6th Grade English Language Arts: Complete Curriculum of Sixth Grade ELA

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀: 

❶ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 If the class fee is a barrier to your learner's enrollment, message me for more information about payment plan options and scholarship opportunities. 

❷ 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 Learners registering for both the social studies and English Language Arts course of the same grade level in the same school year will be refunded $100 of their course fee. The refund will be made in the week before class meetings begin, at the time workbook links are being distributed to students. For learners on the payment plan, the $100 refund will be applied to the fourth payment. 

❸ 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 During Unit 1, we have four class meetings per week for five weeks, followed by a two-week fall break. We return for Unit 2, with four class meetings per week for three weeks and then a one-week break for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We return for the final two weeks of Unit 2, and then have a six-week winter break. Returning at the end of January, Unit 3 has four meetings per week for five weeks followed by a two-week spring break. After spring break, we finish up the school year by completing Unit 4 with four meetings per week for five weeks. 

❹ 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 Students will receive a virtual interactive workbook before the course begins. The workbook is created using Google Slides. Students will complete homework in the workbook and the teacher also provides feedback on homework in the workbook. 

❺ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 No refunds of course fees are given after the workbooks are distributed. 

❻ 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 Learners enrolled in any of my semester courses are invited to attend study hall, held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the semester, at no additional cost. This is a time when students can get extra help with assignments, ask questions, work with classmates on group projects, or just log in and work on homework with other learners. 

❼ 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 Homework is assigned following each class meeting. Most students will need some adult assistance with the homework. Students are welcome to attend the course and complete as much or as little homework as they and their adult wish. In order to receive a letter of completion, however, students must complete homework in order to earn at least a 70 percent of better on their final grade. 

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𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗜𝗫𝗧𝗛 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦

Sixth Grade English Language Arts is taught to common core standards, covering literature, writing, speaking and listening. Students practice reading for fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. They will learn to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says, determine a theme or central idea of a text, and to explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. There is a strong focus on grammar, which includes gerunds, participles and infinitives, appositives, and denotations and connotations. There are also daily journal writing assignment and weekly writing assignments that culminate with the completion of a scaffold research paper. Teaching will include lecture with slides, videos and other multi-media presentations, along with discussion, learning games and activities, worksheets and quizzes. 

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀:
On Mondays we will begin by sharing and discussing the previous week’s writing assignment. We will then have a discussion about the literature in the reading assignment and an introduction of the week’s vocabulary words. The week’s spelling word list will be introduced and students will be assigned a spelling word project for homework. Monday’s main focus will be a grammar lesson introducing the week’s new grammar concept. Monday homework will include a reading assignment, spelling word project, and journal writing prompt.

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: 
On Tuesdays we will share our spelling word homework, discuss the reading assignment and journal response from Monday, and review our grammar concept with grammar homework assigned. Tuesday’s main focus will be reading aloud from the week’s literature assignment. 
Tuesday homework will include a reading assignment, grammar project or worksheet, and journal writing prompt. 

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀:
On Wednesday, we begin by discussing Tuesday's journal response and reading assignment. Wednesdays are 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬! On Wednesdays we play games to practice the week's spelling words and vocabulary words. Wednesday homework will include a reading assignment, journal prompt, and preparing for Thursday’s spelling quiz.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀: 
On Thursdays we will have our weekly spelling quiz and do a final review of the week’s grammar concept. Our main focus on Thursday will be a writing lesson. Weekend homework will include a reading assignment, writing assignment, comprehension and grammar quiz.

This class is for learners who just want to practice their English Language Arts Skills, as well as students who want to get a letter of competition. There is 3-4 hours of homework to be completed each week. See the rubric below for how the learner will be evaluated.

