Unit at a Glance: Grade 6

UNIT 1 AT A GLANCE

INTEGRATING NOVELS Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research Unit Introduction Academic Vocabulary (TEKS 2.C) 2 Nonfiction Narative BOOK CLUB Mentor Text: Wagon Train at Dusk Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 days INTRO 740L Whole-Class Learning Introduction CLASSIC Whole-Class Learning Strategies Bud, Not Buddy 5 from Brown Girl Dreaming Memoir First-Person Point of View and Create Mental Images Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Text Structure and Poem (TEKS 6.F; 11.A) Christopher Paul Curtis Jacqueline Woodson NP Voice (TEKS 9.F) (TEKS 5.D) Onomatopoeia Purpose (TEKS 9.B) Group Discussion (TEKS 1.D) Historical Fiction 950L Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes Comics Make Inferences Media Vocabulary Museum Exhibit Guide 2 Media: Comic Strip Bill Watterson (TEKS 5.F) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 12.H.i; 12.J) CONTEMPORARY Short Story (TEKS 10.D.ii; 11.A) 16 days The Sand Castle Science Fiction Plot and Flashback Make Predictions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Verb Tenses 5 Oral Reading Raymie Nightingale Alma Luz Villanueva 740L (TEKS 7.C) (TEKS 5.C) Prefix: un- (TEKS 10.D.ii) (TEKS 1.A; 1.C; 2.A) Kate DiCamillo Personal Narrative (TEKS 10.A; Realistic Fiction Performance Task 550L WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING 4 10.B.i; 10.C; 10.D; 10.D.iv; Writing 10.D.ix; 10.E; 11.A) Peer-Group Learning Introduction For more information, see the Peer-Group Learning Strategies next page. 3 from Bad Boy Memoir Controlling Idea and Supporting Make Connections Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Pronoun Case Response to Literature Walter Dean Meyers 1000L Evidence (TEKS 8.D.i) (TEKS 5.E) Latin Root: -spec- (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 10.D.v) (TEKS 6.E) Media Vocabulary Group Discussion The Moth Presents: Aleeza Kazmi 2 Media: Oral Storytelling Listen Actively (TEKS 1.A) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 1.A; 1.D; 6.G) Compare Within Genre Literary Devices and Prince Francis Make Inferences Print Resources (TEKS 2.A)

15 days 4 Character Development Roddy Doyle (TEKS 5.F) Latin Prefix: mal- (TEKS 2.C) Realistic Fiction Narrative Point of View and (TEKS 9.E) Response to Literature 860L • 240L Purpose (TEKS 9.E) (TEKS 6.B; 9.E) The Sound of Summer Running Multiple-Meaning Words Literary Devices: Symbol 4 Fluency (TEKS 3) Ray Bradbury Digital Resources (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 9.E) PEER-GROUP LEARNING Performance Task Present a Retelling 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.A; 1.C) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies from Peter Pan Fantasy J. M. Barrie 800L Oranges • I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid Poetry Collection Independent Learning provides Gary Soto • Alma Luz Villanueva NP 2 students with the opportunity to The Boy Nobody Knew Personal Essay analyze a selection independently. Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent

2 days This chart includes pacing Faith Ringgold 820L To facilitate students’ independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) suggestions, skills, and independence, no Eleven Realistic Fiction skills have been assigned. standards that can be Sandra Cisneros 980L used as reference for

INDEPENDENT LEARNING Raymond’s Run Realistic Fiction lesson planning. You are Toni Cade Bambara 1280L encouraged to use your judgment as you plan Performance-Based Assessment Personal Narrative Writing (TEKS 10.D; 11.A) lessons according to your 2 classroom needs. Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit

3 days Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class

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2A UNIT 1 • GROWING UP UNIT 1 • AT A GLANCE 2B UNIT 2 AT A GLANCE

Academic Vocabulary Unit Introduction (TEKS 2.C) BOOK CLUB 2 Informational Essay 2 days INTRO Mentor Text: Reading Buddies Summary (TEKS 6.D) 890L CLASSIC Where the Red Whole-Class Learning Introduction Fern Grows Whole-Class Learning Strategies Wilson Rawls 5 How-to Essay Historical Fiction from My Life With the Chimpanzees Autobiography Author’s Purpose and Message Establish Purpose for Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Commas (TEKS 10.D.viii) (TEKS 10.B.i; 11.B) 700L Jane Goodall 860L (TEKS 9.A) Reading (TEKS 5.A) Latin Suffix: -able Class Discussion (TEKS 1.A) CONTEMPORARY How Smart Are Animals? Compare Within Genre Science Article Monitor Comprehension: Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Controlling Idea and 4 Comparing Across Genres 1110L Reread (TEKS 5.I) Spelling Patterns: The f Sound Evidence (TEKS 8.D.i) Dorothy Hinshaw Patent The Magician’s Elephant Organizational Patterns Kate DiCamillo

