6th Grade English Language Arts Reading
The Coming-of-Age Experience
Foundations establishes the bedrock of academic identity. Scholars explore themes of resilience and community, analyzing how diverse characters find their voices to navigate changing social landscapes. By building this strong base, students learn that their own stories are the starting point for all future discovery in order to answer the Essential Question: “How does the coming-of-age experience shape who we become?”
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Curriculum Highlights
This year emphasizes the development of objective summary skills and character analysis. Scholars engage with "Essential Questions" that connect literature to real-world social issues, fostering empathy. The coursework integrates explicit vocabulary instruction and "Target Tasks" that require using textual evidence, ensuring the foundational skills for middle school success are locked in.
This year emphasizes the development of objective summary skills and character analysis. Scholars engage with "Essential Questions" that connect literature to real-world social issues, fostering empathy. The coursework integrates explicit vocabulary instruction and "Target Tasks" that require using textual evidence, ensuring the foundational skills for middle school success are locked in.
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Core Literature
Students engage with increasingly complex, award-winning texts that serve as both "windows and mirrors" to the human experience:
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Students engage with increasingly complex, award-winning texts that serve as both "windows and mirrors" to the human experience:
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Standards and Alignment
Aligned with CCSS Grade 6 expectations, focusing on Reading Literature (RL.6) and Writing (W.6). Key focus standards include citing evidence to support analysis and determining themes to produce clear, organized narratives.
Aligned with CCSS Grade 6 expectations, focusing on Reading Literature (RL.6) and Writing (W.6). Key focus standards include citing evidence to support analysis and determining themes to produce clear, organized narratives.
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