6th Grade ELAStudents begin the year with a Realistic Fiction Unit reading, “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson. They will also read a Historical Fiction text that will connect to their Eastern Hemisphere societies and civilizations social studies curriculum as well as complete Theater and Poetry Units.
Students write for multiple purposes (to entertain, to explain, to persuade) and learn about various tools (print and digital) to produce, share, and publish writing. In all writing tasks, students will learn to use and to adjust language to best communicate ideas, content, and message to readers.
Students will also have independent reading assignments to complete every 6-8 weeks covering all the literary genres.
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