6th+Curriculum+Map

6th Curriculum Map

Teacher’s Name Kari Palermo School: Tonawanda Middle Grade Level/Course: ENG 6/READ 180 Year: 2007-08

= Curriculum Map  =  ·  Narrative/Expository Text  ·  Introduction to READ 180 ||    The New Americans  || #  The New Americans-continued- -continued 2. NYS ELA prep. || Concepts || 1. – Compare Narrative/ Expository Writing. 2. Review Step-Up- to- Writing 4. Students will understand the structure of the READ 180 classroom. || Main Ideas and Details  || #  Fact and Opinion strategies || #  Sequence of Events || Word study ||  ·  plot line vocabulary  ||  ·   Target Vocabulary  ·  Synonyms  ·  Antonyms  ·  Common/Proper Nouns  ||  ·   homophones: there/their/they’re to/too/two  ·   Target Vocabulary  ·  prefixes  ·  suffixes ||  ·  using context clues  ·  a/an || Grammar ||  ·  Short Story  ||  ·   Expository Paragraph  ·  Identifying Sentences and fragments <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Using End punctuation <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  IVF statements <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  SUTW Halloween Paragraph  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   SUTW expository paragraph <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Using Capitals  ||     <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Correcting Sentence Fragments <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Writing Topic Sentences ||  4. SUTW packet || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Buckle Down Book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Buckle Down Book || ments || 1.finished short story 2.SRI 3.STAR Reader || #  Accelerated Reader Quiz = Curriculum Map  = 2. Identity Crisis || Identity Crisis- continued  ||  Stolen Childhoods  || #  Stolen Childhoods-continued Concepts || # Reading Comp. Strategies || Summarizing  || #  Summarizing Word Study || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Literary elements || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Verb Endings <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Word families  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·    Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using a Dictionary || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Multiple Meaning words <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   homophones <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Compound Words || Grammar || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Conclusions <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Essay <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Correcting Run-on Sentences || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using correct word order <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Correcting sentence fragments and run-on sentences <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   complete subjects and predicates || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Sentence Types <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Expository Summary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using correct verb tense || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using Commas in a series <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using commas w/introductory words <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Comma Rules <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Persuasive Paragraph <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using irregular verbs <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Past-Tense Verb Spelling Rules  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Buckle Down Book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book  || iments || # Accelerated Reader Quiz || # Workshop 3 Test Quiz 4. Workshop 5 Test || = =   ||   ||   ||  Concepts ||  Compare/Contrast  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·    Story Elements <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Figurative Language <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Inferences <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Context Clues ||  ||   ||  Word Study || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Context Clues <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Noun endings <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Compare/Contrast Paragraph  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Target Vocabulary <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Synonyms <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Word Families ||  ||   || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·    Using quotation Marks <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Apostrophe <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Contractions  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·    Subject/Verb Agreement <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using Possessives <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Plot Diagram ||  ||   || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Read 180 software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Read 180 audiobooks and books <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  DEAR book  || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·    rBook <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Read 180 Software <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Teacher created inference, and figurative language materials ||   ||   || iments || # Irregular Verb Spelling Quiz
 * || September  ||  October  ||  November  ||  December  ||
 * Unit ||
 * 1)  When Disaster Strikes  || #  When Disaster Strikes
 * Skills/
 * 1)  Sequence of Events
 * 2)  Reading Comprehension
 * 1)  Reading Comp. Strategies
 * Vocabulary/
 * Writing/
 * Resources || # Around the Nation/Cat rescue articles
 * 1)  plot diagram/5 Ws chart
 * 2)  “Your First 3 Weeks” teacher Manual
 * Assess
 * 1)  SUTW Paragraph
 * 2)  IVF Quiz
 * 3)  Exit Slip  || #  Workshop 1 Test
 * 4)  Homophone/Noun Quiz
 * 5)  Fighting a Firestorm parag.
 * 6)  Accelerated Reader Quiz  || #  SRI
 * 7)  rSkills Test
 * 8)  Workshop 2 Test
 * 9)  Exit Slip  ||
 * || January  ||  February  ||  March  ||  April  ||
 * Unit || 1. NYS ELA prep.
 * 1)  Under Pressure  ||
 * Skills/
 * 1)  Writing Strategies
 * 2)  Story Elements  ||  Story Elements
 * 1)  Problem and Solution  ||
 * Vocabulary/
 * Writing/
 * Resources || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  rBook
 * Assess
 * 1)  Timed multiple choice
 * 2)  Exit Slip
 * 1)  Accelerated Reader Quiz
 * 2)  rskills Test
 * 3)  SRI  || #  Accelerated Reader Quiz
 * 4)  Sentence Test  || #  Workshop 4 Test
 * 5)  Accelerated Reader Quiz
 * 6)  Past Tense Verb Spelling
 * || May  ||  June  ||     ||     ||
 * Unitt || Turning Points  ||  Poe: The Master of Horror
 * Skills/
 * Vocabulary/
 * Writing/ Grammar || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Using Adjectives that Compare
 * Resources || <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  rBook
 * Assess
 * 1)  Accelerated Reader
 * 2)  Workshop 8 Test  || #  SRI
 * 3)  STAR READER
 * 4)  Workshop 6 Test  ||   ||   ||
 * *For standards/performance indicator correlations, please see attached packet from READ 180. **

