6年生と7年生; 読解力と文学的反応、フィクションとノンフィクション

Pods are welcome to request a private schedule

Small-Group Instruction (8 Max)
This allows me to work closely with each student to evaluate students' learning strengths, locate gaps in their reading development, and tailor lessons focused on specific learning objectives.

Disclaimer:
Parents, please be aware that January 2025 will include topics related to the civil rights movement, and May 2025 will include Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and WWII. See the following areas of this listing for more information - the course timeline (below), Parental Guidance, Teacher Expertise, and Sources. Feel free to message me with any questions or concerns about these topics. 

LEARNING SESSIONS
Students will experience a combination of direct instruction, note-taking, discussion, Socratic seminars, reading, writing, vocabulary, and the application of skills. In addition, students can expect independent and group interactions with the teacher and classmates. Please note that this course's writing is in the form of guided literary responses (short paragraph answers - not essays).

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Week of September 9th: Perseverance 
~ Literary Devices; Main idea and Theme
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.


Week of September 16th: Credibility 
~ Fact, Opinion, and Hyperbole
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

Week of September 23rd: 
~ Plot, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

Week of September 30th: 
~ Characterization and Motivation
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.


Week of October 7th: 
~ Inferences and Context Clues
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

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Mid-Fall Break
No Classes the Week of October 14th
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Week of October 21st: 
~ Figurative Language; similes, metaphors, and imagery
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

Week of October 28th: 
~ Figurative Language; personification, symbolism, and motifs
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

Week of November 4th
~ Outlining
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

Week of November 11th
~ Paraphrasing and summarizing
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.


Week of November 18th
~ Poetic Forms
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

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Holiday Break: Thanksgiving 
No Classes the Week of November 25th
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Week of December 2nd
~ Rhetoric; Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.


Week of December 9th
~ Topics, Claims, and Thesis Statements
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.


Week of December 16th 
~ Argument and Persuasion 
~ Introduction to the author and the passage; identify vocabulary, apply test-taking strategies, and begin reading.
~ Reading, annotation, and discussion; includes reading comprehension questions and literary response.

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END OF FALL SEMESTER
no classes until the week of January 6th
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Week of January 6th
Nonfiction; Empathy, Imagery, Sensory Details, and Rhetoric
~ Day One: Martin Luther King and The Civil Rights Movement
~ Day Two: Excerpts of the I Have a Dream Speech (Focus on Imagery & Figurative Language)

Week of January 13th
Nonfiction; Laws and changes during the Civil Rights Movement
~ Day One: Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965
~ Day Two: Synthesis; A brief look at the Emancipation Proclamation, WWII, and the Civil Rights Movement.
* I can affirm that these nonfiction articles have been researched and cross-referenced. Sources include history.com, brittannica.com, and kinginstitute.stanford.edu (The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute).

Week of January 20th
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Adversity 
Focus: Characterization, Extended Metaphor, Morale & Synthesis
~ Day One: The Friday Everything Changed (Short Story)
~ Day Two: An Obstacle by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (poem)

Week of January 27th
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Finding Purpose, Leadership, Living in the Present
Focus: Plot, inferencing, theme, and synthesis
~ Day One: The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
~ Day Two: The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling
Why is this text important? 
~ In Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy, we have the theme of wisdom, knowledge, awareness, kindness, forgiveness, and acceptance.
~ In The Elephant's Child, the theme shows how curiosity can open up new abilities, ideas, and knowledge.

Week of February 3rd
Genre: Nonfiction; historical and cultural text
~ Day One: The Great Migration (millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life)
~ Day Two: The Harlem Renaissance (African American Artists in the 1920s)
Important Topics: 
~ This week will include text identifying Jim Crow Laws and the Great Depression.
~ The focus will be on seeking opportunity and how the arts and artists helped build American culture.


THIS SEGMENT IS BEING REVISED

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Spring Break #1
No classes the week of February 17th
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Week of April 14th
Day One: Introduction to WWII (nonfiction)
Day Two: The Tuskegee Airmen (Nonfiction)

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Spring Break #2
No classes the week of April 21st
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Week of April 28th
~ Day One: Introduction to the Holocaust (Nonfiction - ushmm.org)
~ Day Two: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in WWII by The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Week of May 5th
~ Day One: Introduction to Anne Frank (Biography - annefrank.org)
~ Day Two: Miep Gies; The Woman that Helped Anne Frank (Biography)

Week of May 12th - Empathy, Imagery, Sensory Details, and Rhetoric
~ Day One: Excerpts of Anne Frank's Diary; June 6, 1944
~ Day Two: General Eisenhower's Order of the Day and Excerpts of Ronald Reagan's 40th Anniversary D-Day speech

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End of Spring Semester
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