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SecondaryELA

Grade6

Unit #1

2016-2017

6ELA Unit1 40-45days

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StageOne-DesiredResultsPLCQuestion:Whatdoweexpectourstudentstolearn?THEME: Striking It Rich / Survival READING FOCUS: Non-fiction and Fiction Text

EssentialQuestions:• What makes an effective story? • Is conflict always bad?

EnduringUnderstandings:• An effective story engages the reader by setting up

questions-tensions, mystery, dilemmas, or uncertainty.

StandardCode:Grade.StandardNumber.Strand.Objective

• All English Language Arts OAS are year-long standards. 6ELAOAS

STANDARD1:SPEAKINGANDLISTENING:Studentswillspeakandlisteneffectivelyinavarietyofsituationsincluding,butnotlimitedto,responsestoreadingandwriting.Objective61.R.1:Studentswillactivelylistenandspeakclearlyusingappropriatediscussionruleswithawarenessofverbalandnonverbalcues.Objective6.1.R.2:Studentswillactivelylistenandinterpretaspeaker’smessages(bothverbalandnonverbal)andaskquestionstoclarifythespeaker’spurposeandperspective.Objective6.1.R.3:Studentswillengageincollaborativediscussionsaboutappropriatetopicsandtexts,expressingtheirownideasclearlywhilebuildingontheideasofothersinpairs,diversegroups,andwholeclasssettings.Objective6.1.W.1:Studentswillgiveformalandinformalpresentationsinagrouporindividually,organizinginformationanddeterminingappropriatecontentandpurposeforaudience.

=EssentialObjective

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Objective6.1.W.2:Studentswillworkeffectivelyandrespectfullywithindiversegroups,shareresponsibilityforcollaborativework,andvalueindividualcontributionsmadebyeachgroupmember.STANDARD2:READINGANDWRITINGPROCESS:Studentswilluseavarietyofrecursivereadingandwritingprocesses.Objective6.2.R.1: Studentswillcreateanobjectivesummary,includingmainideaandsupportingdetails,whilemaintainingmeaningandalogicalsequenceofevents.Objective6.2.R.2: Studentswillanalyzedetailsinliteraryandnonfiction/informationaltextstodistinguishgenres.Objective6.2.R.3: Studentswillparaphrasemainideaswithsupportingdetailsinatext.

Objective6.2.W.1: Studentswillapplycomponentsofarecursivewritingprocessformultiplepurposestocreateafocused,organized,andcoherentpieceofwriting.Objective6.2.W.2:Studentswillplanandprewriteafirstdraftasnecessary.Objective6.2.W.3:Studentswilldevelopdraftsbychoosinganorganizationalstructureandbuildingonideasinmulti-paragraphessays.Objective6.2.W.4:Studentswilleditandrevisemultipledraftsforintendedpurpose,organization,coherenceusingaconsistentpointofview.Objective6.2.W.5:Studentswilluseresourcestofindcorrectspellingsofwords.STANDARD3:CRITICALREADINGANDWRITING:Studentswillapplycriticalthinkingskillstoreadingandwriting.Objective6.3.R.3: Studentswillanalyzehowkeyliteraryelementscontributetomeaningoftheliterarywork:setting,plot,characters,characterization,theme,conflict

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Objective6.3.R.4: Studentswillevaluateliterarydevicestosupportinterpretationsoftexts:simile,metaphor,personification,onomatopoeia,hyperbole,imagery,tone,symbolismObjective6.3.W.1:NarrativeStudentswillwritenarrativesincorporatingcharacters,plot,setting,pointofview,conflict,anddialogue.Standard4:VOCABULARY:Studentswillexpandtheirworkingvocabulariestoeffectivelycommunicateandunderstandtexts.Objective:6.4.R.1:Studentswillincreaseknowledgeofacademic,domain-appropriate,grade-levelvocabularytoinfermeaningofgrade-leveltext.Objective:6.4.R.2: Studentswillusewordpartstodefineanddeterminethemeaningofincreasinglycomplexwords.Objective:6.4.R.3: Studentswillusecontextcluestodetermineorclarifythemeaningofwordsordistinguishamongmultiple-meaningwords.Objective6.4.R.4: Studentswillinfertherelationshipsamongwordswithmultiplemeaningsincludingsynonyms,antonyms,analogies,andmorecomplexhomographsandhomonyms.Objective6.4.R.5:Studentswilluseadictionary,glossary,orathesaurustodetermineorclarifythemeanings,syllabication,pronunciation,synonyms,andpartsofspeechofwords.Objective6.4.W.1:Studentswillusedomain-appropriatevocabularytocommunicateideasinwritingclearly.Objective6.4.W.2:Studentswillselectappropriatelanguagetocreateaspecificeffectaccordingtopurposeinwriting.Standard5:LANGUAGE:Studentswillapplyknowledgeofgrammarandrhetoricalstyletoreadingandwriting.Objective6.5.R.1:Studentswillrecognizesimpleandcompoundsentencestosignaldifferingrelationshipsamongideas.Objective6.5.R.2: Studentswillrecognizeverbtensetosignifyvarioustimes,sequences,states,andconditionsintext.

