6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
Lesson
29.1
Standard
SPI 0601.1.9
Learning Targets
 The student
must
distinguish
complete
sentences from
sentence
fragments and
to punctuate
complete
sentences
correctly.
 Students must
identify and
correct
sentence
fragments.
 Students must
revise run-on
sentences by
making two
sentences or
adding a
comma and a
coordinating
conjunction.
 Students must
revise run-on
sentences by
separating
them into two
sentences or by
adding a
comma and a
coordinating
Student
Friendly
Statements
 I correct
common
errors in
grammar.
Essential
Question
 What are
some common
errors made in
grammar?
Tennessee
Academic
Vocabulary
Additional Resources
Holt Elements of Language
Page 390-394
Assessments
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
29.2
29.3
SPI 0601.1.9
SPI 0601.1.9
conjunction.
 Students must
correct run-on
sentences and
sentence
fragments.
 Students must
choose verbs
that agree in
number with
their subjects.
 Students must
write correct
verb forms.
 Students must
choose
pronouns that
agree with their
antecedents.
 Students must
proofread for
pronounantecedent
agreement.
 Students must
use the
principal parts
of regular
verbs.
 Students must
complete
sentences by
supplying the
past or past
participle form
of given
irregular verbs.
 I can correct
common
errors in
grammar.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
 I can correct
common
errors in
grammar.
 What do
common
errors in
grammar look
like?
Holt Elements of Language
Page 394-397
Page 397-401
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
29.4
29.5
SPI 0601.1.9
SPI 0601.1.9
 Students must
proofread
sentences for
errors in
irregular verbs.
 Students must
use the correct
past and past
participle forms
of verbs.
 Students must
choose correct
pronoun forms.
 Students must
proofread for
correct pronoun
forms.
 Students must
choose the
correct forms of
adjectives or
adverbs to fit
sentence.
 Students must
correct errors in
the use of
modifiers.
 Students must
correct double
comparisons
and double
negatives.
 Students must
identify correct
usage.
 Students must
correct errors in
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
Page 401-403
Page 404-407
Chapter
review
Page 408-411
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
30.1
30.2
30.3
SPI 0601.1.9
SPI 0601.1.9
SPI 0601.1.9
usage.
 Students must
proofread
sentences for
correct usage.
 Students must
correct errors in
capitalization.
 Students must
correct
sentences with
errors in
capitalization.
 Students must
use periods,
question marks,
and
exclamation
points correctly.
 Students must
proofread
sentences for
correct use of
commas.
 Students must
use semicolons
and colons
correctly.
 Students must
punctuate and
capitalize
quotations
correctly.
 Students must
punctuate
dialogue
correctly.
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
Holt Elements of Language
Page 412-413
Page 414-416
Page 416-417
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
30.4
31.1
SPI 061.1.9
SPI 0601.7.1 Select the
medium that best
reinforces a viewpoint or
enhances a presentation.
SPI 0601.7.2 Select the
visual image that best
reinforces a viewpoint or
enhances a presentation.
 Students must
use
apostrophes
correctly.
 Students must
correct errors in
spelling.
 Students must
choose correctly
between words
often confused.
 Students must
revise sentences
for errors in
spelling and in
words often
confused.
 Students must
proofread a
paragraph for
errors in
mechanics.
 Students must
proofread a
business letter
for correct
grammar,
usage, and
mechanics.
 Students must
compare ideas in
photographs.
 Students must
explain the
difference
between a
photograph of an
 I can correct
common
grammar
errors.
 What are
some common
errors in
grammar?
 I can compare
and analyze
photographs.
 What can I
learn from a
photograph?
Holt Elements of Language
Page 418-421

Holt Elements of Language
Page 599-603
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Go to page 70-84. This is an awesome and detailed project for the kids.
Chapter Review
Page 422-425
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
SPI 0601.7.3 Identify the
purpose of a medium (i.e.,
to inform, to persuade, to
entertain, to describe).
SPI 0601.7.4 Draw an
inference from a non-print
medium.
SPI 0601.7.5 Choose the
statement that best
summarizes/communicates
the message presented by
a medium.
SPI 0601.7.6 Identify the
conflict (i.e., person v.
person, person v. self,
person v. environment,
person v. technology)
represented in a non-print
medium.
SPI 0601.3.6 Choose the
supporting sentence that
best fits the context flow of
ideas in a paragraph.
SPI 0601.3.7 Identify
sentences irrelevant to a
paragraph’s theme or flow.
SPI 0601.3.8 Select
appropriate time-order or
transitional words/phrases
to enhance the flow of a
writing sample.
SPI 0601.3.9 Select an
appropriate concluding
sentence for a welldeveloped paragraph.
SPI 0601.3.10 Select an
appropriate title that
reflects the topic of a
object and the
real object.
 Students must
analyze how
photographs
provide
information.
It gives examples and what to talk about with the class. It is a long
project, but it teaches a lot of skills and gives the opportunity for a lot of
higher-level thinking as well as real-world application.
6th grade, Language Arts
4th Nine Weeks
written selection.
SPI 0601.3.12 Select the
most appropriate format
for writing a specific workrelated text (i.e.,
instructions, directions,
letters, memos, e-mails,
reports).
Weeks 31 through 34 will be used to prepare for TCAP. Following TCAP, the rest of the school year will be
used for remediation and reinforcement.