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McDougal Littell, Grade 6, Unit 1, Lesson 1, Suggested Instructional Guide
Red text = Yellow/gray group, Green text = Green group, Black text = Both groups, TR = Transparency
Day 1 - Monday 50 mins. High School
Day 1 - Monday 80 Middle School
(See “Best Practices Toolkit” pp. 31-38 for ideas on
Differentiation)
Choose 12/18 worksheets to teach/apply/practice
concepts taught. All worksheets in red should be
completed for yellow/gray group:
1. Reader’s workshop: Plot, Conflict, and
Setting pp. 24-29
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Res. Man. Unit 1, Note Taking, pp. 15-16,
for pages 24 and 26 in Textbook
 Best Prac. Toolkit, Setting D61-62
 Best Prac. Toolkit, Plot, D59-60
2. Setting: Standards Lesson File: Lit.
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Setting - Lesson summary, p. 70
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Setting – Practice - p. 71 story with p. 7273, Worksheet A & B
Setting - Reteaching Worksheet, p. 74
3. Character: Standards Lesson File
Character – Lesson Summary, p. 4
Character – Practice – p. 5 story with p. 6-7,
Worksheet A & B
Character – Reteaching Worksheet, p.8
4. Plot: Standards Lesson File
Plot – Lesson Summary, p.38
Plot – Practice – p. 39 story with p. 40-41, Worksheet
A&B
Plot – Reteaching Worksheet, p. 42
5. Conflict: Standards Lessons File
Conflict – Lesson Summary, p. 46
Conflict – Practice – p. 47 story with p. 48-49,
Worksheet A & B
Conflict – Reteaching Worksheet, p. 50
Day 6 - Monday 50 mins. High School
Day 6 - Monday 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 5
Day 2 - Tuesday 75 mins. High Sch.
Day 2 Tuesday 80 Middle School
1.Standards Lesson File Voc. & Spelling
Student worksheets 5-9
2. Grammar for Writing Workbook
Student Worksheets 1-3
Day 3 – Wed. 75 mins. High School
Day 3 - Wed. 80 Middle School
Complete 2/3 stories of your choice:
1.Read “The School Play,” by Gary Soto
pp. 30-38
*For Less Proficient Readers - Target Passage
Lines TE32
*Use Best Prac. Toolkit, Plot, Transparency 59
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Use Resource Manager worksheets
pp. 27, 29, 31-35
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Reading Strategy worksheet 29
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4. Lit. Analysis – Student Textbook p.
39, Worksheet 27
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5. Voc. Worksheets 31-33
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6. Comprehension - Student Textbook
p. 39, worksheet 34,
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7. Lit. Analysis – Worksheet 35
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8. Grammar & Writing Act.,
worksheet 36
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9. Writing Act., Student Textbook p.
41,
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10. Reading Fluency worksheet 37-38
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11. Test worksheets 39-42
Day 7 - Tuesday 75 mins. High Sch.
Day 7 Tuesday 80 Middle School
1.Standards Lesson File Voc. & Spelling
Student worksheets 23-27
2. Grammar for Writing Workbook
Student Worksheets 7-9
Day 8 – Wed. 75 mins. High School
Day 8 - Wed. 80 Middle School
1.Read “Lob’s Girl,” by Joan Aiken
pp. 84-99
*For Less Proficient Readers - Target Passage
Lines TE86,90,92,95,96
*Use Best Prac. Toolket, TR A49
Think-Pair-Share Reading
*Use Best Prac. Toolkit, Plot, Transparency B39
(Cause & Effect)
2. Use Resource Manager worksheets pp. 123,
125, 127-138
Day 4 Thurs. 75 mins. High School
Day 4 Thurs. 80 Middle School
1.Standards Lesson File Voc. & Spelling
Student worksheets 15-18
2. Grammar for Writing Workbook
Student Worksheets 4-6
Day 9 Thurs. 75 mins. High School
Day 9 Thurs. 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 8
Day 5 Friday 50 mins. High School
Day 5 Friday 80 Mins. Middle School
1.Read “Woodsong” by Gary Paulsen pp. 110121
*For Less Proficient Readers - Target Passage
Lines TE114,116,117
*Use Best Prac. Toolkit, Transparency 63
2. Use Resource Manager worksheets
pp. 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171,
172, 173-176
3. Reading Strategy worksheet 163
4. Lit. Analysis – Student Textbook p. 119,
Worksheet 161
5. Vocabulary worksheets 166-167
6. Comprehension worksheet 168
7. Lit. Analysis – worksheet 169
8. Grammar & Writing Act., worksheet 170
9. Writing Act., Student Textbook p. 121
10. Reading Fluency worksheets 171-172
11. Test worksheets 173-176
Day 10 Friday 50 mins. High School
Day 10 Friday 80 Mins. Middle School
1.Standards Lesson File Voc. & Spelling
Student worksheets 33-37
2. Grammar for Writing Workbook
Student Worksheets 10-12
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3. Reading Strategy worksheet p. 125
4. Lit. Analysis - Student Textbook p. 97,
worksheet 123,
5. Standards Les. File: Lit. pp 63-66,
Foreshadowing
6. Voc. Worksheets 127-129
7. Comprehension - Student Textbook p. 97,
worksheet 130,
8. Lit. Analysis – Worksheet 131
9. Grammar & Writing Act., worksheet 132
10. Writing Act., Student Textbook p. 99,
11. Reading Fluency worksheet 133-134
12. Test worksheets 135-138
Day 11 - Monday 50 mins. High School
Day 11 - Monday 80 Middle School
Complete 2/3 writing activities of your choice:
(Use Achieve 3000 for alternative writing
activities – see last page of this lesson plan for
Writing Expansion Ideas for more information
about the writing component to Achieve 3000.)
