-
Sixth Grade English Language Arts
This class includes reading, writing, and grammar.The reading part of the class consists of reading fiction and nonfictions novels, short stories, and articles. The students are given opportunities to read silently, with partners, and in small groups. We write about our reactions and share through group discussions. Thhe students answer comprehension questions and work on vocabulary.The students are required to read one novel each month. A book report/project is to be turned in on each book. The book report/project is different for each month.In the writing part of the class, we focus on writing informational, narrative and argumentative essays. Writing skills are taught through mini lessons. The students then apply these lesson in their writing.The grammar lessons are taught on specific skills and the students apply these in their writing.Listed below are the novels that I select from each year. We do not read all of these books. Both reading classes do not always read the same books. There are also several selections from the reading book that can be read each year.Summer of the Swans – Betsy Byars
Shadow of a Bull – Maia Wojciechowska
Sing Down the Moon – Scott O’Dell
Call It Courage – Armstrong Sperry
The Black Pearl – Scott O’Dell
Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
A Single Shard – Linda Sue Park
Interrupted Journey – Kathryn Lasky
Pictures of Hollis Woods – Patricia Reilly Giff
A Long Way from Chicago – Richard Peck
Hatchet – Gary Paulson
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – Robert C. O’Brien
The Hundred Dresses – Eleanor Estes
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
Al Capone Does My Shirts - Gennifer CholdenkoWalk Two Moons - Sharon Creech