Category: Grade 6 ELA

Argumentation: In this introductory unit, students will identify an author’s argument, and analyze how it develops over the course of the text through relevant or irrelevant evidence. Students will also look deeply at a text to identify other factors that could affect an author’s perspective (i.e. geographic location, culture, etc.) This unit will culminate in students generating their own arguments on a topic(s), and providing relevant and specific evidence to support their claim. 

Narrative Texts Unit description: In this unit, students will read a variety of texts to make logical inferences, as well as identify and track the development of a theme across a work of fiction. Students will also utilize close reading skills to determine how certain sections of a text contribute to the development of the …

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Building on their learning from the previous unit, students will continue their work with theme, and dive deeply into multiple short stories to compare and contrast themes and their development in each. Students will also work on the diction level to analyze the impact that specific words have on the development of the plot and theme of each story. Students will utilize a variety of formats to respond to teacher and student- generated questions about each text.

In this unit, students will identify and analyze the structure of various non-fiction texts, as well as determine how text features contribute to their development. Students will also utilize an established criteria to evaluate the quality of a text, as well as make connections to other texts, cultural perspectives, eras, etc. Students will write an informational piece to examine a topic, drawing important and relevant evidence to support their assertions.