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Skill plan for StudySync ELA - 6th grade

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1	Unit 1 Testing Our Limits
Reading and Writing
Eleven (Fiction)		Context clues 1. Find words using context Comprehension 2. Analyze short stories Textual evidence 3. Draw inferences from a text Peer review 4. Correct errors with signs Figurative language 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 6. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Eleven (Fiction)
Context clues 1. Find words using context Comprehension 2. Analyze short stories Textual evidence 3. Draw inferences from a text Peer review 4. Correct errors with signs Figurative language 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 6. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

The Mighty Miss Malone		1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
The Mighty Miss Malone
1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Paired Readings: Red Scarf Girl, Hatchet		1. Identify story elements 2. Compare information from two texts
Paired Readings: Red Scarf Girl, Hatchet
1. Identify story elements 2. Compare information from two texts

The Magic Marker Mystery		1. Read drama
The Magic Marker Mystery
1. Read drama

Scout's Honor		1. Read historical fiction
Scout's Honor
1. Read historical fiction

The Good Samaritan		1. Summarize a story
The Good Samaritan
1. Summarize a story

Paired Readings: Jabberwocky, Gathering Blue, and A Wrinkle in Time		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Paired Readings: Jabberwocky, Gathering Blue, and A Wrinkle in Time
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Revise		Adjectives 1. Order adjectives Adverbs 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
Revise
Adjectives 1. Order adjectives Adverbs 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs

Edit and Publish		Personal pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Pronouns and antecedents 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Consistent pronoun use 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Edit and Publish
Personal pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Pronouns and antecedents 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Consistent pronoun use 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Relative pronouns 1. Identify relative pronouns 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Reflexive and intensive pronouns 4. Use reflexive pronouns 5. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
Grammar
Relative pronouns 1. Identify relative pronouns 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Reflexive and intensive pronouns 4. Use reflexive pronouns 5. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?

2	Unit 2 You and Me
Reading and Writing
Walk Two Moons		Language, style, and audience 1. Identify sensory details 2. Interpret figures of speech Textual evidence 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Walk Two Moons
Language, style, and audience 1. Identify sensory details 2. Interpret figures of speech Textual evidence 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry		1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Positive and negative connotation
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Positive and negative connotation

Teenagers		1. Classify figures of speech
Teenagers
1. Classify figures of speech

Tableau		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Tableau
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Paired Readings: The Voice in My Head and We're on the Same Team		1. Read about science and nature
Paired Readings: The Voice in My Head and We're on the Same Team
1. Read about science and nature

The Treasure of Lemon Brown		1. Identify the narrative point of view
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, That Day, A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Paired Readings: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, That Day, A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
1. Compare two texts with different genres
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		Organizing argumentative writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify counterclaims Thesis statements 3. Which is a thesis statement? Reasons and relevant evidence 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Draft
Organizing argumentative writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify counterclaims Thesis statements 3. Which is a thesis statement? Reasons and relevant evidence 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Revise		Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Usage 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Revise
Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Usage 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

Edit and Publish		Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words Possessive pronouns 3. Use possessive pronouns Formal and informal language 4. Which sentence is more formal?
Edit and Publish
Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words Possessive pronouns 3. Use possessive pronouns Formal and informal language 4. Which sentence is more formal?
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Proper and common nouns 1. Identify common and proper nouns Sentence fragments 2. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Simple subjects and predicates 3. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
Grammar
Proper and common nouns 1. Identify common and proper nouns Sentence fragments 2. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Simple subjects and predicates 3. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence

3	Unit 3 In the Dark
Reading and Writing
Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus		Character 1. Show character emotions and traits World meaning 2. Use guide words 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Use dictionary definitions
Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus
Character 1. Show character emotions and traits World meaning 2. Use guide words 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Use dictionary definitions

The Lightning Thief		1. Identify story elements
The Lightning Thief
1. Identify story elements

Paired Readings: Elena, Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use key details to determine the main idea
Paired Readings: Elena, Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use key details to determine the main idea

I, Too		1. Identify elements of poetry
I, Too
1. Identify elements of poetry

Everybody Jump (from "What If?")		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Everybody Jump (from "What If?")
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Hoot		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Hoot
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Paired Readings: Donna O'Meara: The Volcano Lady, Dare to be Creative!, Margaret Bourke-White: Fearless Photographer		1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Paired Readings: Donna O'Meara: The Volcano Lady, Dare to be Creative!, Margaret Bourke-White: Fearless Photographer
1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		Organizing informative writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Draft
Organizing informative writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Supporting details 2. Choose evidence to support a claim

Revise		Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Precise language 2. Choose the synonym 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Style 4. Compare passages for tone
Revise
Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Precise language 2. Choose the synonym 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Style 4. Compare passages for tone

