6th+Grade+Qtr+2

Quarter 2: Civilization in India and China

The Big Idea: India's rich history and culture have a great affect on the world today. The people, events and ideas that shaped ancient China continue to influence the world today. || Skills  || Activities || Assessments || RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, || Literary Text || * Cite textual Evidence //Wandering Warrior// by Da Chen (720) 1. Rewrite a fairytale, myth or folktale using what you have learned about a particular culture. 2. Write Haiku ( although originated in Japan was practiced in China) or other poetry in the Chinese style. || **Formative Assessment:** Quiz, Novel Scrapbook, Visual timeline, RAFT, QAR Squares || RI.6.2, RI.6.3, RI.6.4, RI.6.5. RI.6.6, RI.6.7 || Non-Fiction Text || * Cite textual evidence Text by Mohandas Ghandi Text by Martin Luthre King jr. //The Analects// by Confucius "Defending China" by Margaret Pruch 1. Write Confuciusisms || **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.6.2, W.6.8, || Informative 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 || Continue to research your chosen culture. Write an informative multimodal essay about the culture. || SL.6.5, SL.6.6 SL.6.2 SL.6.4 || Speaking and Listening || * Engage in collaborative discussions Students participate in creating a rubric or grading criterion. Students create a production schedule. || Divide students into groups according to chosen topics. Have students participate in a panel discussion. || 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. ||  ||
 * 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**: //Bound// by Napoli, Donna Jo (800)
 * 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**:
 * W.6.4,
 * Planning, editing, revising
 * Use technology to produce and publish writing
 * Collaborate
 * Write informative text
 * Organize ideas, concepts and information
 * Use headings
 * Incorporate Graphics
 * Use Multimedia
 * Use concrete details and quotations
 * Variey Transitions
 * Present in a formal Style
 * Develop a 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
 * Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media
 * Evaluate motives
 * 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
 * Identify, use and understand figurative language and figures of speech
 * Use grade appropriate vocabulary || Revision and Deep Revision techniques