16 days Text Features: So What Is a Primate? Science Article (TEKS 8.D.iii) Generate Questions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Introductions and Compare-and-Contrast Essay Fantasy 3 Faith Hickman Brynie 970L (TEKS 5.B) Multiple-Meaning Words Acknowledgments (TEKS 6.B) 730L (TEKS 8.D.ii)

WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING Informational Essay For more information, see the Performance Task 4 (TEKS 10.B; 10.B.i–ii; 10.C; next page. Writing 10.D; 10.D.i, iii, viii, ix; 11.B) Peer-Group Learning Introduction Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 Predators • The Naming of Cats • Nikita Lyric Poetry Structural Elements of Poetry Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Language and Voice Adjust Fluency (TEKS 3) Friendly Letter (TEKS 11.D) Linda Hogan • T. S. Eliot • Alberto Ríos NP (TEKS 8.B) Latin Root: -dom- (TEKS 9.F) Evaluate Details to Use a Pritnt Thesaurus The Tale of the Hummingbird Myth Research Report 3 Multiple Themes (TEKS 7.A) Determine Key Ideas (TEKS 2.A) Sentence Structures Pura Belpré 740L (TEKS 12.A; 12.J) (TEKS 5.G) Synonyms 11 days Comparing Within Genres Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Biography Author’s Purpose and Message Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Figurative Language Informative Report 3 Paraphrase (TEKS 6.D) Julius Lester 710L (TEKS 6.G; 9.A) Multiple-Meaning Words (TEKS 9.D) (TEKS 12.B; 12.G; 12.I; 12.J)

PEER-GROUP LEARNING Performance Task Oral Instructions 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.A; 1.B) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies A Blessing Poetry This chart includes James Wright NP pacing suggestions, The Secret Life of the Dog Media: Video skills, and standards that British Broadcasting Corporation Independent Learning provides 2 students with the opportunity can be used as reference All the Pretty Ponies Reflective Essay to analyze a selection Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent for lesson planning. You 2 days Oscar Cásares 1220L independently. To facilitate independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) are encouraged to use students’ independence, no skills your judgment as you The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds Informational Text have been assigned. Katy Sewall 830L plan lessons according

INDEPENDENT LEARNING to your classroom needs. Pet Therapy: How Animals and Humans Heal Each Other Informational Text Julie Rovner 1190L Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class Performance-Based Assessment Informational Essay period. If you use block Writing 2 (TEKS 10.B; 10.B.i–ii; 11.B) scheduling, you may combine days to meet Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit 3 days your schedule needs. Unit Test 1 END OF UNIT

118A UNIT 2 • NATURAL ALLIES UNIT 2 • AT A GLANCE 118B UNIT 3 AT A GLANCE

16 days Biometrics Are Not Better Argument Synthesize Information Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) 3 Prepositional Phrases Reuben Lorre 1240L (TEKS 5.H) Multiple-Meaning Words Science Fiction (TEKS 10.D.iv, viii) 860L The Internet of Things Make Connections Media Vocabulary Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 Media: Video IBM Social Media (TEKS 5.E) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) Oral Report (TEKS 1.C) WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING For more information, see the Argumentative Essay next page. Performance Task 4 (TEKS 10.A; 10.B.i–ii; 10.C; Writing 10.D.i, iv, viii; 11.C) Peer-Group Learning Introduction Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 Is Our Gain Also Our Loss? Reflective Essay Author’s Purpose and Message Make Connections Base Words and Context Relative Clauses Group Discussion (TEKS 1.D) Cailin Loesch 1180L (TEKS 9.A) (TEKS 5.E) Latin Suffix: -ation (TEKS 10.D.i, v) Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Rhetorical Devices and Summary of Research The Black Hole of Technology Persuasive Essay Claim, Evidence, and Audience 3 Summarize (TEKS 6.D) Multiple-Meaning Words Logical Fallacies Findings Leena Khan 980L (TEKS 8.E.i–iii) (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 9.G) (TEKS 12.A; 12.D; 12.H.i–ii) The Fun They Had Science Fiction Setting, Character, and Plot Make Inferences Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Multiple Themes Comparing Within Genres 3 Dialogue (TEKS 10.A) Isaac Asimov 750L Development (TEKS 7.D) (TEKS 5.F) The sh Sound (TEKS 6.G; 7.A) 15 days Mexico’s Abandoned Railways and the SEFT-1 Synthesize Information Media Vocabulary Research Report 2 Media: Photo Essay Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene (TEKS 5.H) (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 12.G; 12.J) Bored . . . and Brilliant? Media Vocabulary Multimodal Text PEER-GROUP LEARNING 2 Media: Podcast Notetaking (TEKS 6.E) NPR (TEKS 6.F; 8.F) (TEKS 12.D; 12.F) Performance Task Debate (TEKS 1.A; 1.C; 6.C; 2 Speaking and Listening 6.H; 12.D; 12.F) Independent Learning Introduction This chart includes pacing Independent Learning Strategies suggestions, skills, and 7-Year-Old Girl Gets New Hand From 3-D Printer News Article standards that can be John Rogers 860L used as reference for Independent Learning provides High-Tech Backpacks Open World of Whales . . . News Article students with the opportunity lesson planning. You are Associated Press 2 1260L to analyze a selection Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent encouraged to use your 2 days All Watched Over . . . • Sonnet, Without Salmon Poetry independently. To facilitate independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) judgment as you plan Richard Brautigan • Sherman Alexie NP students’ independence, no skills lessons according to your have been assigned. Teen Researchers Defend Media Multitasking News Article classroom needs.

