Welcome to 6th Grade English Language Arts (ELA)!
We will use both the Wit and Wisdom and pieces of the Core Knowledge Curriculum for Language Arts in 6th grade.
Everything will be posted on Google Classroom. Please check there for all links and homework assignments!
ELA Google Classroom Invitation Link: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDk3MzgwODM3OTg3?cjc=3jvrimg
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1st Quarter
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8/15 - 10/13
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Language
Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 1: Resilience in the Great Depression; Bud, Not Buddy; Paragraph Writing; Mini Essay; Cause and Effect essay
Core Knowledge Unit: The Heritage of Ancient Greece and Rome
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2nd Quarter
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10/16 - 12/15
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Language Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 2: A Hero’s Journey; Ramayana: Divine Loophole OR The Odyssey; Explanatory Essay; Five Minute Group Presentation; Socratic Seminars; Original Monomyth and presentation
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3rd Quarter
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1/4 - 3/8
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Language Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 3: Narrating the Unknown; Blood on the River; Explanatory Paragraphs; Argumentative Paragraphs; Socratic Seminars, Argumentative Essay
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4th quarter
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3/11 - 5/23
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Language Arts
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Core Knowledge: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor by Temple Grandin
Wit and Wisdom Module 4: I Am Malala; Socratic Seminars; Research based explanatory essay
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