ELA Grade 6 Curriculum Map
Reading Focus: Literary
Writing Focus: Explanatory
AZCCRS
Targeted:
RL 2, 4, 5, 7
RI 3, 4
W3
SL 5
L5
Complementary:
RL 3
RI 9
Student Standards
**Identity 1 - Students will develop
positive social identities based on their
membership in multiple groups in society.
**Identity 2 - Students will develop
language, historical, and cultural knowledge
that affirms and accurately describes their
membership in multiple social groups.
**Anti-Bias Framework
http://perspectives.tolerance.org/?qnode/494
Constant:
RL 10
RI 10
W 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
SL 1, 2, 6
L 1, 2, 6
Unifying Concept: Transformation
Quarter 3
Selected Readings of Complex Texts
Big Ideas
Adopted Anthology: The Language of Literature
Extended Texts:
A Star in the Forrest by Laura Resau
The Voyage of the Frog by Gary Paulsen
Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Additional Options:
*”Growing Pains,” by Jean Little
*”The Jacket,” by Gary Soto (literature companion
video)
*”The Jacket,” by Gary Soto
*The Story of My Life by Keller Williams
Matthew Hensen, Top of the World by Haskins Steel (IR)
The Changeling by Ortiz Coffer
Zlateh, the Goat, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Essential Questions:
1. How do diction, syntax, and imagery
reveal an author's style and voice?
2. To what extent do mood and tone reveal
an author's style and voice?
*Available in anthology; MC additions
Assessment Guides
Writing Informative and Explanatory Essay Rubric
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2015/04/grade-6-11-informative-explanatorywriting-rubric-azmerit1.pdf
6-8 Informative/Explanatory
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2015/01/grade-6-8-informative-explanatorywriting-guide-azmeritv2.pdf
Performance Level Descriptors
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2015/07/azmerit-plds_ela_grade-6.pdf
TUSD Office of Curriculum Development/ Revised 10-2-2015; version 2.1 ©
Enduring Understanding:
An author's style and voice are revealed
through diction, syntax, imagery, mood, and
tone.
Instructional Strategies
DOK Levels
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2014/11/dok-levels.pdf
DOK Stems
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2014/11/dok-question-stems.pdf
Hess’s Matrix
http://www.azed.gov/assessment/files/2014/11/hess-matrix.pdf
Socratic Seminar
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/socratic/index.html
Free Master Teacher Lesson Plans
http://betterlesson.com/