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Objective6.5.R.3: Studentswillrecognizesubjectandverbagreement.Objective6.5.W.1: Studentswillwriteusingcorrectmechanicswithafocusoncommas,apostrophes,quotationmarks,colons,andsemi-colons.Objective6.5.W.2: Studentswillcomposesimple,compound,andcomplexsentencesandquestionstosignaldifferingrelationshipsamongideas.Objective6.5.W.4:Studentswillrecognizeandcorrectinappropriateshiftsinpronounnumberandperson.Standard7:MULTIMODALLITERACIES:Studentswillacquire,refine,andshareknowledgethroughavarietyofwritten,oral,visual,digital,non-verbal,andinteractivetexts.OBJECTIVE6.7.R.1: Studentswillcompareandcontrasttheeffectivenessofavarietyofwritten,oral,visual,digital,non-verbal,andinteractivetextstogenerateandanswerliteral,interpretive,andappliedquestionstocreatenewunderstandings.OBJECTIVE6.7.R.2:Studentswillanalyzetheimpactofselectedmediaandformatsonmeaning.OBJECTIVE6.7.W.1:Studentswillcreatemultimodalcontentthateffectivelycommunicatesideasusingtechnologiesandappropriatemedia.OBJECTIVE6.7.W.2:Studentswillcreatepresentationsthatintegratevisualdisplaysandothermultimediatoenrichthepresentation.Standard8:INDEPENDENTREADINGANDWRITING:Studentswillreadandwriteforavarietyofpurposesincluding,butnotlimitedto,academicandpersonal,forextendedperiodsoftime.Objective6.8.R:Studentswillselectappropriatetextsforspecificpurposesandreadindependentlyforextendedperiodsoftime.

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6 ELA: Unit Assessments and Objectives At-A-Glance • Highlighted objectives (see cells in yellow) need to be unpacked in PLC groups during the current unit. The highlight indicates the first time the objective is assessed in a unit. • X = indicates the objective is assessed in the unit

*Highlightedobjectives(seecellsinyellow)needtobeunpackedinPLCgroupsduringthe

currentunitindicated. Unit Assessments

Objective

Description

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6.2.R.1Students will create an objective summary, including main idea and supporting details, while maintaining meaning and a logical sequence of events.

X X X X X X X X

6.2.R.2Students will analyze details in literary and nonfiction/informational texts to distinguish genres.

X X X X

6.2.R.3 Students will paraphrase main ideas with supporting details in a text. X X X X X

6.3.R.3Students will analyze how key literary elements contribute to meaning of the literary work: Setting, plot, characters, characterization, theme, conflict

X X X X

6.3.R.4Students will evaluate literary devices to support interpretations of texts: simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, imagery, tone, symbolism

X X X X

6.3.R.6Students will analyze the structures of texts and content by making inferences about texts and use textual evidence to support understanding.

X X

6.3.R.7Students will analyze texts and ideas within and between texts and provide textual evidence to support their inferences.

X

6.4.R.3

Students will use context clues to determine or clarify the meaning of words or distinguish among multiple-meaning words.

X X X X

6.6.R.3 Students will determine the relevance, reliability, and validity of the information gathered. X

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Vocabulary:Conflict (both internal and external), plot, theme, climax, point of view, irony, mood, imagery, inference,narrator, simile, metaphor, tone and textual evidence

StageTwo–AssessmentEvidencePLCQuestion:Howwillweknowtheyarelearning?

2016-2017OCCTTestingBlueprint 6EnglishLanguageArtsIDEAL

PERCENTAGE OF ITEMS

IDEAL NUMBER OF ITEMS STANDARDS

36% 18 Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.

20% 10 Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing Students will apply critical thinking skills to reading and writing.

20% 10 Standard 4: Vocabulary Students will expand their working vocabularies to effectively communicate and understand texts.

12% 6 Standard 5: Language Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing.

12% 6 Standard 6: Research Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.

100%

50 Items

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TobecompletedinsitePLC:Scales Standard4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 UnitAssessments:Foundbeloworattheendoftheunit.Administerassessmentsapproximatelyweek4andweek9ofeachunit.Utilizeforbackwarddesignpurposesbyteacherteamsduringplanningandformativeassessmentdevelopment.CommonFormativeAssessments:(tobecompletedbyteacherteams)

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StageThree–LearningPlanPLCQuestion:Howwillwerespondiftheydon’tlearn?PLCQuestion:Howwillwerespondiftheyalreadyknowit?Resources:

• After reading and discussing a poem, students will answer the questions: What details contribute to the overall effect or the

tone? How? Who is the speaker? What is the situation? From what point of view is the passage narrated? What is the effect

of the point of view?

• Hatchet:

https://classnet.wcdsb.ca/ele/stk/gr8/wagner/Shared%20Documents/Class%20Novels/Hatchet%20by%20Gary%20Paulsen.pdf

Tasksarelocatedattheendoftheunit.Lessonplantemplate(tobecompletedbyteacherteams)InterventionPlan(tobecompletedbyteacherteams)

Intensive Strategic GoodtoGo