Subject : ENGLISH Title of Course : ENGLISH Grade Level : 6 Duration : ONE YEAR GREENWOOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 2017 2018 English Department Course Description Resources :- NOVELS: MATILDA By Roald Dahl RULES By Cynthia Lord HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT :Write Source: Skills Books G6 HANDOUTS & ACTIVITIES FOR THE NOVEL HOLT McDOUGAL LITERATURE VOCABULARY WORKSHOP GRAMMAR PRACTICE SHEETS TEACHER S HANDOUTS POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AUDIO CDS / AUDIO FILES WRITING RUBRICS INTERNET SITES GOALS: The students of grade 6 should be able to demonstrate the skills and understanding to master the Michigan Common Core State Standards for the following Strands. Common Core Readiness Anchor Standards Literature Informational Listening and Speaking 1
READING FLUENCY 1. The student will demonstrate fluency in oral reading by showing expression and acknowledging punctuation. 2. Enjoy, appreciate and evaluate language. 3. Speak effectively in a wide variety of styles. 4. The student will read aloud to increase accuracy and fluency as well as silent reading. 5. The student will demonstrate fluency during oral presentations applying conventions of grammar language and spoken English. COMPREHENSION 1. The students use inference and deduction skills. 2. The students answer guided reading questions. 3. Use background knowledge of subject and related content areas, pre-reading strategies (e.g., previewing, discussing, generating questions), text features, and text structure to make and confirm complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of a reading selection. 4. To determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher texts through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details. 5. To analyze a variety of text structures (e.g., comparison/contrast, cause/effect, chronological order, argument/support, lists) and text features (main headings with subheadings) and explain their impact on meaning in text. WRITING The students write effectively in a variety of styles. The students write journals and essays. STRATEGIES:- To progress through the writing process. To consider audience and purpose. To evaluate and revise for coherence and unity. To evaluate and revise for content and organization To evaluate and organize for clarity and conciseness APPLICATIONS:- 1. To write a movie/drama review. 2. To write descriptive essay. 3. To write opinion essay. 4. To analyze different forms of text. 2
WRITING LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS: - To proofread for correct usage. To proofread for correct verb/pronoun usage. To proofread for fragments and run-on-sentence. To proofread for correct spelling. To proofread for correct punctuation/capitalization. To proofread for correct manuscript. VOCABULARY:- 1. To use context clues. 2. To analyze word structure. 3. To use multiple-meaning words. 4. To identify and understand the meaning of conceptually advanced prefixes, suffixes, and root words. 5. To determine the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings in context. 6. To understand & solve word analogies. GRAMMAR:- 1. To identify subject & predicate. 2. To avoid sentence fragments. 3. To combine sentences correctly. 4. To determine the parts of speech 5. To practice parts of speech through exercises 6. To use verbs correctly 7. To use a dictionary to determine parts of speech 8. To use prepositions & prepositional phrases. MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:- The use of MS Powerpoint to create & present the research work and/or similar software, for instance Prezi, etc. Creating & using audio/video files for academic purposes. SPEAKING SKILLS:- Giving an oral presentation of their research project Oral presentation of short story Oral presentation of their personal narratives. 3
OBJECTIVES : LITERATURE 1. To understand and analyze plot and setting 2. To understand and analyze characterization 3. To understand and analyze point of view 4. To understand and analyze theme 5. To understand and analyze types of irony 6. To understand mood 7. To understand and analyze elements of poetry 8. To analyze different forms and types of poetry 9. To analyze elements of style, including diction, sentence structure, imagery, figurative language, tone, and mood 10. Analyze historical context 11. To understand elements of drama 12. To understand forms of nonfiction 13. To understand and analyze persuasion 14. To analyze the writer s purpose Term 1 Course Description along with the Anchor Standards for the Three Terms Strand UNIT 1: Plot, Conflict, and Setting Analysis Workshop: What makes a good story? The School Play Strand UNIT 2: Analyzing Character and Point of View Eleven UNIT 3: Understandin g Theme The Dog of Pompeii Literature Plot Elements RL3 analysis RL5 Plot Elements RL3 Literature Point of View RL6 theme RL2 Informational Informational Review of a drama W2 narrative W3 4 Speaking and listening Speaking and listening Avoid Sentence Fragments L1 Consult dictionaries L4c Punctuate correctly L2
Pompeii and Vesuvius analysis RL5 central idea. RI2 Author s Purpose RI6 Conducting research W7 explanatory texts W2 Integration of Info. RI7 Term 2 Strand Unit 4: Sensory, Imagery, and Style Tuesday of the Other June Poem: Primer Unit 5: The of Poetry What Makes a Poem? Fall Change Who knows if the moon s Two Limericks Literature meanings RL4 Compare and Contrast RL9 meanings RL4 Compare and Contrast RL9 meanings RL4 analysis RL5 Poetic Elements RL4, RL10 meanings RL4 Informational narratives W3 explanatory texts W2 Conducting research W7 5 Speaking and listening Collaborative group discussion SL.6.1 Collaborative group discussion SL.6.1 Using context clues L4a Consult dictionaries L4c Interpret figures of speech L5a Demonstrate commands of language L1
Unit 7: Biography and Autobiograph y From The Story of My Life meaning from context RI 4 Author s point of view RI 6 Read literary non-fiction RI 10 Word relationship L5b Acquire accurate academic vocabulary L6 Term 3 Strand Unit 8: Information, Argument, and Persuasion What Video Games Can Teach Us? The Violent Side of Video Games Literature Informational Evaluate argument RI 8 Compare and Contrast RI 9 Evaluate argument RI 8 Compare and Contrast RI 9 Write argument to support claims W1 Write argument to support claims W1 Speaking and listening Demonstrate command of language conventions L1 Correct punctuate L2 Consult thesaurus L4c Demonstrate command of language conventions L1 Correct punctuate L2 Consult thesaurus L4c 6
1. Grade Distribution: English Term1 % Term 2 & 3 % Final Exam Composition/Journals/ Articles 10 10 Comprehension Listening Comprehension 5 5 5 5 /Novel 5 10 Spellings 5 5 Grammar w/s 5 10 Research, PBL & Drama 10 10 Listening and Speaking 5 5 Graded Classwork 10 15 Quizzes 15 20 MAP 5 5 Mid Term Exam 20 Total 100 100 100 marks examination 2. Students would be graded for completion of any kind of task assigned to them on a scale of: A+ 5 Excellent/ Outstanding A 4 ½ Very Good B 4 Good C 3 Well Done/ Fair D 2 ---------- E 1 ---------- Assessment Tools: 1. Homework will be checked for completeness, accuracy, and/or understanding. 2. Class work will be evaluated overall by the teacher. 3. Quizzes are given as needed. 4. Grammar will be assessed as applied to context. 5. skills will be assessed to vocabulary, punctuation, grammar, varied openers and connectives used. 6. : inference, deduction, skimming and scanning techniques will be used to test level of understanding. Fluency in reading and comprehending. 7. Pass mark 60. Unit tests and assessments may consist of multiple-choice, short answers, inference and deduction, oral and written comprehension tasks, grammar, spellings, short and long writing tasks. 7
PERFORMANCE AREAS (Skills) Communication and social skills Presentation of work Group and individual performance poetry Identify the tone, mood, and emotion conveyed in poems Making generalizations Recognizing connections Finding the Main Idea Improving fluency & reading rate Forming opinions Understanding the listening process Participating in an oral discussion Understanding Type Styles, Visuals and Graphics, and page layout. Creating Print Media. Holding a debate. Understanding the techniques of Clear and Distinct Speech Analyzing Oral s 8