General

Announcements

Year 6 ELA Syllabus

August 12 - August 18

Oral Presentation - All About Me

Establishing Classroom Expectations and Routines

Writing Task: From Brown Girl Dreaming

August 19 - August 25

Grammar: Punctuation

Group Discussion

August 26 - September 1

From Selfie: The Changing Face of Self-Portraits

September 2 - September 8

Grammar: Pronoun

Writing Task: Analyzing Author's Purpose

Structure of Informational Text

Central Ideas Informational Text

Context Clues

September 9 - September 15

Poetry

Figurative Language in Literature

Figurative Meaning in Informational Texts

If I Were a Leader: Component 1 - Research

A Voice /Words Like Freedom Selection Test

September 16 - September 22

Author's Purpose and Perspective

Evaluating Arguments

If I Were A Leader: Component 2 - Presentation

Better Than Words: Say It with a Selfie/OMG, Not Another Selfie!

September 23 - September 29

If I Were A Leader: Component 3 - Comic (Pixton)

Argumentative Structure

Improving Writing: Planning

Improving Writing: Revising

Improving Writing: Editing

September 30 - October 6

A Schoolgirl's Diary from I Am Malala

October 14 - October 20

Research: Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Group Discussion

October 21 - October 27

Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Toward Selection Test

Theme

Poetry

Expanding Vocabulary

October 28 - November 3

The First Day of School/From the New Kid Selection Test

November 4 - November 10

Literary Elements

Point of View in Literature

November 11 - November 17

Inspirational Poster

November 18 - November 24

The Breadwinner Selection Test

Life Doesn't Frighten Me Selection Test

M/J LANGUAGE ARTS 1 (BARITOGO) M/J Language Arts 1