Welcome to 6th Grade English Language Arts (ELA)!
We will continue to use the Wit and Wisdom Curriculum for Language Arts in 6th grade.
Everything will be posted on Google Classroom. Please check there for all links and homework assignments!
ELA Google Classroom Invitation Link: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDk3MzgwODM3OTg3?cjc=3jvrimg
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1st Quarter
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8/16-10-14
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Language
Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 1: Resilience in the Great Depression; Bud, Not Buddy; Out of the Dust; Paragraph Writing; Mini Essay; Cause and Effect essay
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2nd Quarter
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10/17- 12/16
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Language Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 2: A Hero’s Journey; Ramayana: Divine Loophole; The Odyssey; Explanatory Essay; Five Minute Group Presentation; Socratic Seminars; Original Monomyth and presentation
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3rd Quarter
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1/5 - 3/10
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Language Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 3: Narrating the Unknown; Blood on the River; Written in Bone; Explanatory Paragraphs; Argumentative Paragraphs; Socratic Seminars, Argumentative Essay
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4th quarter
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3/13 - 5/25
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Language Arts
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Wit and Wisdom Module 4: Courage in Crisis; Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance; I Am Malala; Socratic Seminars; Research based explanatory essay
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