BCS 6th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 4 – Person to Person: Analyzing Character and Point of View (6 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) contains lessons using these and other texts Fiction of the by Armstrong Sperry (Textbook * +) “Ghost Lagoon” by Walter Dean Myers (Textbook *) “Jeremiah’s Song” by Myron Levoy (Textbook * +) “Aaron’s Gift” Poetry by Maya Angelou (Textbook * +) “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Billy Collins (Textbook *) “On Turning Ten” Non-Fiction Text Analysis Workshop (Textbook *) and by Jerry Pinkey (Textbook *) “Role-Playing Discovery” Life and Adventures of by Nat Love (Textbook *) “The Nat Love” at the Top of the by Jim Haskins (Textbook *) “Mathew Henson World” Tales of by Roald Dahl “Boy: Childhood” Other Media Media Study-Film clip from (Textbook *) “Smallville” from Freak the Mighty “The Mighty” Excerpt by Kelly Clarkson (Song Lyrics) “Stronger” Textbooks Referenced: * Grade 6, Holt McDougal, 2012 + Grade 6, McDougal Littell, 2006 Literature The Language of Literature
BCS 6th Grade ELA Unit Guide Unit 4 – Person to Person: Analyzing Character and Point of View (6 Weeks) Suggested Text (Examples of text) contains lessons using these and other texts Fiction “Ghost of the Lagoon” by Armstrong Sperry (Textbook * +) “Jeremiah’s Song” by Walter Dean Myers (Textbook *) “Aaron’s Gift” by Myron Levoy (Textbook * +) Poetry “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya Angelou (Textbook * +) “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins (Textbook *) Non-Fiction Text Analysis Workshop (Textbook *) “Role-Playing and Discovery” by Jerry Pinkey (Textbook *) “The Life and Adventures of Nat Love” by Nat Love (Textbook *) “Mathew Henson at the Top of the World” by Jim Haskins (Textbook *) “Boy: Tales of Childhood” by Roald Dahl Other Media Media Study-Film clip from “Smallville” (Textbook *) “The Mighty” Excerpt from Freak the Mighty “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson (Song Lyrics) Textbooks Referenced: * Literature Grade 6, Holt McDougal, 2012 + The Language of Literature Grade 6, McDougal Littell, 2006
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