**// Tonawanda Middle School //** **// English Language Arts Curriculum Map //** **// Grade 6 2008 //** = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =// November //= **// (2 week unit) //** **// December and January //** (December 13th to January 31st) =// February and March //= **// (February 5th to March 19th)  //**
 * **// Months  //** || **//  Essential Questions  //** || **//  Content  //** || **//  Skills  //** || **//  Assessment  //** || **//  Standards and DCA Skills Taught and Assessed  //** ||
 * **// September, October, and November //**
 * // May and June //**

|| **// Acceptance and Tolerance: //** How do you find happiness? How do you grow from experiences? **// Family Customs and Tradition //** How does our environment influence our lives or the way we live? How do you express yourself? ** Family and Friends ** Why do we build relationships with people around us? || **// Narrative Text: //** Maniac Magee **// Expository Text: //** **// Electronic Text: //** Internet Research **// Step Up to Writing: //** Writing and supporting a topic sentence An introduction to the comparison paragraph/ cause and effect essay/ and personal narratives **// Grammar/Usage/Conventions: //** Nouns and Pronouns Linking verbs, Helping verbs, and Action verbs **// Narrative Texts: //** **// Multi-Genre //** Fable/Folk Tales Legend Tall Tales
 * // (April 22nd to June 5th)  //**
 * // Obstacles or Opportunity? //**
 * // Individuality //**

// Ant and Grasshopper //
// The Crow // // Talkative Turtle // // The Talking Cave // // Golden Fish // // Man and His Son // // Panther and Heron // // Lydia’s Lasson // // The Father and His Two Sons // **// Expository Texts: //** Article on Animals Ancient Greece The Universe Author Study for Aesop Newspaper—Hero **//Step Up to Writing//**: An Introduction to Summary Writing and supporting a summary with text details **// Grammar/Usage/Mechanics //** Verbs: Linking, Helping, Action **// Narrative and Expository Text: //** Non-fiction Autobiography

Land I Lost
Rainbow People Pacific Crossing Baseball in April **// Expository Text: //** Vietnam China **// Poetry //** // Figurative Language  // //Simile, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Personification, Imagery, Figures of Speech, Rhythm, Rhyme, Rhyme scheme, Alliteration// //Writing Poetry or Narrative Story using figures of speech and figurative language// **// ELA Prep //** **// Step Up To Writing //**

// Introduction to sequencing paragraphs // // Writing Short Response Paragraphs // // Writing Extended Response Essays  // // Listening and Notetaking  // **// Narrative Text: //** Poetry Phantom Tollbooth **// Expository Text: //** **// Electronic Text: //** **// Writing: //** **// Descriptive Essay //** **// Introduction to However topic sentence //** **// Introduction to the “And, Or, but” topic sentence //** **// Application of Compare and Contrast essay //** **// Introduction //** **// Grammar/Usage/Conventions: //**

// Compound Subjects //
// Compound Predicates // // Compound Sentences  // // Coordinating Conjunctions  // // Complex Sentences  // // Subordinating Conjunctions  // **// Narrative Text: //** Number the Stars **// Expository Text: //** // The Holocaust: An Introduction for Children  // // The Story of Anne Frank  // **// Electronic Text: //** = // Remembering the Holocaust // = // Day of Remembering // // Learning More about Anne Frank  // // Teen Saves a Hero’s Story  //

// Understanding Genocide //
**// Step Up to Writing //**

// Short Response Paragraphs //
// Compare/Contrast Essay // // 5 Paragraph Essay  // // Writing a Biography  // **// Grammar/Usage/Conventions //**

