Mrs. O’Hara’s 6th Grade Language Arts Class

Course Description Reading (literature and informational text) Writing The sixth grade English/Language Arts curriculum will follow the Common Core State Standards for Literacy. These standards are based on four areas of study: Reading (literature and informational text) Writing Speaking and Listening Language To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a global society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and non-print texts in media forms old and new.

Formal Grades – 65% Informal Grades – 35% Grading Policy Tests Projects/Long Term Assignments Final Draft Writing/Essays Formal Quizzes Informal Grades – 35% Homework Informal Quizzes Classwork  Participation

Late Work Policy Homework will be written by each student in their agenda daily. Parents are expected to check the agenda and wiki each day and make sure work is completed.

All late work must be turned in but will result in a loss of points All late work must be turned in but will result in a loss of points. Homework is expected to be complete when class begins. Late homework, projects, and final draft writing will be penalized 10 points per day late.

Tutoring Times Extra help will be available on Thursdays from 11:40 – 12:30. Tutoring can be initiated by either the teacher or student.

Course Overview

Quarter One Genre Overview Author’s Purpose Story Elements Mood/Tone Point of View Central Idea/Supporting Details Making Inferences Summarizing Active Reading Strategies Novel Study - Stargirl Novel-based Vocabulary/Greek and Latin Stems Grammar – Parts of Speech and Sentence Types Argumentative Writing

Novel- Touching Spirit Bear Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems Quarter 2 Informational Text Text Structure Cause/Effect Fact/Opinion Compare/Contrast Folklore Study Dialogue/Dialect Symbolism Character Analysis Novel- Touching Spirit Bear Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems Grammar – Basic Sentence Structure/Pronoun Focus

Quarter 3 Persuasive Techniques Bias Poetry Figurative Language Symbolism Performance Techniques in Drama Novel – The Call of the Wild Parallel Structure Novel-based Vocabulary – Greek/Latin Stems Grammar – Pronoun Focus

Quarter 4 Intensive EOG Review Literature Circles

STARGIRL Please make sure that your child has Stargirl by Friday, September 26.

WEBSITE AND CONTACT My email address is: My Website: marie.bellion@cms.k12.nc.us My Website: http://pauletteohara.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/Home You can also connect to these through a link on the Crestdale faculty page!