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Skill plan for myPerspectives - Grade 6

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1	Unit 1 Childhood
Whole-class learning
from Brown Girl Dreaming		Making meaning 1. Read poetry Language development 2. Classify figures of speech Conventions 3. Identify common and proper nouns 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Effective expression 5. Add imagery to stories
from Brown Girl Dreaming
Making meaning 1. Read poetry Language development 2. Classify figures of speech Conventions 3. Identify common and proper nouns 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Effective expression 5. Add imagery to stories

Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes Comics		Making meaning 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Effective expression 2. Distinguish facts from opinions
Gallery of Calvin and Hobbes Comics
Making meaning 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Effective expression 2. Distinguish facts from opinions

Performance task		Write a nonfiction narrative 1. Identify sensory details 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Choose the best transition 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Describe the difference between related words 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Performance task
Write a nonfiction narrative 1. Identify sensory details 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Choose the best transition 4. Punctuating dialogue 5. Describe the difference between related words 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Small-group learning
Declaration of the Rights of the Child		1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify and correct plagiarism

Michaela DePrince: The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Choose the synonym 3. Use reflexive pronouns 4. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? 5. Summarize a story
Michaela DePrince: The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Choose the synonym 3. Use reflexive pronouns 4. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? 5. Summarize a story

from Bad Boy		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 3. Find words using context 4. Compare two texts with different genres
from Bad Boy
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Is the word an adjective or adverb? 3. Find words using context 4. Compare two texts with different genres

I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Use the correct frequently confused word
I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Use the correct frequently confused word

2	Unit 2 Animal Allies
Whole-class learning
from My Life With the Chimpanzees		Making meaning 1. Read about animals 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Identify the author's purpose Language development 4. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 6. Use dashes Effective expression 7. Organize information by topic
from My Life With the Chimpanzees
Making meaning 1. Read about animals 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Identify the author's purpose Language development 4. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 6. Use dashes Effective expression 7. Organize information by topic

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog		Making meaning 1. Read historical fiction 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Identify story elements Language development 4. Identify adverbs 5. Use thesaurus entries 6. Choose the antonym Conventions 7. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 8. Correct capitalization errors Effective expression 9. Identify sensory details 10. Compare and contrast points of view
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog
Making meaning 1. Read historical fiction 2. Compare and contrast characters 3. Identify story elements Language development 4. Identify adverbs 5. Use thesaurus entries 6. Choose the antonym Conventions 7. Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y 8. Correct capitalization errors Effective expression 9. Identify sensory details 10. Compare and contrast points of view

Performance task		Write an explanatory essay 1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Use possessive pronouns 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Which is a thesis statement? 5. Which sentence is more formal? 6. Choose the best concluding sentence
Performance task
Write an explanatory essay 1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Use possessive pronouns 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Which is a thesis statement? 5. Which sentence is more formal? 6. Choose the best concluding sentence
Small-group learning
A Blessing		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review
A Blessing
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Identify main verbs and helping verbs 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Predators		1. Find synonyms in context 2. Label the rhyme scheme 3. Positive and negative connotation 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Predators
1. Find synonyms in context 2. Label the rhyme scheme 3. Positive and negative connotation 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Monkey Master		1. Use dictionary definitions
Monkey Master
1. Use dictionary definitions

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

3	Unit 3 Modern Technology
Whole-class learning
Feathered Friend		Making meaning 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Read about business and technology Language development 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 4. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Effective expression 5. Choose evidence to support a claim
Feathered Friend
Making meaning 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Read about business and technology Language development 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 4. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Effective expression 5. Choose evidence to support a claim

Teens and Technology Share a Future		Making meaning 1. Identify the author's purpose Language development 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Conventions 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Teens and Technology Share a Future
Making meaning 1. Identify the author's purpose Language development 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Conventions 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

The Black Hole of Technology		Making meaning 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements Language development 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Conventions 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses Effective expression 5. Identify counterclaims 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words
The Black Hole of Technology
Making meaning 1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements Language development 3. Which definition matches the sentence? Conventions 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses Effective expression 5. Identify counterclaims 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words

The Internet of Things		Effective expression 1. Distinguish facts from opinions
The Internet of Things
Effective expression 1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Performance task		Write an argument 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Trace an argument 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Classify logical fallacies
Performance task
Write an argument 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Trace an argument 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Classify logical fallacies
Small-group learning
The Fun They Had		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Words with -ful 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue
The Fun They Had
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Words with -ful 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Is Our Gain Also Our Loss?		1. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
Is Our Gain Also Our Loss?
1. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs

4	Unit 4 Imagination
Whole-class learning
The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I		Making meaning 1. Summarize a story 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Read drama Language development 5. Describe the difference between related words Conventions 6. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 7. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 8. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I
Making meaning 1. Summarize a story 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Read drama Language development 5. Describe the difference between related words Conventions 6. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 7. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 8. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II		Making meaning 1. Compare and contrast characters Language development 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Effective expression 5. Compare and contrast points of view
The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II
Making meaning 1. Compare and contrast characters Language development 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? Effective expression 5. Compare and contrast points of view

Performance task		Write a fictional narrative 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Identify text structures 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify sensory details 5. Identify prepositional phrases
Performance task
Write a fictional narrative 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Identify text structures 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Identify sensory details 5. Identify prepositional phrases
Small-group learning
from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass		1. Classify figures of speech 2. Find words using context
Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass
1. Classify figures of speech 2. Find words using context

The Importance of Imagination		1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Identify vague pronoun references
The Importance of Imagination
1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Identify vague pronoun references

5	Unit 5 Exploration
Whole-class learning
from A Long Way Home		Making meaning 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about famous places Language development 3. Compare passages for tone Effective expression 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts
from A Long Way Home
Making meaning 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read about famous places Language development 3. Compare passages for tone Effective expression 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts

BBC Science Club: All About Exploration		Making meaning 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Analyze short stories Effective expression 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts
BBC Science Club: All About Exploration
Making meaning 1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Analyze short stories Effective expression 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Performance task		Write an argument 1. Trace an argument 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Suggest appropriate revisions 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Performance task
Write an argument 1. Trace an argument 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Suggest appropriate revisions 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Small-group learning
Mission Twinpossible		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Identify prepositions and their objects
Mission Twinpossible
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 3. Identify prepositions and their objects

from Tales from the Odyssey		1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Choose between the past tense and past participle
from Tales from the Odyssey
1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Choose between the past tense and past participle

To the Top of Everest		1. Read passages about sports and hobbies 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Compare two texts with different genres 4. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
To the Top of Everest
1. Read passages about sports and hobbies 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Compare two texts with different genres 4. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

from Lewis and Clark		1. Read graphic organizers
from Lewis and Clark
1. Read graphic organizers

Performance task		1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements
Performance task
1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements

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