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Reading:
- Comprehension
- Independent Reading
- Literature Circles Resource Circles
The Literature Circles Resource Center web site is based on the premise that there is no one way to do literature circles. Literature circles look different in every classroom; they change from teacher to teacher, grade to grade, student to student. Literature circles have no recipe, they are not a specific "program", and they never look the same from year to year -- or even from day to day. The reason? True engagement with literature within a community of learners can't possibly be prescribed -- it can only be described. And that's the goal of this web site.
- Written Composition
- Speaking and Presenting
- Readers Theatre--How to Script, Direct and Act Out a Piece of Literature
This site will direct the teacher in how to script, use cuts and changes,
narrate, and act out almost any story. Suggestions and handouts are available to print out. Tips for how to teach children to team script stories are included as well.
- Listening skills
- Legible Handwriting
- Research and Library Skills:
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- Finds, extracts and organizes information
While thousands of curriculum resources can be found on the Internet, teachers have little time to explore them and determine which ones are worth using.
Listed on these pages are several Internet sites, each with a fully developed lesson plan and/or activity that focuses on a topic of the Sixth Grade Language Arts Core.
Reading
4060-01. Students use prior knowledge to make predictions, comprehend new
information, and construct meaning.
6060-02. Students comprehend and critically evaluate text as they read for different
purposes.
Literature Learning Ladders is a site that encourages reading through book-technology connectiions. Explore these sites—
Themes and Literature Circles. Learn about how to add excitement to your classroom through interdisciplinary themes and literature circles.
Literature-based WebQuests. Explore an inquiry based approach to literature-technology connections.Literacy Across the Curriculum for Today and Tomorrow. Explore issues and ideas related to literacy in today's world.
Newberys & the Net. Learn to integrate web resources with award-winning children's books.
Caldecott Connections. Explore Internet connections for visually rich children's literature.
Fun with Favorites. Examine book-technology connections for popular children and young adult literature.
Literature: Cyberguides
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web.
The book titles below are on the approved Jordan School District 4-6 Elementary Literature List and a Cyberguide has been created for them. Check them out to see if the ideas, activities, and lesson plans would be useful in your classroom.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
This supplemental unit provides resources for students while reading Hatchet by Gary Paulson. As a result of this unit students will:
- Learn about and experience the physics of flight
- Learn about Orienteering and create a map
- Learn about some of Canada's wild animals.
- Learn about and create a survival guide.
Be sure to click on each Activity. The 4 activities are each composed of the following: An Introduction, The Task, Exploring the Web, Creating a Product, and How You Will Be Graded.
Hatchet journal writing prompts.
Survival—a series of lessons on Hatchet.
Student activities and worksheets.
Students might also want to visit The Gary Paulsen Web Page
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
As a result of this unit, students will:
- Create a Native American legend
- Write a newspaper article and create a poster
- Make a comparison and contrast chart
- Create a chain of events chart
- Use a story board and complete a comic strip
Be sure to click on each Activity. The 4 activities are each composed of the following: An Introduction, The Task, Exploring the Web, Creating a Product, and How You Will Be Graded.
Pyramid by David Macaulay
This unit provides resources for students in the sixth grade to learn more about: existing pyramids in and out of Egypt, the seven wonders of the ancient world, scale and Egyptian numerals, the life and death of an ancient Egyptian through study of her mummy, and the field of archaeology. It is suggested that this book be read while students are studying Ancient Egypt. Each of the activities in the CyberGuide is autonomous. Teachers or students may chose to do all, some, or even parts of these activities.
- During this unit, students will:
- Write research reports
- Write responses to literature
- Use information found on the Internet in additional to the core literature to make a diagram, or build a model and write report
which is true to the book
Be sure to click on each Activity. The 4 activities are each composed of the following:An Introduction, The Task, Exploring the Web, Creating a Product, and How You Will Be Graded
Additional Cyberguides that are on the JordanDistrict Literature List are:
Adam of the Road
The Cay
The Dark Frigate
The Door in the Wall
The Egypt Game
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Golden Goblet
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Morning Girl
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
My Side of the Mountain
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Summer of the Monkeys
Tuck Everlasting
Writing
4060-06. Students use concepts and conventions of print to create text.
4060.07. Students use process strategies to create text.
4060-08. Students use technology to facilitate writing.
6+1 Traits of Writing
The writing assessment taken by Utah students will be evaluated using the 6 Trait Model. The sites below contain everything you need to know about 6+1 Traits. The following link has from 5 to 7 example essays in each of the traits which can be judged by early elementary, late elementary, middle school, or high school. By visiting this site, sample essays can be scored as a whole class or by individuals, and then see how the essay was scored by others.
6 Traits+1 of Analytic Assessment of Writing Scoring Guide
Under Scoring Guides, you can download a PDF document which has a rubric and the characteristics of each trait.
Other Helpful 6-Trait Links
6 Trait Writing in Sunny Sequim
Kent Washington 6 Trait Writing
Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk
6 Traits Web Sites and Articles
Ideas for 6-Trait Writing Using Inspiration, the brainstorming and graphic organizing software
Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan from E-Mints
Paragraph Writing Tips
This site is divided into the sections below. Each link has explanations, examples, and useful vocabulary.
- Parts of a Paragraph
- Topic Sentences, Supporting Details, Closing Sentences
- How to Write a Paragraphs
- Prewriting, writing, editing, and publishing
- Kinds of Paragraphs
- Definition, Classification, Description, Compare and Contrast, Sequence, Choice, Explanation, Evaluation
30 Days of Poetry
Students can write poetry! Students who have used these lessons have had poems published in national anthologies and several were invited to read the works they created from these lessons at the 1997 Great Basin Book Festival in Reno, Nevada. The Day number is the link to the lessons. Each lesson gives a format to follow and student examples.
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