QPS Grade 6 ELA Curriculum Pacing and Alignment Guide

Collection 5: Decisions That Matter, Pages 251-307

Timeline: September/October (Roughly 6 Weeks)

Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Words Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Text(s):

end of the year): Achieve -Memoir by Colin Powell from It
Decisions That Matter -Write a personal narrative about a Individual Worked for Me: In Life and
decision made Instance Leadership
-Write an argument giving views Outcome
Enduring Understandings: -Biography by Warren Brown
Principle
on how peoples decisions shape from Colin Powell:Military
Claustrophobic
Explore how and why people make certain choices their lives Leader
Precarious
in their lives Prestigious
Formative Assessments Priority Poetry:
Essential Questions: (Throughout the unit): Allure -Robert Frost The Road Not
-active participation in Perseverance
See Setting a Purpose under each text selection Taken
collaborative discussion Resentment
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-myNotebook annotations Lament
Standards: Stealthy Paul Reveres Ride(Audio
-completion of interactive lesson(s)
Linger Version Available)
-completing Analyzing the Text
Common Core State Standards are found on the top Serene Short Stories:
questions
right corner of pages in the text and corresponding Poised -The First Day of School by R.
Key Learning Objectives are listed at the beginning -online quizzes
V. Cassalli
of each collection. -research for performance task(s)
-performance tasks associated with
Nonfiction:
each text selection (this collection TV Newscast by CBS News
includes: informative presentation, Memorial Is Unveiled for Heroes
essay, collaborative discussion, of Flight 93
analysis [writing], media
commentary) -News Article by Jodi Wilgoren
-Performance Assessment (book) and Edward Wong On Doomed
assessment associated with this Flight, Passengers Vowed to
collection Perish Fighting

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 Collection 5: Decisions that Matter, Pages 251-307
Timeline: September/October (Roughly 6 weeks)
Standards-based Skills & Concepts
Reading:
Through close reading and purposeful annotation:
Summarize events Character Parallelism
Cause-and-effect Setting Define multiple meaning words
Analyze text Tone Writing:
Memoir Narrative Poetry Pronouns
Biography Plot vague pronouns
Analyze Language Theme in Poetry antecedent
Point of View symbolism Noun Phrases
Primary Source Structure in Poetry comparative and superlative
Secondary Source stanza Adverb Phrases
Chronological order rhyme scheme Poetry
Sequence rhyme Quotations
Infer end rhyme Varied Sentence Patterns
Interpret Meter Informative Essay
Synthesize News Reports Verbs and Verb Phrases
Draw Conclusions integrate information from Write an Argument
Evaluate reports Develop a Claim
Mood Purpose, main ideas Gather Evidence
Imagery Common Sources: Consider Purpose and Audience
Figures of Speech interviews, expert Revise Draft
Flashback testimony, witnesses Compound Sentence
Climax Differences: text, graphic Complex Sentence
Foreshadowing Rhythm Final Draft

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 Collection 1: Facing Fear, Pages 1-67
Timeline: November/December

Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Words Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Texts (s):

Collection 1 end of the year): Evident The Ravineby Graham
Facing Fear -Present a response to literature Factor Salisbury (Short Story)
(p.1) (one selection from the collection) Indicate
-Write an informative essay about a Similar -Fears and Phobias (Online
Specific Article by Kidshealth.org
Enduring Understandings: fear, using information in collection
Gnarly
Explore how people experience fear and how & own research Rivulet
fear affects the brain and body
Cascade Poetry:
Formative Assessments Precipice Life Doesnt Frighten Me by
Essential Questions: (Throughout the unit): Technician Maya Angelou
See Setting a Purpose under each text selection -active participation in collaborative Reminisce
discussion Emphatic
-myNotebook annotations Conscientious Short Stories:
-completion of interactive lesson(s) Activate -Fine? By Margaret Peterson
Standards: -completing Analyzing the Text Trigger Haddix
Turbulence
questions
Common Core State Standards are found on the Immaturity
top right corner of pages in the text and -online quizzes Ambush Drama:
corresponding Key Learning Objectives are -research for performance task(s) Aggression
listed at the beginning of each collection. -performance tasks associated with Confidence
each text selection (this collection Distract
includes: informative essay, Nonfiction:
narrative, response to literature In the Spotlight from Stuff That
Scares Your Pants Off!
[speaking], summary writing, letter
Informational Text by Glenn
writing, podcast development) Murphy
-Performance Assessment (book) -Wired for Fear Online
assessment associated with this Science Exhibit by The
collection California Science Center

