a Lincoln Douglas style debate || 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 write a letter from one source author to another. Students identify all passive verbs in essay and change to active. Student write a persusive text such as a commercial or editorial. 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. ||  ||
 * Standards || 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:**
 * 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 || **Suggested Reading:** "Sophocles" by Ed Downey
 * W.6.4,
 * Planning, editing, revising
 * Use technology to produce and publish writing
 * Collaboration
 * Write argument
 * Introduce claims from opposing view points
 * Organize reasons and evidence logically
 * Use accurate and credible sources
 * Clarify relationships among claims, counter claims, reasons and evidence
 * Formal style
 * Concluding statement || 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
 * Delineate a speakers arguments and claims
 * Use of relevant evidence, valid reasoning and well chosen detail
 * Eye contact, volume and pronunciation || 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
 * Figurative language
 * Figures of speech
 * Use grade appropriate vocabulary || Revision and Deep Revision techniques