Revised 06/15
Sixth Grade
ELA Pacing Map
2015-2016
Date
Aug 6-7
Aug 10
Days
2
1
Aug 11
1
Aug 12
Aug 13
Aug 14
1
1
1
Aug 17
1
Aug 18
Aug 19-20
1
2
Materials
Team Building Activities
Part of Speech Review
Pronoun:
Subj., Obj., Poss., Int.,
Antecedents
Verb:
Present/Past/Future
varies
PAPA-N-VIC
Grammar/Writing pp. 140, 146, 152, 158
Future Perfect Verb Tense
Adverbs
Prepositions
Comparative/Superlative
Adjectives
My Scholastic Grammar pp. 8-9
Adverb Wheel
List of Preposition
Exit Slip
Grammar/Writing pp. 188
Grammar/Writing pp. 190
Capitalization
Nouns (common and proper)
Complete Sentence:
4 Types of Sentences - Interjection
Compound & Complex – Conj.
Clauses & Phrases
Punctuation
Parts of Speech
IDEA
ORGANIZATION
VOICE
Aug 21
Aug 24
Concept/Skill
3
EXCELLENT WORD CHOICE
SENTENCE FLUENCY
Aug 25
Aug 26
CONVENTIONS
1
Grammar/Writing pp. 104
Formative
KCAS
L.6.1
Grammar/Writing pp. 142,
148
L.6.1
Grammar/Writing pp.106
L.6.1
L.6.1
TpT Capitalization Packet
Poster
Grammar/Writing p. 50
Grammar/Writing p. 68
Grammar/Writing p. 62
WriteSteps Grammar Reference Guide
Summative Assessment
worksheet
Grammar/Writing p. 52
Grammar/Writing p. 70
Grammar/Writing p. 64
Exit Slip
Teacher Made Test Packet
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th St Roni Shotter
Tub-boo-boo Margie Palatini
My Brother Dan’s Delicious Steven Layne
What If… Regina Williams
Meanwhile Jules Feiffer
Punctuation Takes A Vacation Robin Pulver
Just Me and 6000 Rats Rick Walton
Fall MAP
1
VOICES Test
L.6.2
L.6.2
L.6.2
L.6.1
W.6.4
W.6.4
W.6.4
W.6.4
W.6.4
W.6.4
Revised 06/15
Theme Writing (Real Narrative)
Aug 27Sep 9
9
Sep 10-11
2
Friendly Letter
Sep 14
1
Business Letter
Sep 15
1
Email Format
Sep 16
1
Language Mechanics Scrimmage
Sep 17
Sep 18
1
1
Use Eve Bunting’s “Rule of 3” for Plot Line Development
Shurley U6:G1A/B Ex 1-2
Grammar/Writing p. 97
Shurley U6:G4 A Ex 1-2
Research Unknown
Words
OPEN
Grammar/Writing p. 133
Lang. Mechanics Scrimmage Test
Dictionaries
Shurley pp. 513
Shurley U6:G2 Test
Exercise 1
Shurley U6:G5 Ex 1
Shurley U6:G6 Test Ex 1
Computer Lab
(Oct 12)
M
(Oct 14)
W
Sign Pledge Cards In Blood
Guest Speaker – School Nurse
Oct 15
1
Write Steps Unit 6 (Research Project)
Hyperbole
Homonym, Homophone
W.6.3
L.6.1L.6.9
RS pp. 19-20
Either do Helen Keller Research Project OR Feature Article Style (TpT Unit)
Post Pictures on Website
Identify Bad Habits of Writing
1
W.6.3
L.6.6
Thesaurus
Shurley pp. 513
Catch Up
12
Oct 14
W.6.3
RS pp. 89-90
Sep 21 –
Oct 13
Figurative Language Review
Include:
Allusion
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Homograph
Figurative Language Review
Include:
Adage/Proverbs
Imagery
W.6.3
Post Pictures on Website
W.6.6
W.6.7
W.6.8
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
Jumpstarters:
Definition
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
Definition
That’s Good, That’s Bad Margery Cuyler
Zoola Palooza Gene Barretta
Allusion
L.6.5
Jumpstarters:
Definition
The Aminal Lorna Ballian
Zak’s Lunch Margie Palatini
Definition
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? Cleary
2
Adage
L.6.5
Hyperbole
Revised 06/15
Figurative Language Review
Include:
Idiom
Oct 16
1
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Metaphor
(Oct 16)
F
Mr. Bad Habits – Call 911
Arrival by – EMT’s
(Oct 19)
M
Mr. Bad Habits Still in Hospital
Phone Call – School Nurse
(Oct 20)
T
Mr. Bad Habits Moved to ICU
Phone Call – School Nurse
(Oct 21)
W
Mr. Bad Habits Is Improving
Phone Call – School Nurse
(Oct 22)
TH
Mr. Bad Habits on Life Support?
