Grade 6 English Language Arts
11 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Language Arts”.
Organizing ideas
- Listening and speaking: Offer relevant information and logical reasoning in group conversations.
- Reading: Analyze texts and their contexts to build understanding.
- Writing: Refine writing through creative and critical thinking so it reflects your own voice and skills.
- Conventions: Use grammar, spelling and punctuation accurately and skillfully.
- Texts and the world: Analyze how a variety of texts are organized and how they can shape the way we see ourselves, other people and the world.
Units
Unit 1
Close Reading
Reading original stories and information texts, then finding the theme or main idea, making inferences, explaining why characters act as they do and choosing the sentence that best supports an answer.
Learning outcome: Analyze texts and interpret contexts to build comprehension. · main ideas, inferences and text evidence
Unit 2
Point of View
Telling first person, third person limited and third person omniscient apart, and thinking about what each narrator can and can't know.
Learning outcome: Analyze texts and interpret contexts to build comprehension. · the narrator's point of view
Unit 3
Figurative Language
Naming similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration and idioms, explaining what they mean, finding the sense an image appeals to and working out what a symbol stands for.
Learning outcome: Analyze texts and interpret contexts to build comprehension. · simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole and idioms
Unit 4
Connotation & Tone
Words can share a dictionary meaning (denotation) but carry different feelings (connotation), like “cozy” and “cramped.” Students choose words for effect and identify a writer's tone.
Learning outcome: Analyze how a variety of texts are organized and can influence understandings of ourselves, other people, and the world. · word choice, connotation and tone, and how they influence readers
Unit 5
Text Forms & Features
Recognizing problem-and-solution reports, scripts, and web features like menus, and explaining how pictures and graphics add to a text.
Learning outcome: Analyze how a variety of texts are organized and can influence understandings of ourselves, other people, and the world. · text forms, text patterns and features
Unit 6
Sources & Bias
Separating fact from opinion, judging whether a source is reliable, spotting loaded words and one-sided reporting, and asking who made a message and why.
Learning outcome: Analyze how a variety of texts are organized and can influence understandings of ourselves, other people, and the world. · evaluating sources, bias and point of view
Unit 7
Make Your Case
Building an argument: stating a claim, choosing the strongest evidence, recognizing counterarguments and rebuttals, spotting persuasive techniques and ordering a persuasive paragraph.
Learning outcome: Offer relevant information and logical reasoning to enhance collaborative dialogue.; Refine and adjust writing through creative and critical thinking to reflect individuality and skills. · building a claim with reasons and answering the other side in persuasive writing
Unit 8
Agreement
Making verbs agree with their subjects (even with tricky phrases, “each,” “everyone” and “either…or”) and choosing pronouns that clearly match the nouns they replace.
Learning outcome: Apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation accurately and skillfully in written communication. · subject-verb and pronoun agreement
Unit 9
Sentence Repair
Spotting sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma splices, and choosing correct ways to fix them with periods, semicolons, joining words or dependent clauses.
Learning outcome: Apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation accurately and skillfully in written communication. · fixing fragments, run-ons and comma splices
Unit 10
Commas & Clauses
Finding dependent clauses, telling simple, compound and complex sentences apart, and using commas in lists, compound sentences, introductions and appositives.
Learning outcome: Apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation accurately and skillfully in written communication. · clauses and commas
Unit 11
Punctuation Power
Using a colon in a formal greeting or after a speaker's name in a script, and putting a comma after words like However and phrases like For example.
Learning outcome: Apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation accurately and skillfully in written communication. · commas after transitions, colons and other punctuation
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