// Run-ons //
// Comma Splices // // Combining Sentences  // // Subject-Verb Agreement  // // Capitalization Rules  // // Comma Rules  // // Apostrophe Rules  // // DOL (Daily Oral Language)  // || **// Reading Comprehension //** Understanding Different Text Structures : Defining Character Analysis Defining Inferring Defining Theme Defining Point of View Introducing Vocabulary Strategies: Using Context Clues Defining What it Means to Draw Conclusions Introduction to Symbolism Introduction to Hyperboles **// Writing //** Writing a topic sentence Introduction to Stoplight Colors format Providing reasons, details, and facts to answer questions Using text details to support reasons, details, and facts Writing the personal narrative Character Analysis and writing a narrative story. Interpreting Text Structures ** Listening Comprehension ** Introduction to Effective Listening Strategies ** Reading Comprehension ** Application of Vocabulary Strategies Defining Author’s Purpose Inferring in Text Timed-reading strategies: Skimming and Scanning Critical Analysis of Character and Theme Making Generalizations Interpret, Compare and Contrast Characters Introducing Conflict Man vs. man Man vs. self Man vs. society Introducing Formal Plot Structure: Exposition Rising Action Turning Point Climax Falling Action Resolution Sequence of Events Cause and Effect Recall Facts and Details Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, Mood, Author’s Purpose **Writing** Writing an IVF Summary topic Sentence Introduction to a Fact Outline/ J.O.T.     Writing Summary Paragraphs Writing a Cause and Effect Essay Writing about Theme ** Reading Comprehension ** Applying Conflict Man vs. man Man vs. self Man vs. society Applying Formal Plot Structure: Exposition Rising Action Turning Point Climax Falling Action Resolution Sequence of Events Cause and Effect Recall Facts and Details Fact and Nonfact Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, Mood, theme, Author’s Purpose and Point of View Continued Use of Vocabulary Strategies Application of Inferring Skills Application of all Critical Analysis Skills Making Judgements and Decisions Writing Effective Introductory and Concluding sentences to Paragraphs Writing Effective Introductory and Concluding paragraphs to essays ** Reading Comprehension ** Introduce Questioning as a Strategy Figures of Speech Figurative Language Summarizing Sequencing Setting Inferring Drawing Conclusions Mood/Tone Understand Author’s Purpose and their Perspective Vocabulary Critical Analysis Identifying setting and understanding how setting affects plot and characters Theme Character Analysis
 * Narrative
 * Expository
 * Cause and Effect
 * Compare Contrast
 * Use symbols
 * Identify main ideas
 * Identify supporting details
 * Key words
 * Voice cues
 * Determining important words and recognizing unimportant words
 * Note-taking
 * Summarizing
 * Writing  **
 * Idiom
 * Pun
 * Simile
 * Hyperbole
 * Irony
 * Metaphor
 * Personification
 * Homonyms
 * Homophones
 * Persuade
 * Entertain
 * Inform
 * 1st Person
 * 2nd Person
 * 3rd Person
 * Characters Thoughts and Actions

Writing
Changing POV descriptive essay Text Structures: Compare and Contrast Essay ** Listening Comprehension ** Oral Presentation Skills: · Be Prepared · Take Notes · Speak Loudly · Speak Clearly · Make Eye Contact ** Reading Comprehension ** Note taking Skills Summarizing Self-Questioning Main Idea Summarizing Recall Facts and details Interpreting Text Structures Author’s Purpose Making Inferences Finding State and Unstated Information KWL Strategy Application of Character Analysis, Point of View, and Perspective 4 Styles of Questioning <span style="font-size: 11pt; background: yellow; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">·  Mastery Sensory Thinker <span style="font-size: 11pt; background: yellow; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">·  Understanding Intuitive Thinker <span style="font-size: 11pt; background: yellow; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">·  Interpersonal Sensing Feeler ·  Self-Expressive Intuitive Feeler Identify Character Relationships Identify Historical Connections Synthesis of Vocabulary Strategies: Context Clues Active Reading Strategies: Two-Column Notes Styles of Questions
 * Facts
 * Main Idea
 * Supporting Details
 * Dates
 * Names
 * Important Places

Electronic Writing
Topic Sentences Supporting Details Descriptive Writing Write a Letter Self-Questioning Exit Slips: Short Response Paragraph ** Step Up to Writing  **

