Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self-selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Class novels • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read aloud book discussions • Literature circles • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • •
Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observations
Learning Activities
Objective: 1: Key Ideas and Details - Main Idea • CC.1.2.6.A Determine the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. • E06.B-K.1.1.2
• E06.B-K.1.1.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
• theme/central idea, text, summary, details, opinion, judgement
Objective: 2: Key Ideas and Details - Text Analysis • CC.1.2.6.B Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text. • CC1.2.6.C Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text. • E06.B-K.1.1.1 • E-6.B-K.1.1.3
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• E06.B-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text. • E06.B-K.1.1.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, or elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples, anecdotes, or sequence of steps) .
• explicit, inference, literary text, text, analyze, evidence
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferneces • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Book clubs • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Literature Anthology • Conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read aloud • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
Learning Activities
Objective: 3: Key Ideas and Details - Point of View • CC.1.2.6.D Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. • E06.B-C.2.1.1
• E06.B-C.2.1.1 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
• explain, author, point of view, narrator, text, attitude/point of view
Objective: 4: Craft and Structure - Text Structure • CC.1.2.6.E Analyze the author’s structure through the use of paragraphs, chapters, or sections. • E06.B-C.2.1.2
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• E06.B-C.2.1.2 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, section, or text feature fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
• analyze, sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, structure of text, theme/central idea, setting, plot
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 5: Craft and Structure - Vocabulary
Page: 3
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.2.6.F Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context. • E06.B-V.4.1.1 • E06.B-V.4.1.2
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase; use common, gradeappropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible); determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text. • E06.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning: interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context; use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
• word, phrase, figurative language, text, connotation, analyze, word choice, tone
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels • Class discussion
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • •
Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation Journal letters
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• See science and social studies curriculum • Library research • Presentation
• See science and social studies curriculum
• Presentation • Rubric
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
Learning Activities
understand each of the words; distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e. g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
Objective: 6: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Diverse Media • CC.1.2.6.G Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
• compare, contrast, story, drama, poem, text, multimedia
Objective: 7: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Evaluating Arguments • CC.1.2.6.H Evaluate an author’s argument by examining claims and determining if they are supported by evidence. • E06.B-C.3.1.1
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• E06.B-C.3.1.1 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not (e.g., fact/opinion, bias).
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Read aloud • Graphic organizers
• Pearson materials • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 8: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Analysis Across Texts • CC.1.2.6.I Examine how two authors present similar information in different types of text. • E06.B-C.3.1.2
Page: 6
• E06.B-C.3.1.2 Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
• Compare, contrast, genre, story, poem/poetry, historical novel/account, fantasy story, theme/central idea, topic
• Pearson assessments • Teacher observations
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 9: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Page: 7
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.2.6.J Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. • CC.1.2.6.K Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools. • E06.B-V.4.1.1 • E06.B-V.4.1.2
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.B-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase; use common, gradeappropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible); determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text. • E06.B-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning: interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context; use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• See science and social studies curriculums
• See science and social studies curriculums
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Informational Text Big Idea: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
• Literary text, story, drama, poem/poetry
• Self selected reading, • Journal writing • Oral conferences • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Book projects • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class discussions
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
understand each of the words; distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e. g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
Objective: 10: Range of Reading • CC.1.2.6.L Read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.
Page: 9
• Pearson materials • Student Companion All-inOne workbook • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferneces Book projects Teacher observation TDA
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
• theme/central idea, text, summary, details, opinion, judgement
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Class novels • Graphic organizers
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read aloud book discussions • Literature circles • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
Objective: 1: Key Ideas and Details - Theme • CC.1.3.6.A Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. • E06.A-K.1.1.2
• E06.A-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Objective: 2: Key Ideas and Details - Text Analysis • CC.1.3.6.B Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text. • E06.A-K.1.1.1
Page: 10
• E06.A-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
• analyze, evidence, explicit, inference, literary text, text
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral confernece • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Book clubs • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
• Journal Letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Book clubs • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated graphic organizers • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
Learning Activities
Objective: 3: Key Ideas and Details - Literary Elements • CC.1.3.6.C Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. • E06.A-K.1.1.3
• E06.A-K.1.1.3 Describe how the plot of a particular story, drama, or poem unfolds, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
• plot, drama, story, description, series of episodes, event sequence, character, resolution
Objective: 4: Craft and Structure - Point of View • CC.1.3.6.D Determine an author’s purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in a text. • E06.A-C.2.1.1
Page: 11
• E06.A-C.2.1.1 Determine an author’s purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text; explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text; describe the effectiveness of the point of view used by the author.