Writing Act. #1
Writing Workshop TE 158-163
Pre-writing reteach/review
1. Best Practices Toolkit TRC42
Story Frame
Writing Act. #2
2. Resource Man. Unit pp. 245-252
Writing Workshop
3. Standards Lesson File: Writing,
Research and Study Skills Lesson 10 –
Active/Passive Voice,
Lesson 28 – Short Story,
Lesson 48 – Writing Dialogue
4. Standards Lesson File: Grammar
Lesson 16 – Basic Verb Tenses
Day 12 - Tuesday 75 mins. High Sch.
Day 12 Tuesday 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 11
Writing Act. #1
Writing Workshop TE 158-163 writing act.
Day 13 – Wed. 75 mins. High School
Day 13 - Wed. 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 11
Writing Act. #1
Writing Workshop TE 158-163 writing act.
Day 14 Thurs. 75 mins. High School
Day 14 Thurs. 80 Middle School
Writing Act. #1
Writing Workshop TE 158-163
Pre-writing reteach/review
1. Best Practices Toolkit TRC42
Story Frame
Writing Act. #2
2. Resource Man. Unit pp. 245-252
Writing Workshop
3. Standards Lesson File: Writing,
Research and Study Skills Lesson 10 –
Active/Passive Voice,
Lesson 28 – Short Story,
Lesson 48 – Writing Dialogue
4. Standards Lesson File: Grammar
Lesson 16 – Basic Verb Tenses
Day 15 Friday 50 mins. High School
Day 15 Friday 80 Mins. Middle School
Continue with Day 14
Writing Act. #2:
Res. Man. Unit pp. 245-252 writing act.
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Day 16 - Monday 50 mins. High School
Day 16 - Monday 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 14
Writing Act. #2
Res. Man. Unit pp. 245-252 writing act.
Day 17 - Tuesday 75 mins. High Sch.
Day 17 Tuesday 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 14
Writing Act. #2
Res. Man. Unit pp. 245-252 writing act.
Day 18 – Wed. 75 mins. High School
Day 18 - Wed. 80 Middle School
Writing Act. #3
Writing workshop 158-163
1. Writing Prompts p. 158
2. Review Key Writing Traits p. 158
3. Analyze a Student Model p. 159
4. Apply the Writing Process p. 161
5. Draft p. 162
6. Revise & Edit p. 163
7. Publish p. 164
Share p. 165
Day 19 Thurs. 75 mins. High School
Day 19 Thurs. 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 18
Writing Act. #3
Writing Workshop 158-163
Day 21 - Monday 50 mins. High School
Day 21 - Monday 80 Middle School
Assessment File Unit & Benchmark Tests
1. On-level or Advanced students will
Day 22 - Tuesday 75 mins. High Sch.