IVF Topic Sentences
Fact Outline J.O.T. outline Sequential writing Compare and Contrast Essay Introductory Paragraph Concluding Paragraph || **// NYS ELA Diagnostic for  //** **//  Grade 6  //** **// FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: //** ** DCA Skill:  ** ** Critical Analysis  ** Chapter Comprehension Checks: constructed responses that check for understanding of all content and skills -Scholastic Reading Inventory Pre-test -Accelerated Reader Star Reader Test **// DCA:  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** Students demonstrate understanding of text structures by completing graphic organizers for narrative text and expository text **// DCA:  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** Students apply their understanding of text structures by transforming a narrative text to expository and an expository text to narrative **// DCA:  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** Active Reading Strategies: Students are introduced to text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections and apply their understandings of these connections while completing active reading strategies Active Reading Strategies: Students are introduced to Ruby Payne comprehension strategies, QAR, Making Connections, Interpreting Quotations, and sensory imaging and apply these strategies while reading Internet Research on Informational Topics Relevant to Novel Matrix Work: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs Informal Assessments Maniac Magee Folder Making Connections\ IVF Summarizing QAR’s Inferencing **// SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:  //** **// DCA:  //** **// Infer  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** Personal Narrative Critical analysis of character, point of view, and theme Chapter Comprehension Checks Assessment of Stoplight colors **// FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: //** Assessment of Note-Taking **// DCA:  //** **//  Infer  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** Compare and Contrast Essay: Compare and contrast two characters or genres **// DCA:  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer //** Active Reading Strategies with Expository Text: Students will be introduced to strategies for determining importance Timed Readings: Skimming and Scanning **// DCA  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** ELA Plus sample book 1 Talking Cave: 2006 NYS 6th grade ELA book 2 Matrix Work: Adjectives and Adverbs Assessment of Cooperative Learning Matrix Project: Writing a Children’s book **// SUMMATIVE  //** **// ASSESSMENT:  //** **// DCA  //** **// Infer and  //** **//  Critical Analysis  //** Compare and Contrast Essay Exit Slips
 * Background
 * Thesis
 * Plan
 * Restate thesis and plan
 * Summarize important details
 * Personal input or opinion

**// DCA: //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer //** Active Reading Strategies with Expository Text: Students will apply their understandings of the text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections **// DCA  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** Identify formal plot structure in a graphic organizer **// DCA  //** **// Understand Text as a Whole  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** Identifying conflict through written response or games **// DCA  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** QAR graphic organizers **// DCA  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** Analyzing mood and author’s purpose Chapter Comprehension Checks: constructed responses that check for understanding of all content and skills **// SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** Creation of individual autobiographies or research projects The Parts of Speech Unit Assessment **// Formative Assessments //** **//  DCA Skill:  //** **// Determining Importance  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** **// Infer  //** **// Understanding State Information  //** <span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-highlight: yellow;">Students demonstrate understanding of important and non-important information by completing a graphic organizer in the style of Double Journal Entries **// DCA:  //** **// Text as a Whole  //** **// Critical Analysis  //** = // Infer // = Active Reading Strategies: Students are introduced to two-column note taking: selecting pieces of text identifying important details in narrative text and justifying its importance. Students are also introduced to Bubble mapping, Ladder mapping, and compare/contrast mapping and apply these strategies as they read. Students apply Visualization: Picture Mapping to create meaning of important text **// DCA:  //** **// Understanding Text as a Whole  //** <span style="background: yellow; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-highlight: yellow;"> Students are introduced to bracket maps to understand how events or pieces of a plot come together to develop meaning in the text. **// DCA: //** ·  Inferring ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis Students are introduced to figurative language and speech in text and determine its meaning and how it impacts the plot. Character Analysis Students identify demons who hinder the characters ability to achieve their goals, evaluated their purpose and synthesized how it benefited the characters character. ** Summative Assessments:  ** **// DCA: //** **// Critical Analysis //** Students create a puzzle analyzing and synthesizing the effects of the setting on characters, character relationships, lessons the characters learned and the tools that helped them to accomplish their goal. Students wrote a 5 paragraph essay: · Analyze quotes · Descriptive letter · Point of View character analysis · Synthesizing lessons Objective Test Kite Poem Children’s Book Poems ** FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: ** Collaborative Work Skills Oral Presentation: Holocaust Timeline Holocaust Timeline Two-Column Notes Comprehension Questions/Short Responses Objective Quiz · Vocabulary Chapters 1-4 · M/C · Short Response Comprehension Assessment · Chapters 6-7 vocabulary strategy: context clues · Two-column notes · Styles of Questions · Exit Slip · Visualizing Objective Quiz · Vocabulary Chapters 5-9 · M/C · Short Response -Star Reader Post-Test -Scholastic Inventory -Achieve 3000 Post-test ** SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT ** ** DCA:  ** Drawing Conclusions Make Inferences Critical Analysis Students read a Holocaust victims passport, recorded the information into a timeline, and wrote a biography from their POV. Students read three articles about the Children of the Holocaust, made connections, wrote double journal entries, two-column notes, questioned, and identified vocabulary in context. Students analysis the novel for four scenes of bravery, summarize each scene using an IVF topic sentence and creating a visualization of each scene. || **// Standards: //** **//DCA Priorities//**: ·  Inferring ·  Vocabulary Strategies ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis **//DCA Priorities//**: ·  Inferring ·  Vocabulary Strategies ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis **//DCA Priorities//**: ·  Inferring ·  Vocabulary Strategies ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis **// DCA Priorities //** : ·  Inferring ·  Vocabulary Strategies ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis **// DCA Priorities //** : ·  Inferring ·  Vocabulary Strategies ·  Understanding Text as a Whole ·  Critical Analysis ·  Drawing Conclusions ||
 * // FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS: //**