Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
English Language Arts — Grade 6
Goal 5, Objective 5.01
Resources aligned to this objective
Records 1–20 of 76 displayed: go to page 1, 2, 3, 4 | next
- Ancient World
- This is a powerpoint jeopardy game. This can be used as a test or as a way to review information. We used this as a culminating test for our unit on Ancient Worlds. The jeopardy game is based on goals in math (geometry), language arts (myths, gods & goddesses), and social studies (Ancient Greece, Rome, Renaissance and Reformation).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)
- By Danielle Pickard.
- Christmas Carol Chronology
- Christmas Carol Chronology, based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, provides students with an opportunity to develop comprehension by listing plot developments and arranging them sequentially. This lesson begins with cooperative learning groups and ends with an individual manipulative activity of cutting and pasting strips of events in chronological order.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 English Language Arts)
- By Judy Gibbs.
- European Shadow Puppets
- Students will work in cooperative groups first to read a fairy tale by a European author. Then they will make shadow puppets to use on an overhead projector. Finally, they will present their puppet shows to their class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Marsha Paisley.
- Focusing Activity to begin novel: Hatchet by Paulsen
- Students will visualize how Brian Robeson will feel when he crash lands on the deserted island at the beginning of the novel, Hatchet. This whole class period will be spent using prior knowledge of survival skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Robin Simmons.
- An Integrated Poetry Unit
- My students have always disliked poetry. The different ways in which this lesson approaches poetry and the connection it makes to their "March Madness" studies seems to make poetry more enjoyable, fun, and relevant for my students. In order to integrate with the sixth grade math and social studies teachers, I teach this unit during the ACC tournament to coincide with the "March Madness" unit that is covered in the math classes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Nancy Guthrie.
- Learn New Words Using Context.
- With guided practice students will use context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words in short passages. When students have completed the practice activities, they will read a newspaper or magazine article, picking out unfamiliar words and using context clues to decide what the word means. As a group activity they will share the article, the words, and their meanings with the class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 English Language Arts)
- By Betty DeLuca.
- Poetry From Prose: A Different Kind of "Book Report"
- Students use a word-processing program to write a poem that summarizes important themes or events central to the plot of a novel. Once the poem is proofread, students type the poem according to specific directions. They then print their work and illustrate over or around the writing for an illustrated "book report." Students incorporate details from the novel in their writing and in their illustrations of their poems. In this way, students focus on the themes or events in the novel that appeal to them most -- the ones they feel are most important to the novel's meaning.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history
- This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- By Edie McDowell.
- Sticky-Note Discussions
- Sticky-Notes discussions are fun, add variety to reading, and allow students to respond to the written text immediately. They are easy to implement in all content areas. Sticky-Note discussions are effective when used individually, in a small or large group, or a combination of settings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Rector.
Lesson plans on the web
- ABC bookmaking builds vocabulary in the content areas
- Engages and motivates students in building content area vocabulary through the creation of ABC books. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Alliteration in Headline Poems
- Introduces students to the term alliteration. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Alphabiography project: Totally you
- In this lesson, students write alphabiographies recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet after reading Totally Joe by James Howe. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A connotation mini-lesson
- In this lesson that introduces connotation in literature, students examine familiar car names (such as Avalanche, Aztek, Bravada, Suburban or Vue) for underlying meaning. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- The Big, Bad Wolf . . . is this a fact?
- This lesson combines the nonfiction works of Seymour Simon with teacher modeling, discussion groups, and student-created multimedia presentations to increase comprehension, vocabulary, and research skills, and boost students' willingness to read. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Computer Technology Skills, Science, and English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Blending fiction and nonfiction to improve comprehension and writing skills
- Introduces text sets to increase student interest in and understanding of content area material and to develop critical writing skills. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–6 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: A character's letter to the editor
- In this lesson, students choose a character from a novel they have read and consider the significant beliefs and feelings of that character to identify an issue or situation that would encourage that character to try to persuade the audience of other characters in the novel to take a specific action or change their position on an issue. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: Comic strips and cartoon squares
- This lesson incorporates student handouts and a comic creator interactive to encourage student creativity and expression. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: Creating a childhood for a character
- In this lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, create a childhood for the character, and describe that childhood in the form of a short story, journal entry, or time capsule letter. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Building reading comprehension through think-alouds
- Introduces the think-aloud strategy to students. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Character clash: A mini-lesson on paragraphing and dialogue
- Helps students differentiate dialogue from narrative in their stories. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
