Grade 6 Unit 1 ELA Pacing Guide

Week/Text Type

Week of September 6th No students- Labor Day No students- First day of school Establish routines and Establish routines and Professional Learning protocols protocols ROOTS: aud, cede Establish routines and Day for Staff protocols PREFIX: pre, re

SUFFIX: able, ible Week of September Build a background for School Story 11th Unit 1, introducing Essential Questions and ROOTS: aqua, comput Big Ideas PREFIX: auto, dis

SUFFIX: tion, ation, ic Week of September Eleven and On Turning Growing Pains- 18th Ten (-Appendix Appendix- Pros and Discussion questions Cons of Growing ROOTS: bio, cent and Independent Up:Outlining/Compare PREFIX: auto, bi Reading Questions) and Contrast Paragraph

SUFFIX: er, ence Week of September 25th Growing Up: Rites and Writing Task (3rd read) Rituals from Different DOQ 6.1 Times and Places ROOTS: crac, crat, cosm

PREFIX: de, di, dis

SUFFIX: ine, ate Week of October 2nd Mockingbird

ROOTS: cred, custom

PREFIX: extra, hemi ELA Curriculum SUFFIX: or

Week of October 9th Mockingbird

ROOTS: frig, corp

PREFIX: in, mill Begin exploring Culminating Task for SUFFIX: ant Reading Week of October 16th Mockingbird No School/Staff PD Day

DOQ 6.2

ROOTS: act, bell

PREFIX: anti, ant

SUFFIX: ar

Week of October 23rd Mockingbird ANET 1 - Testing Window Opens ROOTS: mar

PREFIX: sub Begin Culminating Writing Task SUFFIX: ous Week of October 30th This week begins Unit 2. See the Unit 2 Calendar.

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