Grade 6 (under Construction)

District Resources (downloadable lessons in alpha order by strand)

Reading / Vocabulary Development
Alphabet letters for word walls	Flip-a-Chip: Affixes and Roots	Six Steps to Vocabulary Development
Connotation Mini-Lesson	Interpreting Idioms	Why Word Walls?
---	Internalization of Vocabulary	---
CD Map (Concept/Definition)	Prefixes	Word Wall
Connotation and Denotation	Quad Card 1, 2	Word Web
Context Clues PPT	Root Words and Affixes	Word Wheel
Exploring Word Meaning		Word Wall Activities
Reading / Comprehension / Skills and Strategies
Author's Craft	Fact and Opinion in the News	Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
Author's POV	Four Categories of Reading	Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
Careful Reading	Generalization Lesson	Reading Literary Texts
	Get the Gist	Reading Process
Cartoon Comprehension	Guided Reading in Grades 4 - 12	Reader Response
CASPER understanding narrative text	K-W-L	Setting
CASPER understanding narrative text	Literary Text , A Graphic	Strategic Reading
Character Sociogram	Literary Devices	Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion
Character and POV	Literary Terms	Support Student Responses
Characterization: Mind Games	Mental Images	Summary
Char: Open Mind Diagram	Mind Pictures While Reading	---
Characterization PPT	Nonficiton: Content Area Books	---
Exploring Char Traits	Organizational Patterns	---
Compare & Contrast Electronic Text & Printed Text	POV	Text Sets: Supporting All Readers
	QAR1, QAR2,
	QAR Spanish FQR
Diction in Literary Text	Question Matrix	Tone
Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study	Questions by Category	Timed Reading Chart
Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study	Read, Rate, Reread	Tone and Mood
Reader's Workshop
Book Report in a Bag	Lit Circle Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Reading Log
Bookmatch	Literature Circle Role Cards	Reader Response
	Mandalas
	One Pager
Book Tasting	Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy	Reader Response Journal
Book Chat Q's (Fiction)	Press Conference for Bud, Not Buddy	Reading Survey
Book Chat Q's--(Non Fiction)	Previewing the Text	Writing & Sharing Text Connections
Book Chat Score Sheet	Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries	---
Buddy Reading	Modeling Reading & Analysis	---
Costa's Level of Q's	Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries	SSR
Cube Project	Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries	SSR
Reading /Media Literacy


Writing Genres / Topics / Forms
Alliteration in Headline Poems	Comparing and Contrasting	Letters and Learning Genre
Alphabiography Project: Totally You	Fairy Tale Autobiographies	Tic Tac Toe Autobiography
Alternative Ways to Assess	Genres of Writing	Purposes for Writing
Audience, Purpose, & Lang. in Electronic Messages	Hexagonal Writing (literary response)	Understanding and Writing Poetry
Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation	Hypertext Writing Experience	---
Writing Process
Prewrite / Draft	Revise	Edit / Publish
Cosmic Oranges (descriptive writing)	Adding Adjectives & Adverbs	Clocking Sheet
Cosmic Oranges (descriptive writing)	Ba-Da-Bing!	Editing Checklist
Audience and Purpose	Be Verbs	Focus on Proofreading
	Be Verbs Hand Jive	Peer Edit 1, 2, and 3
Books...Teaching 6 Traits	Books for Teaching Voice	Peer Read Aloud Sheet
Flashback	Clocking	Process Reflection
Imagine That! ...Genre	Commenting in Word	Qualities of Good Writing
Literature to Language (ELL)	Conference Sheet	Rubrics
What's in Your Heart?	Dependent Clauses	Sample Criteria Charts & Rubrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Developing Story Structure with Paper Bag Skits	Development: Egg Metaphor	Sample TAKS Essays
Era vs. Moment - Pre-write	Effective Use of Dialogue	Six Traits Rubric - Student Friendly
Mini Lessons for Drafting	Empty Writing	Versions in XP
Organize Your Essay DVD Style	Five Senses	Writing Process
Organize Your Essay DVD Style	Leads	Writing Process
Write From the Heart (Heart Mapping)	Leads PPT	Writing Process Wheel
---	Magnify the Focus	---
---	Once Upon a Fairy Tale: Teaching Revision as a Concept	---
---	Peer Revision	---
---	Peer Revision - Show not Tell	---
---	Revision Ideas	---
---	Revision (self eval rubric)	---
---	Sequencing Poem	---
---	Show Not Tell	---
---	Story Elements for Writing	---
---	Voice	---
Oral and Written Conventions / Conventions
Capitalization Car	End Punctuation	Macaroni Punctuation
Conjunction Junction	Every Punctuation Mark Matters	Oreo Sentences (appositives)
Compound & Complex Sentences	FANBOYS	Plurals: Regular & Irregular
Compound & Complex Sentences	Four Uses of a Comma	Quotation Marks: Inside or Outside?
Dependent Clauses	Grammar with Toys	Shared Spelling Strategies
---	Handwriting Continuum	---
Research




