English Language Arts Teaching Resources for 6th Grade

Research and Note Taking - Exciting Expeditions

A 60 minute lesson in which students will research and take notes about an exciting expedition in history.

Elements of Poetry

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the common elements found in poetry.

Historical Recounts - Text Structure

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of historical recounts.

The Poet's Lament

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore their preconceived ideas and attitudes towards poetry.

Historical Recounts - Literary vs Factual

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the difference between a literary historical recount and a factual historical recount.

Poetry Defined

A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop an understanding of what constitutes poetry.

Opinion Speeches - Constructing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct an opinion speech using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.

Opinion Speech - Researching

A 60 minute lesson in which students will research evidence to include in an opinion speech about a topical issue.

Shared Writing - Opinion Letters

A 60 minute lesson in which students will write an opinion letter using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.

Modeled Writing - Improving an Opinion Piece

A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve an opinion piece by applying knowledge of appropriate language features and devices.

Research Skills - Note Taking

A 60 minute lesson in which students will take appropriate notes from an informative text.

Constructing an Opinion Paragraph

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use correct paragraph structure.

Fact or Opinion?

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.

Using Persuasive Devices

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore persuasive devices.

Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.

Opinion Pieces - Language Features

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of an opinion piece.

Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills

A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.

Opinion Pieces - Organizational Structure

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the organizational structure of an opinion piece.

Using A Fact File - Shared Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a fact file and scaffolding sheet to write an informative text in pairs.

Constructing a Paragraph - Modeled Writing

A 60 minute lesson in which students will correctly construct an informative paragraph.

Convince Me, If You Can!

Informative Paragraph Structure

A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct paragraph structure for informative writing.

Informative Texts - Language Features

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.

Let's Get Factual!

Active Voice and Passive Voice

A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use active voice and passive voice in sentences.

Predicting

A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.

Monitoring

A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.

Questioning

A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of questioning.

Opinion Speeches - Presenting

A 60 minute lesson in which students will present an opinion speech to the class using appropriate oral presentation skills.