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 Collection 1: Facing Fear, Pages 1-67
Timeline: November/December
Standards-based Skills & Concepts
Reading: structure of text details
Through close reading and purposeful flashback examples
annotation: close reading anecdotes
Plot authors style integrating information
elements of plot word choice standard English & variations
sequence of events connotation commas and dashes
Suspense sentence structure subjective/objective pronouns
external/internal conflict imagery quotation marks
character development figurative language (simile) possessive pronouns
traits tone adverbials
motivation central idea (stated/implied) Speaking & Listening:
making inferences about supporting details main idea of video
characters prediction purpose of video
setting elements of poetry sound devices in poetry
mood stanzas repetition
point of view couplets visual elements
Voice rhyme scheme stills
Dialogue speaker animation
internal monologue Writing: subtitles
dialect summary sound elements
text features topic sentence music
boldface/colored type citing text evidence narration
headings/subheadings support opinions
sidebar facts/statistics

Collection 2: Animal Intelligence, Pages 71-133

Revised August 2017
 Timeline: January/February

Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Texts (s):

Collection 2 end of the year): Benefit The Mixer by P.G. Woodhouse
Animal Intelligence -Write a literary analysis, analyzing Distinct (Short Story)
(p. 71) an animal as narrator/main Environment -Science Writing by Dorothy
character of a story Illustrate Hinshaw Patent from How Smart
Respond Are Animals?
Enduring Understandings: -Give an informative presentation,
Surfeit
Explore various perspectives on the intelligence exploring how animals show Criticize Poetry:
of animals intelligence Amiable Animal Wisdom by Nancy
Wallop Wood
Essential Questions: Formative Assessments Mope -The Last Wolf by Mary
See Setting a Purpose under each text selection (Throughout the unit): Morbid TallMountain
-active participation in collaborative Malice
Standards: discussion Treacherous Nonfiction:
-myNotebook annotations Prosperity Informational Text by Peter
Common Core State Standards are found on the -completion of interactive lesson(s) Embrace Christie from Animal Snoops:The
Evolve Wondrous World of Wildlife
top right corner of pages in the text and -completing Analyzing the Text
corresponding Key Learning Objectives are listed Attribute Spies
questions Phenomenon
at the beginning of each collection.
-online quizzes Inconsistency -Speech by George Graham West
-research for performance task(s) Complexity Tribute to the Dog
-performance tasks associated with Aptitude
each text selection (this collection Eavesdrop
includes: 3 informative essays, Foil
Predator
discussion, & informative
Stake
presentation) Intercept
-Performance Assessment (book) Plummet
assessment associated with this
collection

