6th Grade Language Arts

Course Length

2 Semesters

This course eases students’ transition to middle school with engaging, age-appropriate literary and informational reading selections. Students learn to read critically, analyze texts, and cite evidence to support ideas as they read essential parts of literary and informational texts and explore a full unit on Lewis Carroll’s classic novel Through the Looking Glass.

Vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills are sharpened through lessons that give students explicit modeling and ample practice. Students also engage in routine, responsive writing based on texts they have read, In extensive, process-based writing lessons, students write topical essays in narrative, informative, analytical, and argumentative formats. In this full-year course, students develop a mastery of reading, writing, and language arts skills.

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Overview of Concepts

• Unit 1: Fitting In
• Unit 2: Making Changes
• Unit 3: That’s Pretty Clever!
• Unit 4: Making Sense
• Unit 5: Planning and Building
• Unit 6: New Beginnings
• Unit 7: Overcoming Obstacles
• Unit 8: Growing Up
• Unit 9: Caretakers of the Earth
• Unit 10: What’s Out There?
• Unit 11: Making Tough Choices
• Unit 12: Understanding Others