Day 22 Tuesday 80 Middle School
Continue with Day 21
Day 23 – Wed. 75 mins. High School
Day 24 Thurs. 75 mins. High School
Day 23 - Wed. 80 Middle School
Day 24 Thurs. 80 Middle School
Review Alaska SBA Assessments from online @
Review Alaska SBA Assessments from online @
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/SBS http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/SBS
Day 20 Friday 50 mins. High School
Day 20 Friday 80 Mins. Middle School
Continue with Day 18
Writing Act. #3
Writing Workshop 158-163
Day 25 Friday 50 mins. High School
Day 25 Friday 80 Mins. Middle School
Review Alaska SBA Assessments from online @
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/SBS
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take Unit 1, Test A
Below level students will take Unit 1
Test B/C
Review Assessment File Unit & Benchmark
answers with students giving the answers and
explain why their answer is wrong (i.e., give
examples).
Materials needed:
Teacher’s ed.; Standards Lesson File: Writing,
Research, and Study Skills;
Standards Lesson File: Literature; Assessment
File: Unit & Benchmark Tests; Resource
Manager Units 1-9;
Vocabulary Building:
1. Some kind of vocabulary building
activity should be taught each day.
This could be a review of words from
the previous day and/or additional
vocabulary activities.
2. A Bell Ringer for the first 5 minutes of
class every day could be used to
present a quick lesson on
Homophones, Homonyms,
Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, Word
Analogies, Prefixes, Suffixes, etc.
Future Wish List:
Due to Curriculum & Materials funding being
spent on buying replacement materials for the
2011-12 school year, we will make a wish list
for next school year. Please let us know of
additional wish list items you desire.
Additional Small Group Activity Ideas for
Learning Centers:
1. Word Games like a Prefixes/Root
Word/Suffixes card game, Word
Twister (literal versus figurative
language), etc. From Shortcuts for
Teaching Vocabulary by Flora Joy by
Good Apple, 1991.
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1. Give a portion of the test over several
2 week periods for 3rd – 5th, or several
5 week periods for 6th – 12th on grade
level or 1 to 2 grade levels below
according to student ability. Blank
out the grade level. (Do Rdg. &
Writing portions).
2. In depth, review the test answers
with students giving the answers and
explain why their answer is wrong
(i.e., give examples).
3. When you are finished with their
grade level SBA, try giving another
grade level SBA one grade level higher
or lower according to class/individual
performance.
4. The writing prompt/exercise should
help us prepare the students for the 6
– Trait Writing Assessment on
10/24/11 and 3/5/12 and the HSGQE
on 4/3-5/12.
Standards Lesson File: Grammar; Best Practices
Toolkit; Grammar for Writing Workbook;
Standards Lesson File: Voc.
Writing Expansion Activities:
1. Achieve 3000 has an excellent writing
program. Writing assignments from
reading articles can be assigned by
the teacher and e-mailed to the
student. The article will automatically
present to the student at their
reading level. The student is
prompted to use the writing process
to write a paper and e-mail this to
their teacher. The teacher can then
make comments for student
corrections. Research shows through
this medium that completion of 40
articles per semester will realize a
year’s growth in reading.
2. A Writer’s Word Wall from Banish
Boring Words! By Leilen Shelton from
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1. Give the test (Reading & Writing
portions).
2. Review the test with students giving
the answers and explain.
3. When you are finished with their
grade level SBA, try giving another
grade level SBA one grade level higher
or lower according to class/individual
performance.
The writing prompt/exercise should help us
prepare the students for the 6 – Trait Writing
Assessment on 10/24/11 and 3/5/12 and the
HSGQE on 4/3-5/12.
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4. Give the test (Reading & Writing
portions).
5. Review the test with students giving
the answers and explain.
6. When you are finished with their
grade level SBA, try giving another
grade level SBA one grade level higher
or lower according to class/individual
performance.
7. The writing prompt/exercise should
help us prepare the students for the 6
– Trait Writing Assessment on
10/24/11 and 3/5/12 and the HSGQE
on 4/3-5/12.
& Spelling;
Assessment:
1. A unit assessment is given every five
weeks from the Assessment File: Unit
& Benchmark Tests book.
2. The MAP assessment is given as a Fall
and Winter Benchmark.
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Reading A-Z (Leveled Readers), $89
per teacher or $1,100 per site.
Achieve 3000 Writing program for 4th
- 5th graders with lots of Science and
Social Studies topics.
Banish Boring Words! By Leilen
Shelton from Scholastic, Grades 4-6.
Shortcuts for Teaching Vocabulary by
Flora Joy by Good Apple, 1991, word
games
3.
Scholastic, Grades 4-6. These are
great for helping students with finding
synonyms while writing. This will help
them elaborate and learn new word
alternatives in their writing.
McDougal-Littel Interactive Reader &
Writer