This resource accompanies our Rethink 6th Grade ELA course. It includes ideas …
This resource accompanies our Rethink 6th Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
In this 14 day unit plan students read, research, draw conclusions, and …
In this 14 day unit plan students read, research, draw conclusions, and write beginning level argumentative essays comparing/contrasting major world religions.
In this 28 day unit, students will gain background information on historic …
In this 28 day unit, students will gain background information on historic wars, compare different genres, presentations of events, recognize different points of view, research an essential question, compile evidence, create warrants that lead to a claim which answers the essential question, and write an argumentative essay.
In this lesson, students will discover a policy within their school or …
In this lesson, students will discover a policy within their school or district that is important to them and that they'd like to change. They will conduct an investigation of the policy in question and write a letter with their claim, results, and recommendation to the appropriate audience.
The lesson includes an exploration of the genre of letters to the …
The lesson includes an exploration of the genre of letters to the editor, a review of persuasive writing structure and letter format, and an emphasis on multi-draft writing. The lesson focuses on the character Roy Eberhardt from Carl Hiaasen’s Newbery Honor Book Hoot for its examples. Students can complete the activity for any book that they have read.
Students become novice lexicographers as they explore recent new entries to the …
Students become novice lexicographers as they explore recent new entries to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), learn the process of writing entries for the OED, and write a new entry themselves. Students will follow up their entry with a persuasive essay and a competition in which the strongest contender for the title of New Word is chosen. Extensions will offer students a chance to evaluate old lists of "new words" and discuss the power dynamics of dictionaries.
Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, …
Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.
Students are introduced to concepts of social justice, such as diversity, tolerance, …
Students are introduced to concepts of social justice, such as diversity, tolerance, equity, and equality, through a literary text, class discussions, and guided research. Students plan a service-learning project, then work in small groups using Photo Story software to produce a multimedia presentation designed to foster community support for the project. Students also use the ReadWriteThink.org Printing Press to create informational fliers about the project. The lesson concludes—and the service-learning project begins—with a showing of the Photo Story productions for parents and other community members.
Suggestions on how to guide students through the writing process when writing …
Suggestions on how to guide students through the writing process when writing editorials "” from brainstorming a topic to publishing their work "” and all the steps in between.
This lesson introduces students to a model mini-essay with two body paragraphs: …
This lesson introduces students to a model mini-essay with two body paragraphs: one in which the author describes elements of mythology in the myth of Cronus, and a second in which the author describes a significant theme in that same myth.
In this lesson students determine the theme of the myth of Prometheus …
In this lesson students determine the theme of the myth of Prometheus and connect details from the text to allusions and themes in The Lightning Thief.
In this lesson, students draft the introductory and concluding paragraphs of their …
In this lesson, students draft the introductory and concluding paragraphs of their End of Unit 2 Assessment: "How Does Bud Use His Rules—to Survive or to Thrive?” literary argument essay.
This lesson asks students to draft their two body paragraphs using the …
This lesson asks students to draft their two body paragraphs using the following for guidance: the model essay; Are We Medieval?: Forming Evidence-Based Claims graphic organizer; and the instruction provided in Lessons 10 and 11.
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