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    This document provides an overview of the 6th grade language arts course at Austin Middle School for the 2015-2016 school year. It outlines the 4 units to be covered, including the extended texts and themes for each quarter. Students will study both literary and informational texts and focus on narrative, argumentative, and informative writing. They will also complete daily homework assignments to practice grammar, language, reading, and writing skills. Student performance will be assessed through tests, projects, quizzes, and written assignments, with grades based on a standard scale. Classroom behavior expectations and intervention steps are also defined.

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    This document provides an overview of the 6th grade language arts course at Austin Middle School for the 2015-2016 school year. It outlines the 4 units to be covered, including the extended texts and themes for each quarter. Students will study both literary and informational texts and focus on narrative, argumentative, and informative writing. They will also complete daily homework assignments to practice grammar, language, reading, and writing skills. Student performance will be assessed through tests, projects, quizzes, and written assignments, with grades based on a standard scale. Classroom behavior expectations and intervention steps are also defined.

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    Austin Middle School

    Course
    Syllabus
    Sixth Grade Language Arts

    School Year
    2015-2016

    Mrs. Maya Woodall

    [email protected]

    Mrs. Sandra Fisher

    [email protected]

    Mrs. Connie Zingaretti

    [email protected]

    Ms. Kayla Smith

    [email protected]

    Link to teacher websites via the AMS homepage at http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/27.

    I.

    Course Overview
    In 6th grade, students apply skills they learned in earlier grades to make sense of longer, more
    challenging books and articles. That includes learning about how authors try to influence readers and find
    evidence to support their ideas. Focusing on how authors make their points and support their arguments
    with evidence and reasoning helps 6th grade students sharpen their ability to write and speak with more
    clarity and coherence. Students will write in a variety of genres including narrative, argumentative, and
    informative. In addition, students will expand their vocabulary by focusing on both academic vocabulary
    and contextual vocabulary. To practice and improve grammar/language and reading/writing skills, students
    will have a brief assignment (All Things ELA) to complete each night, Monday through Thursday.

    Unit
    Time
    Frame
    1st
    Quarter
    2nd
    Quarter
    3rd
    Quarter
    4th
    Quarter

    Extended Text

    Theme

    Chicken Soup for the Teenage


    Soul
    Anne Frank: The Diary of a
    Young Girl
    *Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

    Life, Love, & Learning


    Seeing the Good in
    Others
    Determination &
    Perseverance
    Belonging

    The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

    Main
    Reading
    Focus
    Informational

    Main Writing
    Focus

    Informational

    Informative

    Literary

    Informative

    Literary

    Argument

    Narrative

    *Note: Each student will receive a copy of Hatchet, the Unit 3 extended text. This book will be checked out from the
    AMS library. Class sets will be used for the other units. Students who prefer to highlight and make notes as they
    read/study texts should purchase a personal copy. Since we are focused on the themes of the units and close
    reading, we will not read all books from cover to cover. Instead we will pull out the themes and pair texts for analysis.

    III. Classroom Assessment


    Grading Scale

    100-90=A

    89-80=B

    Summative Assessment
    60% of Grade
    Unit Tests, Projects, Performance Tasks
    Extended Writing Tasks

    79-70=C

    69 and below=F

    Formative Assessment
    40% of Grade
    Quizzes, Shorts Assignments, Daily Work
    Short Writing Tasks

    IV. 6th Grade Behavior Intervention Plan


    The grade level and class rules/guidelines are simple: be your best, be responsible, be respectful, and be
    brave. Students should follow the class/grade level guidelines and policies and procedures. Various
    incentives will be used to reward classroom behavior. When students do not comply with guidelines and
    rules, the 6th grade teachers will use a step plan to intervene.

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