Collection 2: Animal Intelligence, Pages 71-133

Timeline: January/February
Standards-based Skills & Concepts

Revised August 2017

Reading Concepts: to illustrate or connect ideas
Through close reading and purposeful annotation: text features
character development Headings
point of view boldface/colored text
speaker vs.narrator photographs/illustrations
Dialogue Captions
limitations of perspective charts
creating humor with first person perspective compare/contrast concepts
Narrator (reliable vs. unreliable) Writing:
Irony summarizing text
text structure central idea(s)
close reading supporting details
elements of argument chunking long texts to summarize sections
transition words/phrases
argument in form of a speech
sequence of events
tracing & evaluating an argument comparison of ideas
analyzing language Contrasting ideas
figurative language cause & effect
structure (or form) of poetry paraphrasing
authors purpose citing text evidence
drawing (valid) conclusions integrating information from varied sources
intensive pronouns
based on evidence
relative pronouns (who/whom)
based on prior experience or reference to a related
pronoun number
idea
antecedent
reasoning
Capitalization
elements of nonfiction
proper adjectives
Anecdote
proper nouns
to make a point
taking notes
to provide further information in an
categorizing information
entertaining/memorable way
Collection 3:Dealing with Disaster, Pages 137-205
Timeline: March

Revised August 2017

 Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Words Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Texts (s):

Collection 3-- end of the year): Circumstance Mammoth Shakes and Monster
Dealing with Disaster -Create a multimedia presentation Constraint Waves:Destruction in 12
(p. 137) -Narrative Impact Countries Informational Text by
about what happens after a ship hits Injure Brenda Z.Guiberson
Significant -History Writing by Walter Lord
Enduring Understandings: an iceberg
Rupture from A Night to Remember
Discover how people react in the face of disaster
Gauge
Formative Assessments Traumatize Poetry:
Essential Questions: (Throughout the unit): Antibiotic After the Hurricane by Rita
See Setting a Purpose under each text selection -active participation in collaborative Degradation Williams -Garcia
discussion Magnitude -Watcher, After Katrina,2005
-myNotebook annotations Repress by Natasha D. Trethewey
Standards: -completion of interactive lesson(s) Mock
-completing Analyzing the Text Grimace Short Stories:
Common Core State Standards are found on the top right questions Venture The Banana Tree by James
corner of pages in the text and corresponding Key Bore Berry
-online quizzes
Learning Objectives are listed at the beginning of each Knot
collection. -research for performance task(s) Indulge
-performance tasks associated with Shudder
each text selection (this collection Jar Nonfiction:
includes: discussion, poetry, Ominous Documentary by James Cameron
narrative nonfiction, & research) from Titanic at 100:Mystery
-Performance Assessment (book) Greek affixes Solved.
assessment associated with this
collection

Collection 3:Dealing with Disaster, Pages 137-205

Timeline: March
Standards-based Skills & Concepts

Revised August 2017

Reading Concepts: stanza number agreement
Through close reading and purposeful repetition shifts in pronoun person
annotation: rhythm participles
cause & effect line gerunds
diagrams line break common vs. proper nouns
integrate/synthesize information meter draw conclusions
foot evidence
authors style
iamb research
tone trochee notes
word choice spondee sources
sentence structure Anapest capitalization
point of view dactyl consistency in style & tone
imagery dialect
literal language dialogue Speaking/Listening:
figurative language character traits documentary
simile narrative non-fiction voice-over narration
metaphor specialized vocabulary Interviews
alliteration
personification
foreshadowing Animation
Poetry Footage
Writing:
form Pronouns primary sources
free-verse vs. traditional antecedents

Collection 4: Making Your Voice Heard, Pages 209-247

Timeline: April/May
Revised August 2017
 Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Words Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Texts (s):

Collection 4-- end of the year): Appropriate Editorial by USA TODAY
Making Your Voice Heard -Write a speech presenting an Authority Wild Animals Arent Pets
(p.209) argument in favor of or against a Consequence -Commentary by Zuzana Kukol
topic, using facts & examples to Justify Let People Own Exotic
Legal Animals
Enduring Understandings: justify opinions
Lethargy
Explore the many ways people express their
Vigil Poetry:
ideas--and themselves Formative Assessments Mandate A Voice by Pat Mora
(Throughout the unit): Recoil -Words Like Freedom by
Essential Questions: -active participation in collaborative Indignity Langston Hughes
See Setting a Purpose under each text discussion Indomitable
selection -myNotebook annotations Exotic Short Stories:
-completion of interactive lesson(s) Dictate My Wonder Horseby Sabine
-completing Analyzing the Text Menagerie R. Ulibarri
Standards: questions Regulate -Elevenby Sandra Cisneros
Rattle
-online quizzes
Common Core State Standards are found on the Raggedy
-research for performance task(s) Alley
top right corner of pages in the text and
-performance tasks associated with Invisible
corresponding Key Learning Objectives are
listed at the beginning of each collection. each text selection (this collection
includes: informative essay,
argument, collaborative discussion,
& poem)
-Performance Assessment (book)
assessment associated with this
collection