Phone Call – School Nurse
(Oct 23)
F
Mr. Bad Habits Dies
Phone Call – School Nurse
M
Mr. Bad Habits of Writing
Guest Speaker – Mortician
Angie Birge, Mortician
270-590-1933
Halloween
Week
(Oct 26-30)
Oct 19 –
Nov 10
W
TH
F
“The Funeral”
Guest Speaker - Preacher
10
My Momma Likes To Say
In A Pickle Marvin Terban
Definition
Piggie Pie Margie Palatini
Definition
Post Pictures on Website
Idiom
L.6.5
Synecdoche
Post Pictures on Website
Bad Habits of Writing
Post Pictures on Website
Writing an Obituary
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
W.6.4
W.6.5
“The Witch”
Laying the Foundations
“The Witch”
“The Witch”
“The Witch”
T
Jumpstarters:
“The Witch”
“The Witch”
Bad Habits of Writing
Post Pictures/Video on Website
Write Steps Unit 3b (Informative)
3
L.6.1
L.6.2
L.6.3
W.6.2
Revised 06/15
Card Tricks/LEGO Creation (Expository) (TpT Unit)
Essay with Text Based Details (TpT Unit)
Nov 11-17
5
Nov 18-24
5
Nov 30 –
Dec 11
10
Dec 14-15
2
Dec 16-17
Dec 18
2
1
Jan 4-8
5
Reindeer Games
Pun, Oxymoron,
Palindrome, Anagram, Redundant
Jan 11-15
5
Language Mechanics Review
Jan 19 Feb 1
Feb 2-3
Feb 4
10
Feb 5
1
2
1
Punished David Lubar
Student Made List
From Listening to Book
W.6.9
L.6.4
W.6.9
L.6.5
Language Mechanics Scrimmage Test
Results
L.6.1L.6.9
Essay with Paired Passage Responses (TpT Unit)
W.6.9
Paired Passage Timed Essay
Winter MAP
Connotations/
Denotations
Irony
1
Feb 9-26
Mar 1-18
12
1
12
Mar 21
1
Language Mechanics Scrimmage
Mar 22-31
8
Poetry
Apr 11-15
5
Writing Portfolio Finish
Apr 18-22
5
Review All ODW Formats
Review Lang. Mechanics
Apr 25
1
4
Spring MAP
Apr 26-29
Greek/Latin Unit
OPEN
WWI Xmas Truce partnered with Social Studies (TpT Unit)
Feb 8
Feb 29
Shari Alexander
Greek/Latin Unit for 6th grade
Catch Up
Greek/Latin
W.6.2
Allegory
Paradox
Euphemism
W.6.9
Teacher Made Worksheets
The Frog Prince cont. Jon Scieszka
Isn’t It Ironic Alanis Morisette (TpT)
Terrible Things Eve Bunting
One Bright Day poem
Definition
TpT Worksheets
Argument Essay (TpT Unit)
OPEN
L.6.5
W.6.1
Catch Up
Write Steps Unit 5 (Imagined Narrative) Historical Fiction
W.6.3
Language Mechanics Scrimmage Test
L.6.1L.6.9
OPEN
TpT Unit
“Prose To Poetry”
Teacher Made Packet
Teacher Made Packet
Catch Up
4
Revised 06/15
May 2-6
May 9-13
5
5
K-PREP
End of Year Activities
5