6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
1st nine weeks
Word Study
Writing
Materials
Reading
William and Mary
Language Arts SeriesPersuasion
Poems
“The Road Not Taken”WMp.1
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Day”WMp.51
“Birches”
“Putting in the Seed”
“After Apple Picking”
“The Gift Outright”
“The Bridegroom”HELp.62
“Earth”HELp.106
Michael Clay
Thompson’s Caesar’s
English II
Holt
Elements of Literature
Resources for
Teaching Advanced
Students
Novels
recommended by the
College of William and
Mary and books that
support Standards for
Grade 6
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL- Holt Elements of
Literature
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
“Dragon, Dragon”HELp.5
“All Summer in a Day”HELp.41
“What Will Our Town Look
Like”HELp.54
“In the Fog”HELp.75
Excerpt from Bud, Not
BuddyHELp.127
“The Bracelet”HELp.149
“Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime
Apologies”HELp.159
Excerpt from The Adventures of
Tom SawyerWMp.2,HELp.198
Grammar
Study Packet
WM
Vocabulary
related to
reading
topics
Vocabulary
Webs WM
Caesar’s
English II
Lessons XIXV
Argumentative essay
on the five
generalizations about
change
Persuasive essay on
how to send $500 that
has been given to your
school
Problem-Solution
essay
Compare/Contrast
Essay on Japanese
internment during
World War II
Communications
Research
Write a 2 minute
speech on “The Gift
Outright” that is for or
against the choice of
the poem being used at
the inauguration of
President John
Kennedy
Internet research on
topics covered during
the 9 weeks period
Write a 2 minute
speech that persuades
someone else to do a
chore that you have to
do.
Research on Mark
Twain
Drama scenes from the
novel The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer
Research on Robert
Frost
Research on JFK
Analyze structure and
purpose of a web siteSolar System Bodies:
Venus from NASA
web site
Student
Reading/Response
Journals
Novels
Dragonwings
Journey to Topaz
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4
Standards
Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8
Materials
Reading
William and Mary
Language Arts SeriesPersuasion
Historical Document
The Declaration of
Independence WMp.7
Michael Clay
Thompson’s Caesar’s
English II
Holt
Elements of Literature
for teaching Advanced
Students
Novels
recommended by the
College of William and
Mary and books that
support Standards for
Grade 6
6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
2nd nine weeks
Word Study
Writing
Essays on Censorship
“Libraries should Reflect
Majority Values”WMp.11
“Libraries Should Reflect Diverse
Views”WMp.13
Narrative Poem
“The Pied Piper of
Hamelin”WMp.16
Short Stories
“The Emperor’s New
Clothes”HELp.243
“La Bamba”HELp.346
Grammar
Study
Packets WM
Vocabulary
related to
reading
topics
Vocabulary
Webs WM
Caesar’s
English II
Lessons
XVI-XX
Critique a newspaper
editorial
Write a newspaper
editorial
Write an essay on
censorship/banned
books
Compare/Contrast
essay
Reading/Response
Journals
Novels
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Secret of Gumbo Grove
Peer oral
critique/evaluation
View United
Streaming of events
from the American
Revolution and French
Revolution/
Les Miserables
Listen to recording of
the Gettysburg
Address on line
Write letter to local
school board about
censored books
Myths
“Baucis and
Philemon”HELp.257
“Medusa’s Head”HELp.350
“Perseus and the Gorgon’s
Head”HELp.360
Research
Film and present an
editorial
Debate
censorship/banned
books(use reasoning
wheel)
Informational Texts
“Uniform Style”HELp.243
“Goodbye Records, Hello
CDs”HELp.346
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL-Holt
Elements of Literature
Communications
Internet research on
topics covered during
the 9 weeks period
Research Thomas
Jefferson, the
American Revolution,
and revolutions that
were based on the
Declaration of
Independence- ex.
