! ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¤ ¥ ¢ ¦ § GRADE 6 UNIT 1: TURNING POINTS What happens when life changes direction? USER GUIDE HOW IS THIS PACING GUIDE ORGANIZED? You are unique. So are your students. This pacing guide is not meant to The pacing guide for this unit is broken up into 45 instructional days. One pigeonhole you. It is designed to give you a sense of how you might incorporate instructional day may have more than a single task. All of the activities on row all of the resources StudySync has to oCer into a comprehensive unit. The one are meant to be covered on the first instructional day. However, we know Pacing Guide should give you a sense of how to weave together lessons from that school schedules vary. Some teachers may have traditional 50 minute class the Instructional Path, Extended Writing Project, Research Project, and Full-Text periods each day, while others have 90 minute block classes a few days a week. Study in the Thematic Units as well as lessons from the Instructional Path and This pacing guide is designed for a 50 minute class, but it can be adapted to fit Extended Oral Project in the Designated ELD Unit. any schedule. If you are teaching on a block schedule, you will want to modify the work combining days to get through the content in the time you’ve scheduled WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A PACING GUIDE? for your unit. The numbers next to the StudySync lessons indicate which number the lesson is This pacing guide is designed to help you to eCectively plan your unit. There are in the instructional path. Hopefully, this will make it easier to navigate between several elements in a StudySync unit – StudySync selections, the anchor text, the pacing guide and the instructional path for the unit on the StudySync website. Extended Writing Project and the Research Project. The pacing guide presents a suggested plan of attack that will help you cover the content in this unit, while In the third column of the pacing guide, which has the anchor text reading making the connections between the anchor text and the StudySync selections schedule, there is also a “compare to” note with the title of a text and clear for your students. Although this is a suggested outline of lessons, you accompanying lesson next to several of the chapters. This “compare to” note can adapt, alter, eliminate, or re-organize the lessons to best meet the needs identifies other texts in the StudySync Library that compliment the chapter in the of your students. You may do all of this in class or you may decide to divide anchor text that students are currently reading. the assignments between in-class work and homework. Ultimately, you are in the best position to decide what is manageable for your classes given the time There are no activities or lessons planned for the final two days of the unit, which constraints you are working within. are dedicated to assessment. mheonline.com/studysync Page 1 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 % ¨ © % % ELD UNIT CONNECTING FULL<TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL<TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT 1 UNIT PREVIEW SPEAKING & LISTENING INTRODUCTION HANDBOOK Turning Points BLAST “Research Using Various Media” Section What happens when life changes direction? RESEARCH PROJECT PART I Break students into small groups and assign each group a topic to research (see list of topics under Research tab) and begin research (in class and/or online). 2 FIRST READ SPEAKING & LISTENING BLAST Hatchet HANDBOOK Turning Points “Collaborative Discussions” Section RESEARCH PROJECT PART I CONT. Students should continue to research. 3 SKILL RESEARCH PROJECT FIRST READ Point of View PART II “Lost Island” Groups should work collaboratively (in class and/or online) on a presentation to present their information to the class. mheonline.com/studysync Page 2 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 CONNECTING FULL6TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL6TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT 4 CLOSE READ RESEARCH PROJECT RE<READ Hatchet PART II “Lost Island” Groups should work collaboratively (in class and/or online) on a presentation to present their information to the class. 5 FIRST READ RESEARCH PROJECT RE<READ 2 Guts: True Stories PART II CONT. “Lost Island” Behind Hatchet Students should continue and the Brian working to create their Books presentations. 6 SKILL RESEARCH PROJECT READING SKILL Central or Main PART II CONT. Point of View Idea Students should continue working to create their presentations. SKILL Greek and Latin Ahxes and Roots 7 CLOSE READ SPEAKING & LISTENING WRITING SKILL Guts: True Stories HANDBOOK Verbs and Verb Behind Hatchet “Presentation Skills” Phrases and the Brian Books RESEARCH PROJECT PART III Allow a couple of groups to present for the class. 