ELA Grade 6 – Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text Writing Tasks Research Projects Other 1 Coming of Short Story: Article: Animals (Sandra – “Wild “Eleven” Age/Making Wonder Aren’t Pets” Cisneros) (USA “My Your Voice Horse” Today) Heard (Sabine R. Skinny Trees” “Four Ulibarri) Article: People (Sandra Cisneros) “Let Writing to Own Exotic Animals” Inform and (Zuzana Kukol) Short Story: “Thank Explain You Ma’am” Article: (Langston and Hughes) “Innocent Literary Reading Imprisoned” (Robert Focus McGuinness) Poem: (Close Poem for “A Reader) My Librarian, Mrs. RL.3 W.2 Long” (Nikki RL.6 W.7 Giovanni) Short Story: Article: House “What “White L.5 Do Fish Have to Do Conference Tackles with Anything?” (Avi) Bullying” (Mimi Hall) (Close Reader) (Assessment Booklet) Poem: Voice” (Pat Article: a “Parenting “A Mora) Bully: What Are the Responsibilities?” (Damien Steiner) Short Story: “The (Assessment White Booklet) Umbrella” (Gish Jen) (Assessment Booklet)
ELA – Grade 6 Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text Writing Tasks Research Projects Other 1 – Coming of Age/Making Your Voice Heard Writing to Inform and Explain Literary Reading Focus RL.3 W.2 RL.6 W.7 L.5 Short Story: “My Wonder Horse” (Sabine R. Ulibarri) “Eleven” (Sandra Cisneros) “Four Skinny Trees” (Sandra Cisneros) Short Story: “Thank You Ma’am” (Langston Hughes) Poem: “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” (Nikki Giovanni) Short Story: “What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?” (Avi) (Close Reader) Poem: “A Voice” (Pat Mora) Short Story: “The White Umbrella” (Gish Jen) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Wild Animals Aren’t Pets” (USA Today) Article: “Let People Own Exotic Animals” (Zuzana Kukol) Article: “Innocent and Imprisoned” (Robert McGuinness) (Close Reader) Article: “White House Conference Tackles Bullying” (Mimi Hall) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Parenting a Bully: What Are the Responsibilities?” (Damien Steiner) (Assessment Booklet)
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