MS Language Arts 6 A
Fitting In
Introduction to Identity and Fitting In
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 8 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 4 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Characters in Holes
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 13 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 9 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Narrative Structure in Holes
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 13 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 6 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Details in a Middle Schooler’s Personal Narrative
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 19 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 6 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Setting in A Girl Named Zippy
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 8 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 8 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Context Clues and Multiple-Meaning Words
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 14 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Writing a Personal Narrative about Fitting In
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Pre-Writing
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Drafting
Instruction– Alotted Time: 6 Minutes
Revising
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
Making Changes
Making Changes: Central Ideas in Immigrant Kids
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 8 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 9 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Ellis Island National Monument Online: Text and Visual Details
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 12 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 8 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Ellis Island National Monument Online: Cause-and-Effect Structure
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 9 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 11 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 12 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Responding to Quotations in an Informational Text
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 13 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Bringing the 1930s to Life in Brighton Beach Memoirs
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Sentence Patterns
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 27 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Writing an Informative Essay about the Immigrant Experience
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Pre-Writing
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Drafting
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Revising
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
That’s Pretty Clever
That’s Pretty Clever! Characters in The Number Devil
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 9 Minutes
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 12 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Author’s Viewpoint in Bone Detective
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Analyzing a Text by Comparing and Contrasting
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Synthesizing Information about the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Denotation and Connotation
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 17 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Creating a Yearbook Page
Warm-Up– Alotted Time: 5 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 25 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Project: Yearbook Page
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
Making Sense
Perseverance and Making Sense: Through the Looking Glass
Warm-Up– Alotted Time: 5 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 19 Minutes
Assignment– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 7 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Figurative Language in Through the Looking Glass
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Making Inferences about Events in Through the Looking Glass
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Word Choice and Tone in Through the Looking Glass
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Characters in Through the Looking Glass
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Symbols in Through the Looking Glass
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Theme in Through the Looking Glass
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 9 Minutes
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Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Writing an Analysis of Poetry
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Pre-Writing
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Drafting
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Revising
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
Planning and Building
Building and Creating: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in an Essay
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 12 Minutes
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Objective Language in a Speech about the Brooklyn Bridge
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 10 Minutes
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Figurative Language in a Poem about the Empire State Building
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 14 Minutes
Instruction– Alotted Time: 6 Minutes
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Responding to Facts in an Informational Text
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Text Features in A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art
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Frida Kahlo: Word Choice in a Biography
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Group Discussion
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Written Response (Project): Group Discussion
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Writing an Argument about a National Landmark
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Pre-Writing
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Drafting
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Revising
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
New Beginnings
New Beginnings: Characters in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Making Connections to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Writing a Strong Conclusion
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Author’s Craft in Wonder
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Monitoring Understanding in Wonder
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Character Development in Esperanza Rising
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Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Pronouns
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Assignment– Alotted Time: 21 Minutes
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Creating a Text Trailer
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Instruction– Alotted Time: 27 Minutes
Summary– Alotted Time: 2 Minutes
Project: Text Trailer
Quiz– Alotted Time: 60 Minutes
Unit Test
Unit Test Review
Unit Test– Alotted Time: 120 Minutes
Cumulative Exam
Cumulative Exam Review
Cumulative Exam