French Revolution
Research on the
Gettysburg Address
Research censorship
and banned books
Research different
versions of “The Piped
Piper”
View Faerie Tale
Theater of “The Pied
Piper of Hamelin”
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8
Standards
Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10
Materials
William and Mary
Language Arts SeriesPersuasion
Michael Clay
Thompson’s Caesar’s
English II
Holt
Elements of Literature
for teaching Advanced
Students
Novels
recommended by the
College of William and
Mary and books that
support Standards for
Grade 6
Key
WM-William & Mary
HEL-Holt Elements of
Literature
6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
3rd nine weeks
Word Study
Writing
Reading
Speeches
“I Have a Dream”WMp.24
Poetry Web Site
Poems & Speeches by Civil
Rights Leaders & Activists
Read Alouds
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Martin’s Big Words
Biographies, Autobiographies,
Essays, & Articles
“Searching for Stories” from
Mules and Men
HElp.392
“I Kept on Probing to
Know”HELp.387
“A Brother”from I Know Why
the Caged Bird SingsHELp.444
From The Land I Lostp.456
“A Glory Over
Everything”HELp.468
“All Aboard With Thomas
Garrett”HELp.483
From The Harriet Tubman
SeriesHELp.489
“The Mysterious
Mr.Lincoln”HELp.544
“Lincoln’s Humor”HELp.544
Novella
The Gold CadillacHELp.316
Interviews
I Was Not Alone:
An Interview with Rosa
Parks
Folktales
“How the Snake Got
Poison”HELp.376
“How the Possum Lost the Hair
Grammar
Study Packs
WM
Vocabulary
related to
reading
topics
Vocabulary
Webs WM
Standards
Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4
Write a persuasive
essay with at least 3
supported arguments
for or against
Goldilocks innocence
or guilt on charges of
breaking and entering
Communications
Research
Students will prepare
a “mock” trial with
guest attorney as
“judge”
Research on Bill of
Rights
Use United Streaming
for Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. speech
Compare/Contrast
essay on how life in the
US is similar and
different from the
times of segregation
described in the article
“Separate But Equal”
Create web page for
poetry
Write an essay in
which you discuss at
least on conclusion you
have reached about
Zora Neale Hurston’s
folktales.
Base your essay on the
folktales and
autobiographical
selections that you
have read.
Write poetry and
publish on web page
Research the civil
rights and people
involved with it
Research creating a
web page
Interview someone
from the Civil
Rights
Period
Reading/Response
Journals
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8
on Its Tail”Help.379
“Why the ‘Gator is
Black”HELp.384
Novels
Going Home
Taking Sides
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10
Materials
Reading
William and Mary
Language Arts
Series- Persuasion
Speeches
The Case for Public Schools
WMp.28
The Velvet Hangover WMp.31
Michael Clay
Thompson’s Caesar’s
English II
Holt
Elements of Literature
for teaching
Advanced Students
Novels
recommended by the
College of William
and Mary and books
that support
Standards for Grade
6
6th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
4th nine weeks
Word Study
Writing
Myths
“Sisyphus”(Website Wikipedia)
Plays
The Valiant WMp.36
Articles
Current Events
Newspaper Editorials
Grammar
Handout
Packet WM
Vocabulary
related to
reading
topics
Vocabulary
Webs WM
Create a chart of
allusions to myths that
you encounter in
literature and daily
life
Standards
Covered
6-3.1-6-3.4
Standards Covered
6-1.1-6-1.10
6-2.1-6-2.10
Write an essay on
what treasures
education creates and
treasures you have
found as a result of
your education
Write a descriptive
essay of what you
think an ideal school
would be like
Novels
Morning Star, Black Sun: The
Northern Cheyenne Indians and
America’s Energy Crisis
Rising Voices: Writings of
Young Americans
Key
WM-William and
Mary
HEL-Holt Elements
of Literature
Use William & Mary
Standards of
Reasoning to evaluate
Mann’s reasons of
support for public
schools
Communications
Research
View FDR’s 1st inaugural
address “The only thing
we have to fear is fear
itself”
Unit research project
-follow
Characteristics of an
Issue ( Handout 11B
WM), Working with
View elements of
Sources (Handout
persuasion in
11C WM), Developing
advertising(Scholastic.com
an (Handout 11D
website- Persuasion
WM), Research
Through Advertising)
Model(Handout 11E
WM)
Create an advertisement
using techniques of
persuasion
Demonstrate propaganda
devices through
commercials
Use technology while
working on unit research
View Twelve Angry Men,
then compare/contrast to
“The Valiant”
Student
Reading/Response
Journals
Standards Covered
6-4.1-6-4.6
Standards Covered
6-5.1-6-5.4
Standards Covered
6-6.1-6-6.8