INDEPENDENT LEARNING Sumathi Reddy 1370L Pacing is suggested for Performance-Based Assessment Argumentative Essay a 40- to 50-minute class Writing 2 (TEKS 10.B.i–ii; 10.D.viii; 11.C) period. If you use block scheduling, you may Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit combine days to meet 3 days your schedule needs. Unit Test 1 END OF UNIT

234A UNIT 3 • TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY UNIT 3 • AT A GLANCE 234B UNIT 4 AT A GLANCE

INTEGRATING NOVELS

Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research BOOK CLUB Unit Introduction Academic Vocabulary (TEKS 2.C) CLASSIC 2 Fiction Mentor Text: The Great Universal Undo Summary (TEKS 6.D) 2 days INTRO 670L Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Whole-Class Learning Introduction Roald Dahl Whole-Class Learning Strategies Fantasy 7 Profile (TEKS 10.B.i–ii) 810L The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I Dialogue and Character Generate Questions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Conjunctions Dramatic Reading play by Susan Nanus, based on the book by Norton Juster Development (TEKS 8.C) (TEKS 5.B) Denotation and Nuance (TEKS 10.D.vi) (TEKS 6.H) Drama CONTEMPORARY Comparing Across Genres NP Narrative Retelling Bridge to Terabithia The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II Stage Directions and Character Create Mental Images Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Language and Mood 17 days 6 (TEKS 11.A) Katherine Patterson play by Susan Nanus, based on the book by Norton Juster Development (TEKS 8.C) (TEKS 5.D) Latin Suffix: -ity (TEKS 9.F) Speech (TEKS 1.A; 1.C; 6.H) Realistic Fiction 810L Short Story (TEKS 10.A; Performance Task 4 10.B.i–ii; 10.C; 10.D.i, iii, vi, WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING Writing For more information, see the viii; 10.E; 11.A) next page. Peer-Group Learning Introduction Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 Digital Resources (TEKS 2.A) Subject-Verb from The Misadventures of Don Quixote Retelling Make Predictions Research Report (TEKS 12.B; Character and Plot (TEKS 7.B) Long i Spelling Pattern: igh Agreement in Complex Miguel de Cervantes, retold by Tom Lathrop 940L (TEKS 5.C) 12.C; 12.E; 12.F; 12.J) (TEKS 10.D.ix) Sentences (TEKS 10.D.i) Jabberwocky Compare Within Genre Narrative Poem Lewis Carroll NP Structures in Poetry: Meter Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Language and Mood Comparison-and-Contrast 4 Adjust Fluency (TEKS 3) (TEKS 8.B) Word Origins (TEKS 2.A) (TEKS 9.F) Essay (TEKS 6.B; 7.A)

12 days The Mock Turtle’s Song Song Lewis Carroll NP The Importance of Imagination Comparing Within Genres Reflective Essay Establish a Purpose for Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Language and Voice Explanatory Essay 3 Controlling Idea (TEKS 8.D.i) Esha Chhabra 890L Reading (TEKS 5.A) Greek Prefix: para- (TEKS 9.F) (TEKS 10.D.viii; 11.B) PEER-GROUP LEARNING Performance Task Short Story 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.C; 3; 11.A) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Fantasy L. Frank Baum 1030L Independent Learning provides This chart includes pacing Our Wreath of Rose Buds • Fantasy Poetry Collection 2 students with the opportunity suggestions, skills, and Corrinne • Gwendolyn Bennett NP to analyze a selection Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent 2 days independently. To facilitate independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) standards that can be The Shah of Blah Novel Excerpt students’ independence, no skills used as reference for Salman Rushdie 1060L have been assigned. lesson planning. You are from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Fantasy encouraged to use your INDEPENDENT LEARNING Lewis Carroll 1080L judgment as you plan lessons according to your Performance-Based Assessment Short Story (TEKS 11.A) classroom needs. Writing 2 Pacing is suggested for Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit a 40- to 50-minute class 3 days period. If you use block

END OF UNIT Unit Test 1 scheduling, you may combine days to meet your schedule needs.

