​Crescent View Academy
MIDDLE SCHOOL
6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum
Below you will find the 6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Outline
Unit One: CHANGES
Week 1 - Perspectives
Week 2 - Alliances
Week 3 - Environments
Week 4 - Dynamic Earth
Week 5 - Using Money
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: How can changes transform the way people look at the world?
Unit One covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - rereading, finding character, setting, plot, sequence, and problem and solutions, how to ask and answer questions, cause and effect, sequencing, and understanding the author's point of view.
Genres - realistic fiction, narrative nonfiction, biographies, and persuasive articles.
Phonics - Short vowels, long vowels, r-Controlled vowels, and words with /u/.
Unit Four CHALLENGES
Week 1 - Changing Environments
Week 2 - Overcoming Challenges
Week 3 - Standing Tall
Week 4 - Shared Experiences
Week 5 - Taking Responsibility
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: How do people meet challenges and solve problems?
Unit Four covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - Rereading, author's point of view, summarizing, theme, literary elements (alliteration and assonance).
Genres - Expository text, biographies, drama, free-verse fiction and narrative.
Word study and phonics - Suffix (-ion), vowel alternation, prefixes, Greek and Latin prefixes, consonant alternation
Unit Two: EXCURSIONS ACROSS TIME
Week 1 - Contributions
Week 2 - Democracy
Week 3 - Ancient Societies
Week 4 - Influences
Week 5 - Past and Present
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: What can we gain from reading about past civilizations?
Unit Two covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - Asking and answering questions, problem and solution, comparing and contrasting, predictions, point of view, poetry and sonnets, and theme.
Genres - Expository text, historical fiction
Word study and Phonics - Irregular plurals, inflectional endings, open and closed syllables, consonants + le syllables.
Unit Three: ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Week 1 - Common Ground
Week 2 - Transformations
Week 3 - Inspiration
Week 4 - Milestones
Week 5 - A Greener Future
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: What does it take to accomplish a goal?
Unit Three covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - Making predictions, theme, summarizing, sequence, cause and effect, asking and answering questions, main idea and key details.
Genres - realistic fiction, narrative nonfiction, biographies, expository text.
Word Study and Phonics - Team syllables, r-controlled vowel syllables, frequently misspelled words, prefixes and suffixes (-ion and -tion).
Unit Five: DISCOVERIES
Week 1 - Myths
Week 2 - Personal Strength
Week 3 - Innovations
Week 4 - Breakthroughs
Week 5 - Exploration
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: How can discoveries open new possibilities?
Unit Five covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - Making predictions, character, setting, plot, problem and solutions, cause and effect, rereading, sequencing, summarizing, and author's point of view.
Genres - Myth, historical fiction, and expository text
Word Study and phonics - Homophones, words from around the world, Latin roots, Greek roots, suffixes (-ive, -age, -ize)
Unit Six: TAKING ACTION
Week 1 - Resources
Week 2 - Witnesses
Week 3 - Investigations
Week 4 - Extraordinary Finds
Week 5 - Taking a Break
Week 6 - Review
Big Idea: When is it important to take action?
Unit Six covers the following topics:
Comprehension strategies - Ask and answer questions, main idea and key details, cause and effect, summarizing, main idea and key details, and sequencing.
Genres - Expository text, narrative nonfiction, lyric poetry and ode
Word Study and phonics - Suffixes (-ible, -able, -ance, -ence, -ent), Greek suffixes, absorbed prefixes, and words from mythology.