Sixth Grade Language Arts: Reading 6c 6c Of America II Sixth graders will enjoy reading exciting selections about animals of all kinds, patriots from Of America’s past, and Christians in foreign lands. This delightful collection of stories and poems mericaFourth Edition A features several well-known authors and introduces students to a variety of interesting characters. 6b 6b Students will read a biographical novel and a Christian fiction novel and use them when writing language Second Edition book reports. Two speed and comprehension readers contain challenging and interesting selections. H Sixth graders will develop a wider range of comprehension skills by answering comprehension questions ´/h!#i¨ abeka.com 15720103 based on stated facts, implications, and general reasoning. 6 6 Literary Value Materials Evaluation ´/gg#k¨ • 146 authors, including well-known writers • Readers (3) containing: • Weekly oral reading grade 15717103 Speed & Comprehension Reader Fourth Edition abeka.com such as Louisa May Alcott, Benjamin Frank- • Short stories (102), poems (67), plays (3) • Weekly vocabulary and lin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, • Scripture selections (5) comprehension quizzes (34) Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Mark Twain • Christian fiction and biographical novels (1 each) • Speed and comprehension • Themes including brotherhood, friendship, • Speed and comprehension readers (2): quizzes (73) for timed silent abeka.com ´/hD#k¨ 15723603 generosity, honor, ingenuity, leadership, reading exercises and stories • Reading Comprehension 6 Skill Sheets (42) Reading Program patience, prayer, justice, loyalty, citizen- ship, dedication, and responsibility • Adventures in Greatness exercises (31) Reading Skills Development Comprehension, Discussion, & Analysis • Strive for increased: Skills Development • Accuracy, fluency, phrasing • Answer factual, interpretive, and inferential comprehension and discussion • Good expression, comprehension questions for most stories and poems • Improvement of flow • Improve ability to use deductive reasoning, understand cause and • Pace and comprehension while reading silently effect, and draw conclusions • Ability to follow along and comprehend as others read orally • Determine main characters, theme, climax, and turning point • Vocabulary development through words and definitions in readers • Ability to read poetry correctly Language Arts: Language 6 6 The sixth grader should be constantly guided to see how grammar applies to his writing and speak- ing. God’s Gift of Language C gives a thorough, systematic presentation of grammar, composition, Writing & Grammar Third Edition Work-text and mechanics in a clear and appealing manner. Both the student and the teacher will appreciate the explanations and demonstrations of the writing process. Students who use this program are not “afraid of composition.” Creative Writing, a companion text to God’s Gift of Language C, helps students to think and to convey their thoughts more clearly, critically, and creatively. ´/hL!{¨ 15724401 abeka.com LANGUAGE SERIES God’s Gift of Language C features a cumulative review section at the end of each unit and a Hand- book of Rules and Definitions at the end of the text. Added Enrichment Evaluation • Creative writing focus (23 lessons) • Quizzes: • Book reports (7): • The Student Writer’s Handbook includes: • From quiz/test book (15) • Short format (3; each counts as 2 quiz grades) • How to use a dictionary, thesaurus, ency- • Graded grammar exercises in • Long format (3; each counts as test grade) clopedia; The Writing Process; a Writer’s student book (10) • Oral (1; counts as test grade) Checklist; proofreader marks • Tests from quiz/test book (10) • Library research report (counts as 2 test grades) • How to write book reports using the Writ- • Graded creative writing exercises (3) ing Process and the Book Report Checklist; friendly letters and social notes • How your library works 86 Language cont. p. 87 Sixth Grade Language cont. h RED indicates first introduction of content. Grammar • The sentence: • Capitalization: • Identify sentences and fragments • Proper nouns: • Correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences • Recognize four types of sentences: declarative, imperative, • Particular persons, places, things; words referring to Deity or interrogative, exclamatory the Holy Scriptures • Locate simple and complete subjects and predicates • Words formed from proper nouns: • Identify compound subjects and verbs; compound sentences • Proper adjectives • Locate out-of-the-ordinary subjects and verbs h Abbreviations of proper nouns • Parts of speech: • Titles of persons: • Recognize and diagram all eight parts of speech • Used before a person’s name as part of the name • Verbs: • Used alone in direct address • Distinguish action, state of being, helping, and linking verbs • Titles of works: • Recognize verb phrases, principal parts of verbs, and irregular • First, last, and all important words in titles of books, magazines, verbs newspapers, poems, stories, plays, and works of art • Use spelling rules for verb endings • First word in a sentence, including quoted sentences • Use action verbs with picturing power • Pronoun I • Find exact verbs • Punctuation: • Use troublesome verbs correctly • End marks • Nouns: • Commas: • Recognize common, proper, compound • Before a coordinating conjunction joining two simple sentences • Use: • To indicate where word(s) have been omitted • As subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of the preposition h To avoid a possible misreading • In direct address • To indicate nonessential elements in a sentence: nouns of direct address; well, yes, no, why h Make subject agree with verb • Pronouns: h To indicate parenthetical words or expressions • Recognize personal pronouns: nominative, objective, possessive • In dates and addresses • Choose correct pronoun case • In letter salutations and closings • Recognize: • Apostrophes: • Compound, demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns • To show possession h Indefinite pronouns • To show omissions from a word h Make pronoun agree with the verb h To show omissions from an expression • Adjectives: • With s to form: • Know distinguishing characteristics of adjectives • The plural of letters h Correctly use compound proper adjectives h The plural of numbers, signs, and words used as words • Recognize: • Quotation marks: • Predicate adjectives, verbs used as adjectives • In a direct quotation • Prepositional phrases used as adjectives • To enclose titles of short stories, short poems, songs, chapters, • Use and compare adjectives correctly articles, and other parts of books or magazines h Correctly use less, least; fewer, fewest; them, those • Semicolons: h Place adjectives correctly in sentence • To separate simple sentences not joined by a conjunction h Learn how to use adjective-forming suffixes h With a conjunction to join two simple sentences if those • Adverbs: sentences already contain commas • Distinguish adjectives from adverbs • Colons: • Identify prepositional phrases used as adverbs h Before a list of items • Correctly use: • Between chapter and verse of a Bible reference • Good, well • Between hour and minute when writing the time • Adverbs in comparisons • After the salutation of a business letter • Avoid double negatives and double comparisons • Underlining: titles of books, magazines, newspapers, plays, works • Prepositions: of art, ships, trains, and airplanes • Recognize prepositional phrases • Hyphens: • Distinguish prepositions from adverbs • To divide a word at the end of the line • Avoid: • Preposition errors h In compound numbers h Unnecessary prepositions h In fractions used as adjectives • Conjunctions: h Recognize coordinating and correlative conjunctions • Interjections 87 Language cont. p. 88 Sixth Grade Language cont. h RED indicates first introduction of content. Composition • Write a library research report using the Writing Process: Note: Many creative writing exercises are included in • Make bibliography cards and preliminary outline Creative Writing, a companion text to Language C. • Take notes • Creative writing exercises: • Make a final outline • Write: • Write the rough, second, and final drafts • Friendly letter and social notes • Write the final bibliography • Dialogue h Write poetry: • Paragraphs: h Using rhymes, assonance, consonance • Develop: h Definition and picture poems • A good topic sentence h Haiku and cinquain poetry h Paragraphs with details, examples, reasons, or brief story • Use paragraph unity h Develop sentence order: chronological order, order of importance h Write a compare-and-contrast paragraph h Write a narrative paragraph • Write about an emotion and a memory • Apply the Writing Process to writing paragraphs • Use transitional words and phrases h Combine paragraphs to make a composition Language Arts: Penmanship & Creative Writing 6 6 Creative Writing is a companion text to God’s Gift of Language C. This work-text Added Enrichment Creative Writing develops students’ abilities to observe, proofread, think clearly, and use descriptive • Journal compilation including words. Students learn what characterizes good writing and how they can write more creative writing assignments (24) with Penmanship Skills creatively as they study observation and creativity, poetry, and journal writing. The • Additional exercises to build challenging Mind Stretchers provide lively openers for each creative writing class as creative writing skills (40) students create