Collection 4: Making Your Voice Heard, Pages 209-247

Timeline: April/May
Revised August 2017
 Standards-based Skills & Concepts
Reading: Argument plot
Through close reading and purposeful Logic Characterization
annotation: Emotion Traits
Conflict
Claim motivation
Internal
Support inference
external
tracing an argument
theme
evaluating an argument Writing:
figures of speech written expression
counterarguments
Simile spelling
paraphrasing
Metaphor punctuating dialogue
persuasive techniques
personification adverbial phrases
loaded language
formal vs. informal language pronouns
connotation and denotation
slang
compare & contrast arguments
point of view Speaking/Listening:
authors style
Narrator presenting an argument in a speech
word choice
First-person use of formal & informal speech
sensory details
Third-person
tone
speaker
dialogue

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 Collection 6: What Tales Tell, Pages 311-377
Timeline: June
Theme, Ending Understandings, & Essential How Students will Demonstrate Vocabulary Words Suggested Resources for this
Questions for This Unit their Understanding Multi-Genre unit

Theme/ Unit: Summative Assessment (At the Anchor Texts (s):

Collection 6-- end of the year): Emphasize Greek Myth by Rosemary
What Tales Tell -Collaborative discussion about Occur Sutcliffe from Black Ships
lessons that can be learned from Period Before Troy:The Story of the
Enduring Understandings: stories Relevant Iliad
Explore how traditional stories reveal the values of -Rewrite one of the selections in the Tradition
a culture collection as a play Weary
Summons Poetry:
Essential Questions: Conceal The Apple of Discord 1 by
See Setting a Purpose under each text selection Despair Kate Hovey
Formative Assessments Pestilence
Standards: (Throughout the unit): Brood Short Stories:
-active participation in collaborative Collapse Chinese Folk Tale by Ai-Ling
Common Core State Standards are found on the top discussion Banquet Louie Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella
right corner of pages in the text and corresponding -myNotebook annotations Glisten Story from China
Key Learning Objectives are listed at the beginning Entrance
-completion of interactive lesson(s)
of each collection. Undaunted Drama:
-completing Analyzing the Text Timid -Novel by Mark Twain
questions Revolutionary Dramatized by Joellen Bland The
-online quizzes Dialect Prince and the Pauper
-research for performance task(s) Immortal
-performance tasks associated with Monumental
each text selection (this collection Isolate Nonfiction:
Essay by Simone Payment The
includes: written analysis, argument
Analogies Role of Myths in Ancient
[speaking], narrative, dramatic Using a glossary Greece,. from Greek Mythology
reading [speaking], discussion Latin roots
[speaking])
-Performance Assessment (book)
assessment associated with this
collection

Collection 6 : What Tales Tell, Pages 311-377

Timeline: June
Revised August 2017
 Standards-based Skills & Concepts
Reading: cast of characters
Through close reading and purposeful annotation: stage directions
myth period (setting)
Theme Acts
summarizing to determine theme scene
archaic language one-act play
parody Script
symbol dialogue
folk tales Essay
Plot pattern of organization
Conflict central (main) idea
Resolution supporting details
climax citing textual evidence
foreshadowing text features
inference headings and subheadings
Characterization Writing:
Traits spelling
motivation parentheses
Drama citing evidence

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