• Explain, author, point of view, narrator, text, attitude/point of view
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • •
Objective: 5: Craft and Structure - Text Structure • CC.1.3.6.E Analyze how the structure of a text contributes to the development of theme, setting, and plot. • E06.A-C.2.1.2
Page: 12
• E06.A-C.2.1.2 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
• analyze, sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, structure of text, theme/central idea, setting, plot
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 6: Craft and Structure - Vocabulary
Page: 13
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.3.6.F Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context. • E06.A-C.2.1.3 • E06.A-V.4.1.1 • E06.A-V.4.1.2
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.A-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. • E06.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase; use common, gradeappropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). • E06.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning: interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole) in context; use
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
• word, phrase, figurative language, text, connotation, analyze, word choice, tone
• Journal letters • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Oral conferences • Self selected reading • Book projects • Read alouds • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class novels • Class discussion
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
• See library curriculum
• Rubric
the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words; distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
Objective: 7: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Sources of Information • CC.1.3.6.G Compare and contrast the experiences of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what is “seen” and “heard” when reading the text to what is perceived when listening or watching.
• compare, contrast, story, drama, poem, text, multimedia
• Completed in conjunction with library curriculum
Objective: 8: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Page: 15
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.3.6.H Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics as well as their use of additional literary elements. • E06.A-C.3.1.1
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.A-C.3.1.1 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e. g., stories, dramas, poems, historical novels, fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• compare, contrast, genre, story, poem, historical novel/account, fantasy story, theme/central idea, topic
• Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Read aloud • Graphic organizers
• Pearson materials • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes • Pearson assessments • Teacher observation
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 9: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Page: 17
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.3.6.I Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools. • CC.1.3.6.J Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. • E06.A-V.4.1.1 • E06.A-V.4.1.2
Page: 18
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase; use common, gradeappropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). • E06.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning: interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context; use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words; distinguish among the connotations (associations)
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• See CA curriculum in FileMakerPro
• See CA curriculum in FileMakerPro
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Reading Literature Big Idea: Students read and respond to works of literature - with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
• literary text, story, drama, poetry
• Self selected reading • Journal letters • Oral conferences • Pearson Common Core Literature Anthology • Book projects • Graphic organizers • Oral presentations • Class discussions
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e. g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
Objective: 10: Range of Reading • CC.1.3.6.K Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.
Page: 19
• Pearson materials • Journal topics • Teacher generated worksheets/activities • Library books
• • • • • •
Journal letters Pearson assessments Oral conferences Book projects Teacher observation TDA
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 1: Informative/Explanatory • CC.1.4.6.A Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly.
Objective: 2: Informative/Explanatory - Focus • CC.1.4.6.B Identify and introduce the topic for the intended audience. • E06.C.1.2.1 • E06.E.1.1.1
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• E06.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.E.1.1.1 Introduce text (s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 3: Informative/Explanatory - Content • CC.1.4.6.C Develop and analyze the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples; include graphics and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. • E06.C.1.2.2 • E06.E.1.1.2
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• E06.C.1.2.2 Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples. • E06.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
Materials/ Resources/ Technology Tools
Common Summative Assessments/ Targeted Outcomes
Objective: 4: Informative/Explanatory - Organization
Page: 22
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.4.6.D Organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension. • E06.C.1.2.1 • E06.C.1.2.3 • E06.C.1.2.6 • E06.E.1.1.1 • E06.E.1.1.3 • E06.E.1.1.6
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.C.1.2.1 Introduce a topic for the intended audience; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.C.1.2.3 Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. • E06.C.1.2.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from the information or explanation presented. • E06.E.1.1.1 Introduce text (s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. • E06.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from the analysis presented.