350A UNIT 4 • THE POWER OF IMAGINATION UNIT 4 • AT A GLANCE 350B UNIT 5 AT A GLANCE

INTEGRATING NOVELS Pacing / Comprehension Vocabulary / Author’s Craft / Composition / Speaking Contents Genre / Lexile Genre / Text Elements # of Days Strategy Word Study Conventions and Listening / Research Academic Vocabulary Unit Introduction (TEKS 2.C) 2 BOOK CLUB Informational Text—Research 2 days INTRO Mentor Text: What on Earth Is Left to Explore? Summary (TEKS 6.D) 950L CLASSIC Whole-Class Learning Introduction Journey to the Center Whole-Class Learning Strategies of the Earth 5 Argumentative Essay Jules Verne from A Long Way Home Memoir Controlling Idea and Evidence Make Predictions Concept Vocabulary (TEKS 6.F) Verb Tenses (TEKS 6.C; 11.C; 10.D.viii) Science-Fiction Saroo Brierley 1030L (TEKS 8.D.i) (TEKS 5.C) Latin Suffix: -ive (TEKS 10.D.ii) Annotated Map (TEKS 6.E) 1040L BBC Science Club: All About Exploration Monitor Comprehension Storyboard 2 Media: Video Media Vocabulary (TEKS 8.F) narrated by Dara Ó Briain (TEKS 5.I) (TEKS 6.E; 12.A; 12.D) CONTEMPORARY 12 days Formal Research Paper Navigating Early (TEKS 6.E; 9.G; 10.B.i; 10.C; Performance Task Clare Vanderpool 5 10.D.vi; 11.B; 12.A; 12.C; Research Writing Adventure 12.D; 12.E; 12.F; 12.G; 12.H.i– WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING 790L ii; 12.I; 12.J)

Peer-Group Learning Introduction For more information, see the Peer-Group Learning Strategies 3 next page. Ada and the Thinking Machines Biography Print and Graphic Features Make Predictions Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) Conjunctive Adverbs Oral Instructions (TEKS 1.B) Kathleen Krull 960L (TEKS 9.C) (TEKS 5.C) Latin Root: -vis- (TEKS 2.C) (TEKS 10.D.iii, viii) Informational Report The King of Mazy May Adventure Story Make Predictions Print Resources (TEKS 2.A) 4 Plot and Conflict (TEKS 7.C) (TEKS 12.D; 12.E; 12.F; 12.J) Jack London 1170L (TEKS 5.C) Latin Root: -pend- (TEKS 2.C) Business Letter (TEKS 11.D) Compare Across Genres Multiple-Meaning Words and Figurative Language

15 days from Sacajawea Historical Fiction Monitor Comprehension 3 Context Clues (TEKS 2.B) to Develop Character Joseph Bruchac 790L (TEKS 5.I) Historical and Cultural Setting Synonyms (TEKS 9.D) Response to Literature (TEKS 7.D) (TEKS 6.B) from Lewis & Clark Make Connections 3 Media: Graphic “Novel” History Media Vocabulary (TEKS 8.F)

PEER-GROUP LEARNING Nick Bertozzi (TEKS 5.E) Performance Task Research Presentation 2 Speaking and Listening (TEKS 1.C; 9.G) Independent Learning Introduction Independent Learning Strategies To the Top of Everest Blog Post Samantha Larson 1040L

from Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Nonfiction Narrative Jennifer Armstrong 1110L Independent Learning provides This chart includes pacing 2 students with the opportunity suggestions, skills, and Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator Magazine Article to analyze a selection Independent Learning provides students with the opportunity to analyze a selection Share Your Independent 2 days standards that can be National Geographic 1110L independently. To facilitate independently. To facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been assigned. Learning (TEKS 6.A; 6.E) students’ independence, no skills used as reference for The Legacy of Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson Informational Article have been assigned. lesson planning. You are James Mills 1240L encouraged to use your INDEPENDENT LEARNING The Hero Twins Against the Lords of Death: A Mayan Myth judgment as you plan Media: Graphic Novel Dan Jolley, illustrated by David Witt lessons according to your classroom needs. Performance-Based Assessment Research-Based Essay Pacing is suggested for Research Writing (TEKS 11.B) 2 a 40- to 50-minute class Unit Reflection Reflect on the Unit period. If you use block 3 days scheduling, you may

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488A UNIT 5 • EXPLORATION UNIT 5 • AT A GLANCE 488B