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Language Arts - Secondary Curriculum English Language Arts Grade 6 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Reading (6.R)

Students will learn to proficiently read and comprehend grade level literature and informational text, including seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance, at the high end of the grade level text complexity band, with scaffolding as needed. *Standard R.4 includes an asterisk to refer educators back to the Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges in the introduction of the standards.

Standard 6.R.12:

Compare how different mediums, including print and digital media, contribute to the understanding of a text. (RL & RI)
  • A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery 'Alice'
    This lesson plan explores elements of wonder, distortion, fantasy, and whimsy in The Nursery "Alice," Lewis Carroll's adaptation for younger readers of his beloved classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
  • Ancient Egypt
    Students use pantomime and role-playing to understand the roles in ancient Egypt
  • Jackson Pollock Electric Guitars
    Integrating art with literature, reading, social studies, history, music and popular culture.


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