Key Vocabulary
Learning Activities
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 5: Informative/Explanatory - Style • CC.1.4.6.E Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition: use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic; use sentences of varying lengths and complexities; develop and maintain a consistent voice; establish and maintain a formal style. • E06.C.1.2.4-5 • E06.D.2.1.1-5 • E06.E.1.1.4-5
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• E06.C.1.2.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. • E06.C.1.2.5 Establish and maintain a formal style. • E06.D.2.1.1 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. • E06.D.2.1.2 Maintain consistency in style and tone. • E06.D.2.1.3 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. • E06.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect. • E06.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect. • E06.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events. • E06.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain formal style.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 6: Informative/Explanatory - Conventions of Language
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.4.6.F Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • E06.D.1.1.1-8 • E06.D.1.2.1-3
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.D.1.1.1 Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (i.e., subjective, objective, and possessive). • E06.D.1.1.2 Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). • E06.D.1.1.3 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. • E06.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents). • E06.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • E06.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences. • E06.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re). • E06.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronounantecedent agreement. • E06.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation (e.g., commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive / parenthetical elements.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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• E06.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly. • E06.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
Objective: 7: Opinion/Argumentative • CC.1.4.6.G Write arguments to support claims.
Objective: 8: Opinion/Argumentative - Focus • CC.1.4.6.H Introduce and state an opinion on a topic. • E06.C.1.1.1 • E06.E.1.1.1
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• E06.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience and support the writer’s purpose by organizing the reasons and evidence. • E06.E.1.1.1 Introduce text (s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 9: Opinion/Argumentative - Content • CC.1.4.6.I Use clear reasons and relevant evidence to support claims, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic. • E06.C.1.1.2 • E06.E.1.1.2
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• E06.C.1.1.2 Support claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. • E06.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 10: Opinion/Argumentative - Organization • CC.1.4.6.J Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s) and reasons by using words, phrases, and clauses; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. • E06.C.1.1.1 • E06.C.1.1.3 • E06.C.1.1.5 • E06.E.1.1.1 • E06.E.1.1.3 • E06.E.1.1.6
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• E06.C.1.1.1 Introduce claim(s) for the intended audience and support the writer’s purpose by organizing the reasons and evidence. • E06.C.1.1.3 Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. • E06.C.1.1.5 Provide a concluding section that reinforces the claims and reasons presented. • E06.E.1.1.1 Introduce text (s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. • E06.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from the analysis presented.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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Objective: 11: Opinion/Argumentative - Style • CC.1.4.6.K Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition: use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic; use sentences of varying lengths and complexities; develop and maintain a consistent voice; establish and maintain a formal style. • E06.C.1.1.4 • E06.D.2.1.1-5 • E06.E.1.1.4-5
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• E06.C.1.1.4 Establish and maintain a formal style. • E06.D.2.1.1 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. • E06.D.2.1.2 Maintain consistency in style and tone. • E06.D.2.1.3 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. • E06.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect. • E06.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect. • E06.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events. • E06.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 12: Opinion/Argumentative - Conventions of Language
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.4.6.L Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • E06.D.1.1.1-8 • E06.D.1.2.1-3
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.D.1.1.1 Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (i.e., subjective, objective, and possessive). • E06.D.1.1.2 Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). • E06.D.1.1.3 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. • E06.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents). • E06.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • E06.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences. • E06.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re). • E06.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronounantecedent agreement. • E06.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation (e.g., commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive / parenthetical elements.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
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Key Vocabulary
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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• E06.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly. • E06.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
Objective: 13: Narrative • CC.1.4.6.M Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
Objective: 14: Narrative - Focus • CC.1.4.6.N Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters. • E06.C.1.3.1
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• E06.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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Objective: 15: Narrative - Content • CC.1.4.6.O Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, description, and pacing to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. • E06.C.1.3.2 • E06.C.1.3.4
