Welcome to 6th Grade English Language Arts
2018-2019
2018-2019
Quarter 3 Learning Targets
We are starting Quarter 3 with Flush, a realistic fiction novel written by Carl Hiaasen. This book was published in 2005, and it takes place in the Florida Keys. The main character is Noah Underwood. The ELA homework will involve reading chapters of this book at home. You can find the audiobook link of Flush on Google Classrooms.
Quarter 3 Essential Vocabulary and Concepts
We are starting Quarter 3 with Flush, a realistic fiction novel written by Carl Hiaasen. This book was published in 2005, and it takes place in the Florida Keys. The main character is Noah Underwood. The ELA homework will involve reading chapters of this book at home. You can find the audiobook link of Flush on Google Classrooms.
Quarter 3 Essential Vocabulary and Concepts
Quarter 2 Supporting Learning Targets
These Supporting Learning Targets correspond with the EL Education lessons we use in all WCPSS ELA classrooms. Please click on the link above to see the objectives for quarter one ELA. This document lists all the skills students are expected to acquire during this quarter.
Summary of Quarter 2
These Supporting Learning Targets correspond with the EL Education lessons we use in all WCPSS ELA classrooms. Please click on the link above to see the objectives for quarter one ELA. This document lists all the skills students are expected to acquire during this quarter.
Summary of Quarter 2
Quarter 1 Supporting Learning Targets
These Supporting Learning Targets correspond with the EL Education lessons we use in all WCPSS ELA classrooms. Please click on the link above to see the objectives for quarter one ELA. This document lists all the skills students are expected to acquire during this quarter.
Writers Craft Student Notes
These notes will help students understand literary devices that should be used in their middle school writing. Students, please read this carefully so that you are familiar with this terminology. Some of it will be familiar to you, and some of it may be new information.
Understanding the Hero's Journey
These videos, articles, and graphic organizers will help all students understand the concept of the hero's journey. While many students have already read The Lightning Thief, it is going to be important to reread the novel through the lens of the hero's journey. It is essential that students develop an understanding of the hero's journey!
Summary of Quarter 1
These Supporting Learning Targets correspond with the EL Education lessons we use in all WCPSS ELA classrooms. Please click on the link above to see the objectives for quarter one ELA. This document lists all the skills students are expected to acquire during this quarter.
Writers Craft Student Notes
These notes will help students understand literary devices that should be used in their middle school writing. Students, please read this carefully so that you are familiar with this terminology. Some of it will be familiar to you, and some of it may be new information.
Understanding the Hero's Journey
These videos, articles, and graphic organizers will help all students understand the concept of the hero's journey. While many students have already read The Lightning Thief, it is going to be important to reread the novel through the lens of the hero's journey. It is essential that students develop an understanding of the hero's journey!
Summary of Quarter 1