Listening and Speaking
Breaking Barriers (Discussing social Issues)	Listening Logs	Reporter's Formula
Breaking Barriers (Discussing social Issues)	Performance Reading	Socratic Seminar
Inner-Outer Circle	Poetry for Two Voices	Socratic Seminar Questioning
Language Registers	---	Verbal Recreations
Classroom Management / Instructional Strategies
Make a Date	Cooperative Learning Guidelines	Managing Writing Workshop
Flexible Grouping	Entrance Slip, Exit Slip	Periodic Portfolio Questions
Why Flexible Grouping?	Flexible Grouping	Portfolio Questions
Writing Log	Writing Survey	Writing Record
Viewing/ Representing	District Focus/Resource
Interpretation Analysis Production	Administrative Produre I - M Attributes of the 21st Century Learner Childhood Remembrances: Life and Art Intersect... Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Lesson Comparing Books and Movies Creative Communication Frames: Discovering Similarities between Writing and Art Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising Critical Media Literacy: TV Programs Critical Media Questions Digital Reflections Hypertext Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 Lights, Camera, Action: Interviewing a Book Character Media Literacy: Examining the World of Lizzie McGuire Permission to Use Media Postcard Project Postmodern Picture Books in the Middle School Using Picture Books to Explore Identity...
Web Resources	URL/Web Address
General Sites	pblmm.K12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html eteach.esc13.net/t_lang_arts.htm pics4learning.com www.readwritethink.org/index.asp rubistar4teachers.org www.pics4learning.com www.freeplaymusic.com www.brainpop.com www.enchanted learning.com www.factmonster.com www.mybookmarks.com/PISDIT t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/professional_development/strategies/#one - integrating technology commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - images (might want to be selective)
Vocabulary	www.dictionary.com syndicate.com www.vocabulary.co.il
Text Structures	www.planetesme.com/dontmiss.html
Comprehension	reading comprehension practice reading comprehension ESL reading online ESL reading lessons ESL Reading Activities - All levels
Grammar	webnz.co.nz/checkers/grammar2.html englishplus.com/grammar www.grammarbook.com english-zone.com/index.php www3.uakron.edu/noden www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2692/grammarlink.html ESL grammar activities Sentence Structure www.new.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html Sentence Combining leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/4/81.04.06.x.html www.sanmarcos.net/ana/Class/Notes/CombSen.html pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~slamos
Writing	www.discover-writing.com www.readwritethink.org www.englishcompanion.com writingfix.com
Research	www.newseum.org www.pics4learning.com eduscapes.com/tap/topic20.htm
Web Resource	URL/Web Address
Viewing/ Representing	www.medialit.org www.pbs.org medialit.med.sc.edu www.medialiteracy.net www1.medialiteracy.com/home.jsp www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/media_lit.shtm Media Literacy \| Media Education \| Questia.com Online Library www.ianjukes.com (teaching the 21st century learner)

Grade 6 (under Construction)

Reading / Vocabulary Development

Reading / Comprehension / Skills and Strategies

Reader's Workshop

Reading /Media Literacy

Writing Genres / Topics / Forms

Writing Process

Prewrite / Draft

Revise

Edit / Publish