• E06.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, pacing, and description to develop experiences, events, and/or characters • E06.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
Objective: 16: Narrative - Organization
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.4.6.P Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another; provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and events. • E06.C.1.3.1 • E06.C.1.3.3 • E06.C.1.3.5
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Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.C.1.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.C.1.3.3 Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and to signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. • E06.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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Objective: 17: Narrative - Style • CC.1.4.6.Q Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing: vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style; use precise language; develop and maintain a consistent voice. • E06.C.1.3.4 • E06.D.2.1.1-5 • E06.E.1.1.4
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• E06.C.1.3.4 Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. • E06.D.2.1.1 Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. • E06.D.2.1.2 Maintain consistency in style and tone. • E06.D.2.1.3 Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. • E06.D.2.1.4 Choose punctuation for effect. • E06.D.2.1.5 Choose words and phrases for effect. • E06.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 18: Narrative - Conventions of Language
Page: 37
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards • CC.1.4.6.R Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. • E06.D.1.1.1-8 • E06.D.1.2.1-3
Page: 38
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content • E06.D.1.1.1 Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (i.e., subjective, objective, and possessive). • E06.D.1.1.2 Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). • E06.D.1.1.3 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. • E06.D.1.1.4 Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents). • E06.D.1.1.5 Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • E06.D.1.1.6 Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences. • E06.D.1.1.7 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re). • E06.D.1.1.8 Ensure subject-verb and pronounantecedent agreement. • E06.D.1.2.1 Use punctuation (e.g., commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive / parenthetical elements.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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• E06.D.1.2.2 Spell correctly. • E06.D.1.2.3 Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
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10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
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Objective: 19: Response to Literature • CC.1.4.6.S Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and literary nonfiction. • E06.E.1.1.1-6
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• E06.E.1.1.1 Introduce text (s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. • E06.E.1.1.2 Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s). • E06.E.1.1.3 Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. • E06.E.1.1.4 Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events. • E06.E.1.1.5 Establish and maintain a formal style. • E06.E.1.1.6 Provide a concluding section that follows from the analysis presented.
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
PA/Common Core Standards
Assessment Anchors/ Eligible Content
Key Vocabulary
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• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See CA FileMaker Pro curriculum
• See llbrary, science and social studies curriculum
• See llbrary, science and social studies curriculum
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Objective: 20: Production and Distribution of Writing - Writing Process • CC.1.4.6.T With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Objective: 21: Technology and Publication • CC.1.4.6.U Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single setting.
Objective: 22: Conducting Research • CC.1.4.6.V Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Writing Big Idea: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
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Objective: 23: Credibility, Reliability, and Validity of Sources • CC.1.4.6.W Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
• See llbrary, and science curriculum
Objective: 24: Range of Writing • CC.1.4.6.X Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
10/17/2016
Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Speaking and Listening Big Idea: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
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• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
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Objective: 1: Comprehension and Collaboration - Collaborative Discussion • C.1.5.6.A Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions, on grade-level topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Objective: 2: Comprehension and Collaboration - Critical Listening • CC.1.5.6.B Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims by identifying specific reasons and evidence and recognize arguments or claims not supported by factual evidence.
Objective: 3: Comprehension and Collaboration - Evaluating Information • CC.1.5.6.C Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
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Cocalico School District Course Curriculum Details Course: ELA - LW Grade 6 Area: Speaking and Listening Big Idea: Students present appropriately in formal speaking situations, listen critically, and respond intelligently as individuals or in group discussions.
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Objective: 4: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - Purpose, Audience, and Task • CC.1.5.6.D Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
• See CA curriculum in FileMaker Pro
Objective: 5: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - Context • CC.1.5.6.E Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks.
Objective: 6: Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas - Multimedia • CC.1.5.6.F Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
Objective: 7: Conventions of Standard English • CC.1.5.6.G Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on Grade 6 level and content.
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