Amelia County Middle School
Curriculum Pacing Chart
2013-2014
Sixth Grade
Language Arts
Week
of
SOL #
Unit
Bloom’s
Objectives
Resources
Aug.
20
6.7
Writing
Knowledge
Application
Students will take a pretest and list and describe the
parts of the writing process
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Aug.
26
6.7a-j
6.8
Writing
Knowledge
Analysis
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6.7d,f,g,i
Writing
Knowledge
Analysis
Sept. 9
6.7i
Writing
Knowledge
Analysis
Sept.
16
6.1a-e
6.7j
Writing
Knowledge
Students will examine the goals and rubric for
narrative writing. Students will explain how one
writer followed the steps of the writing process and
list ideas for creating and publishing a final copy.
Students will edit for mechanics.
Students will explain the 6 traits of writing. Students
will choose a good topic and use details to hold
interest, create a strong beginning and ending.
Students will choose specific nouns and verbs,
improve sentence fluency and style, and use correct
conventions. Students will use adjectives, commas
and prepositional phrases correctly.
Students will understand rubrics, revise, edit and
assess writing using a rubric, and participate in peer
editing.
Students will develop good listening habits and skills
for group work. Students will plan and create a Web
site and publish writing online. Students will
understand parts of a portfolio and choose writing for
a portfolio.
Application
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Sept.
23
Sept.
30
Oct. 7
Writing
Knowledge
6.8
Writing
Application
Application
6.8
Writing
Knowledge
Application
6.7a-j
Students will use the writing process to write a
descriptive essay and participate in peer responding
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Students will apply descriptive writing to other skills
and subjects. Students will edit for capitalization and
spelling and use adjectives correctly.
Students will correctly write paragraphs and edit for
capitalization, end punctuation, plurals and numbers.
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1st Quarter Target Test
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Analysis
Oct. 14
Writing
6.7f,i
Oct. 21
W
6.7j
Students will write and edit their narrative essays.
Writing
Application
Students will respond to each other’s essays and publish
their own. Students will use correct verb tenses, pronouns
(subject, object, possessive) and commas (interjections,
direct address, compound sentences).
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Oct. 28
W
6.7b,f
6.8b
Writing
Knowledge
Application
Students will write an expository essay: How To. They
will prewrite and write this essay. Students will use correct
subject/verb agreement.
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Nov. 4
W
6.7h,i
6.8f
Writing
Application
Students will revise and edit their expository essays.
Students will combine sentences and review punctuation
and apostrophes.
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Nov.
11
W
6.7j
6.8h
Writing
Application
2nd Interim Target Tests
Comprehens
ion
Students will respond to each other’s essays and publish
their own. Students will review conjunctions and use
complete sentences. Students will use the right word and
verbs correctly (transitive and linking).
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Nov.
18
W
6.7b,f
Writing
Application
Students will prewrite and write a book review. Students
will use transitions in their sentences.
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Dec. 2
W
6.7ij
6.8cb
Writing
Analysis
Students will revise, edit and publish their book reviews.
Students will use commas (introductory phrases and in a
series), correct pronoun-antecedent agreement, indefinite
pronouns and subject-verb agreement.
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6.7b,f,h
6.8b
Writing
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Analysis
Prewrite and write stories. Use complex sentences with
subordinating conjunctions and phrases. Continue work on
subject-verb agreement.
W
6.7i,j
6.8h
Writing
Analysis
2nd Quarter Target Tests
Analysis
Revise, edit and publish stories. Correctly use
prepositional phrases and words that are commonly
misused.
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Jan.13
W
6.7b,f,h,i
6.8g
Writing
Analysis
Jan. 20
W
6.7f,h
Writing
Analysis
Application
Dec.
9&16
Jan. 6
Comprehens
ions
Analysis
Write a biographical narrative. Correctly use adverbs,
combine sentences and correct run-on sentences.
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Write a persuasive paragraph. Use correct adjectives
(comparative, superlative, proper).
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Jan. 27
W
6.7a-i
6.8abc
Writing
Application
Prewrite and write Promoting a Cause (Persuasive model).
Use commas correctly in dates and addresses. Use correct
capitalization.
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Feb. 3
W
6.7ehij
6.8h
Writing
Application
Continue writing, revising, editing and publishing
persuasive essay – promoting a cause. Students will
combine sentences and know which are the correct words
to use when writing.
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Writing a fictionalized journal entry – prewrite, write,
revise, edit, publish. Correctly punctuate titles.
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3rd Interim Target Tests
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Evaluation
Feb. 10
W
6.7bfij
Writing
Application
Feb. 17
W
6.7bfhij
6.8df
Writing
Analysis
Application
Analysis
Feb. 24
W
6.8d
Writing
Application
Analysis
Mar .3
Mar 10
W
6.8b
W
6.9bcd
Writing
Application
Writing
Analysis
Application
Evaluation
Students will write a classification essay – prewrite,
write, revise, edit. Correctly punctuate quotations.
Use corrects verbs (active vs. passive), and correct
rambling sentences.
Make oral presentations – use visual aids and note cards.
Use correct verb tenses, use the correct words when
writing, use the correct irregular verbs.
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Students will write free verse poems, haiku and other
forms. They will select topics, gather details, and use
poetry techniques. Students will use verbs correctly.
Students will learn about research writing skills and taking
notes. This will include primary vs. secondary sources,
using the internet and the library, finding books,
understanding the parts of a book, using encyclopedias,
finding magazines articles and using the dictionary.
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Mar. 17 W
6.7fh
6.8f
Writing
Mar. 24 W
6.7a-j
6.8a-h
Writing
Mar. 31 W
6.7hi
Writing
Application
3rd Quarter Target Tests
Evaluation
article, read it, and find the main idea), write, revise and
edit. Students will correctly punctuate dialogue, use
adjectives correctly and correctly combine sentences.
Synthesis
Research report – begin prewriting. Correct run-on
sentences and correctly use the right words in a passage.
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Revise research report. Use prepositional phrases correctly
in sentences.
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Analysis
Pet peeve essay – prewrite, write, revise, edit, publish.
Review parts of speech. Use apostrophes correctly in
contractions; use hyphens correctly.
Synthesis
Complete freestyle writing project. Review punctuation.
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Review reading skills after Writing SOL testing is
complete.
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Review-comprehension skills, word analysis, resources
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Synthesis
Analysis
Apr. 7
W
6.7a-j
6.8
Writing
W
6.8a-h
6.9a-e
Writing
Apr. 28
R
6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Language
Arts
May 5
R
6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Language
Arts
May 12
R
6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Language
Arts
May 19
& May
26
W6.7 6.8 6.9
Writing
Apr .
21
Synthesis
Analysis
Synthesis
Analysis
Synthesis
Analysis
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Review of reading skills
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Review-writing and grammar skills
Post-test Language Arts
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