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Mrs. Moxley Readers' /Writers'

Course Syllabus

Grade 6 English Curriculum Mrs. Moxley

 

Reading and Writing Strategies

With nonfiction we will study organizing thinking, making inferences, and determining importance. We will work together to organize our paragraphs using a writing method, which includes topic sentence, concrete detail, commentary, and a concluding sentence.

As we work with poetry we will learn poetic devices, work in literature circles, discuss importance and meaning,, and practice questioning as we read. We will read and write different types of poetry.

When we read realistic fiction, we will access prior knowledge to better understand the novels, practice inference to appreciate the author's viewpoint, and determine importance to better remember important details. We will write personal essays to express connections to our reading.

 

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Grade 6 Social Studies Curriculum

Areas of Study

We will be reading and studying Ancient Civilizations published by Holt. This is a new text and includes an online version which your student can view from your home computer. This text covers geography, culture, anthropology, and ancient history of the major cultures of the world. Specifically, students will learn about Mesopotamia, Egypt, Africa, India, China, America, Israel, Greece and Rome.

We will supplement the information in the book with the internet, atlas, and reference books.

Strategies

Students will learn to determine importance by determining the main idea and the important details. We will outline by writing questions using the titles and subtitles. Simple, effective note taking will be introduced. Individual and group reports will be completed by all class members.

We will use the strategies introduced in English class to enhance the reading and writing activities in this class.