Edit and Publish		Ellipses 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Prefixes 2. Words with pre- 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Edit and Publish
Ellipses 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Prefixes 2. Words with pre- 3. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Compound subjects and predicates 1. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Coordinating conjunctions 2. Use coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions Adjectives 4. Identify adjectives 5. Order adjectives 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives
Grammar
Compound subjects and predicates 1. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Coordinating conjunctions 2. Use coordinating conjunctions 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions Adjectives 4. Identify adjectives 5. Order adjectives 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives

4	Unit 4 Personal Best
Reading and Writing
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban		1. Positive and negative connotation
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
1. Positive and negative connotation

Malala Yousafzai– Nobel Lecture		1. Identify text structures
Malala Yousafzai– Nobel Lecture
1. Identify text structures

Priscilla and the Wimps and All Summer in a Day		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Priscilla and the Wimps and All Summer in a Day
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Bullying in Schools		1. Trace an argument 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Bullying in Schools
1. Trace an argument 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Paired Readings: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter to Xavier High School, Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare information from two texts
Paired Readings: Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Letter to Xavier High School, Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare information from two texts

Celebrities as Heroes		1. Classify logical fallacies
Celebrities as Heroes
1. Classify logical fallacies

Famous		1. Identify adjectives 2. Identify adverbs
Famous
1. Identify adjectives 2. Identify adverbs
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Which is a thesis statement? 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Draft
1. Which is a thesis statement? 2. Choose evidence to support a claim

Revise		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use coordinating conjunctions
Revise
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use coordinating conjunctions

Edit and Publish		Essential and nonessential elements 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Using pronouns 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents Commonly confused words 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Edit and Publish
Essential and nonessential elements 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Using pronouns 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents Commonly confused words 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Essential and nonessential clauses 1. What does the punctuation suggest? Homographs 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone
Grammar
Essential and nonessential clauses 1. What does the punctuation suggest? Homographs 2. Which definition matches the sentence? 3. Which sentence matches the definition? Homophones 4. Use the correct homophone

5	Unit 5 Making Your Mark
Reading and Writing
Warriors Don't Cry		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Describe the difference between related words
Warriors Don't Cry
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Describe the difference between related words

Damon and Pythias		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Damon and Pythias
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Amigo Brothers		1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
Amigo Brothers
1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Listen, Slowly		1. Compare passages for tone
Listen, Slowly
1. Compare passages for tone

Charles		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Charles
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: Saying Yes and The All American Slurp		1. Identify sensory details
Paired Readings: Saying Yes and The All American Slurp
1. Identify sensory details

Paired Readings: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (Chapter IV), and The Miracle Worker		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Paired Readings: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (Chapter IV), and The Miracle Worker
1. Label the rhyme scheme
Oral Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify the author's purpose
Draft
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify the author's purpose

Revise		Communicating ideas 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Revise
Communicating ideas 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Edit and Present		Reflexive and intensive pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2. Use reflexive pronouns Sentence variety 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Style 5. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? 6. Which sentence is more formal?
Edit and Present
Reflexive and intensive pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 2. Use reflexive pronouns Sentence variety 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Style 5. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? 6. Which sentence is more formal?
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Pronouns and antecedents 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Main and subordinate clauses 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 5. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Grammar
Pronouns and antecedents 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Main and subordinate clauses 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? 5. Identify subordinating conjunctions

6	Unit 6 True to Yourself
Reading and Writing
Bronx Masquerade		1. Use key details to determine the main idea
Bronx Masquerade
1. Use key details to determine the main idea

Paired Readings: A BEACON of Hope: The Story of Hannah Herbst and Shree Bose: Never Too Young to Change the World		1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition?
Paired Readings: A BEACON of Hope: The Story of Hannah Herbst and Shree Bose: Never Too Young to Change the World
1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition?

Letter to His Daughter		Figurative language 1. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 2. Classify figures of speech Context clues 3. Find antonyms in context
Letter to His Daughter
Figurative language 1. Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 2. Classify figures of speech Context clues 3. Find antonyms in context

Paired Readings: The Story Behind the Bus, Rosa, and Rosa Parks: My Story		Informational text elements 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Connotation and denotation 3. Positive and negative connotation
Paired Readings: The Story Behind the Bus, Rosa, and Rosa Parks: My Story
Informational text elements 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Connotation and denotation 3. Positive and negative connotation

Paired Readings: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery and Brave		1. Show character emotions and traits
Paired Readings: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery and Brave
1. Show character emotions and traits

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

Touching Spirit Bear
Touching Spirit Bear

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Draft
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Revise		Paraphrasing 1. Identify and correct plagiarism Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 3. Read graphic organizers
Revise
Paraphrasing 1. Identify and correct plagiarism Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 3. Read graphic organizers

Edit and Publish		Dashes and hyphens 1. Use dashes 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Quotation marks 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue Run-on sentences 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Edit and Publish
Dashes and hyphens 1. Use dashes 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Quotation marks 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue Run-on sentences 4. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

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