8 FIRST READ RESEARCH PROJECT INTRODUCTION Island of the Blue PART III CONT. Hatchet Dolphins Allow a couple of groups to present for the class. mheonline.com/studysync Page 3 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 CONNECTING FULL5TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL5TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT 9 SKILL RESEARCH PROJECT FIRST READ Textual Evidence PART III CONT. Hatchet Allow a couple of groups to present for the class. 10 CLOSE READ RE<READ 1 Island of the Blue Hatchet Dolphins BLAST How do people survive in extreme situations? Hatchet 11 FIRST READ LINK RE<READ 2 Chapter 1 Dragonwings to Hatchet – Compare and Hatchet COMPARE contrast the separation between father and son in to The Early History each text – Dragonwings and of the Airplane and Hatchet. Why are father and In Guts: The True son separated in each text? Stories Behind What is the impact of this Hatchet and the separation on the son in each Brian Books story? 12 SKILL WATCH Connotation and Point of View Denotation Hatchet 13 CLOSE READ LINK WATCH Chapter 2 Dragonwings to Hatchet – Compare the Hatchet perspectives of Moon Shadow and Brian. How do their ages, family situations and circumstances impact their points of view? mheonline.com/studysync Page 4 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 CONNECTING FULL5TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL5TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT 14 BLAST WRITING SKILL What Do You Verbs and Verb Mean? Phrases FIRST READ “The Father of Chinese Aviation” Hatchet 15 SKILL LINK EXTENDED ORAL Chapter 3 Textual Evidence to Hatchet – What emotions PROJECT does Brian experience as he Introduction flies the plane and attempts to land it? Ask students to identify the diCerent emotions he experiences and support their ideas with textual evidence. Hatchet 16 CLOSE READ LINK EXTENDED ORAL Chapter 4 “The Father of to Hatchet – In Chapter 4, PROJECT Chinese Aviation” Brian crashes the airplane and Brainstorm survives. Similarly, Feng Ru’s test flight in September 1909 also ends in a crash landing. Unlike the vivid account of Brian’s crash, the description of Feng Ru’s crash is limited. How might Feng Ru’s reaction to his crash have been similar to or diCerent from Brian’s reaction? Students can discuss this question and/or write a short sensory-rich narrative describing how they think Feng Ru might have felt, thought or noticed as his own plane crashed. mheonline.com/studysync Page 5 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 CONNECTING FULL5TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL5TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT Hatchet 17 BLAST LINK EXTENDED ORAL Chapter 5 How have to Hatchet – Ask students to PROJECT immigrant inventors COMPARE brainstorm a list of qualities Create an Outline contributed to they believe successful American society? to The Lord of the immigrant inventors would Flies need to possess. Then ask them to consider Brian’s personality and character. Has he demonstrated these same qualities or characteristics? How might they help him in his current situation? In what ways must he be inventive? How might he be considered an “outsider” or “immigrant” in this unknown wilderness? Hatchet 18 FIRST READ LINK FIRST READ Chapter 5 I Never Had It to Hatchet – In the excerpt “Middle School Made COMPARE from I Never Had It Made, Loneliness” Jackie Robinson identifies to “I never hear the some of the events and word ‘Escape’” people who both positively and negatively impacted him. In Chapter 6, Brian remembers when he learned “the secret.” What impact does this moment and the knowledge that came with it have on Brian? Hatchet SKILL LINK RE<READ 1 19 Chapter 7 Informational Text to Hatchet – Ask students “Middle School Structure to discuss the impact of the Loneliness” flashbacks in this chapter. Why does Paulsen use flashbacks in the novel? What impact does this complex text structure have on the reader? mheonline.com/studysync Page 6 Pacing Guide | Grade 6, Unit 1 CONNECTING FULL5TEXT STUDY INSTRUCTIONAL EXTENDED WRITING DAY INSTRUCTIONAL PATH RESEARCH PROJECT FULL5TEXT STUDY TO THEMATIC UNIT PATH AND EXTENDED PROJECT INSTRUCTIONAL PATH LESSONS ORAL PROJECT Hatchet 20 SKILL LINK RE<READ 2 Chapter 8 Figures of Speech to Hatchet – Ask students “Middle School to brainstorm examples of Loneliness” figurative language in this chapter. For example, “The first faint light hit the silver of the hatchet and it flashed a brilliant gold in the light. Like fire.” Once they’ve compiled a list of examples/quotes, ask them to label each example– metaphor, simile, idioms, personification, hyperbole, etc. Hatchet 21 SKILL LINK READING SKILL Chapter 9 Media to Hatchet – Put students Informational Text into small groups and assign Structure each group a type of media– drawing, video, tweet, text, song, etc.