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𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟭: 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆
(Students will need a paper or electronic copy of Ji-Li Jiang's 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 and Nancy Furstinger's 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒉, 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝑺𝑷𝑪𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔)
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲-𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Common and Proper Nouns, Rules for Titles, Capitalization
Writing Lesson: Letter writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Forward, Prologue, Chapter 1 of 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2 of 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4-6 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮:
Grammar Concept: Declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences, and punctuation
Writing Lesson: Memoir Writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 8 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 9 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 10-12 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯:
Grammar Concept: Analogies, homophones, multiple-meaning words
Writing Lesson: Memoir writing
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 13 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 15 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 16-17 and Epilogue 𝑹𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰:
Grammar Concept: Denotations and connotations
Writing Lesson: Book Report
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Introduction, Chapter 1-2 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3-4 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 5-6 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 7-9 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱:
Grammar Concept: Regular and irregular plural nouns
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Choosing a research topic, Weekend work-One paragraph about the research paper topic)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 10-11 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 12-13 of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 and "A Note from the Author" of 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit

𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟮: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆-𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁
(Students will need a paper or electronic copy of Natalie Babbitt's 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈)
𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰-𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲:
Grammar Concept: Subject and object, possessive and intensive pronouns
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Narrowing a research topic, Weekend work-One paragraph about the narrowed research paper topic)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 2 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 3 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 4-5 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳:
Grammar Concept: Demonstrative, relative, indefinite pronouns
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Reputable sources and citing sources, Weekend work-A list of three reputable sources related to the research paper topic)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 6 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 8 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 9-10 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟴:
Grammar Concept: Pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun shifts
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Taking Notes, Weekend work-Create notes from one of your sources)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 11 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 12 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 13 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 14-15 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟵:
Grammar Concept: Regular and irregular present-tense and past-tense verbs
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Finding the main idea and supporting details, Weekend work-Create notes from one of your sources)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 16 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 17 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 18 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 19-20 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟬:
Grammar Concept: Action, helping, linking, and transitive verbs, and subject-verb agreement
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Plagiarism, Weekend work-Create notes from one of your sources)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 21-22 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 23-24 of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Chapter 25 and Epilogue of 𝑻𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break

𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟯: 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆
(PDFs will be provided for reading assignments)
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳-𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟭:
Grammar Concept: Gerunds, participles, and infinitives 
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Writing a thesis statement, Weekend work-Write a thesis statement)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟮:
Grammar Concept: Appositives, adjectives, and adverbs
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Writing a thesis statement, Weekend work-Revising the thesis statement)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟯:
Grammar Concept: Conjunctions, interjections, prepositions, and prepositional phrases
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Making an outline, Weekend work-Create an outline)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Short Story Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟰:
Grammar Concept: Articles 
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Making an outline, Weekend work-Revising the outline)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟱:
Grammar Concept: Simple, compound, and complex sentences
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Organizing notes, Weekend work-Organizing notes)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Poetry Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: No Homework, End of Unit Break

𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝟰: 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁
(PDFs will be provided for reading assignments)
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟳-𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟳

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟲:
Grammar Concept: Sentence fragments, combining sentences, sentence variety
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Writing an introduction, rough draft and formatting the research paper, Weekend work-Write Page 1 of the rough draft)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Current Events Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Current Events Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Current Events Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Current Events Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟳:
Grammar Concept: Negatives and double negatives, synonyms and antonyms
Writing Lesson:(Research Paper Scaffold: Rough draft writing, Weekend work-Complete a rough craft)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: History Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: History Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟴:
Grammar Concept: Similes, metaphors, and personification
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Proofreading and editing, Weekend work-Complete a proofread and edited draft)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Science Reader (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟵:
Grammar Concept: Root words
Writing Lesson: (Research Paper Scaffold: Final draft, Weekend work-Complete final draft)
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Primary Sources (PDF Provided)
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Primary Sources (PDF Provided)
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Primary Sources (PDF Provided)
Thursdays Night Reading Assignment: Primary Sources (PDF Provided)

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬:
Grammar Concept: Review
Monday Night Reading Assignment: Classmates' Research Papers
Tuesday Night Reading Assignment: Classmates' Research Papers
Wednesday Night Reading Assignment: Classmates' Research Papers