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Courses: English 6, Social Science 6 Accelerated Reader List Language Arts Lab |
excerpted from Middle School Information Handbook, Conejo Valley Unified School District
English is designed to provide all students equal experience in an integrated Language Arts Program composed of varied experiences in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Social Science is designed to provide all students equal experience in knowledge through the study of ancient societies of the Near East and Africa, the ancient Hebrew civilizations, Greece, Rome and the classical civilizations of India and China. Students will be introduced to the people and events at the dawn of major Western and non-Western civilizations and will learn about the art and architecture of these times. They will develop an awareness of prehistoric people’s chronological place on the historical timeline, learn that civilization began in the Near East and Africa and will learn the special significance of geographic place in the development of the human story. Students will learn that the roots of Western Civilization can be found in the contributions of the ancient Hebrews to Western ethical and religious thought. They will learn about the major religions and philosophies of India and China as part of these early civilizations; and about the rise and spread of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean world and of its origins in the life and teachings of Jesus.
Students will examine factors of continuity and change across time in the development of these early
civilizations to our way of life. In linking past to present, students learn to appreciate the continuity of human experience, the debt we owe to those before us who established the foundations of modern civilizations, and the responsibilities we owe to those who will come after us.
Social Science is designed to provide all students equal experience in knowledge through the study of ancient societies of the Near East and Africa, the ancient Hebrew civilizations, Greece, Rome and the classical civilizations of India and China. Students will be introduced to the people and events at the dawn of major Western and non-Western civilizations and will learn about the art and architecture of these times. They will develop an awareness of prehistoric people’s chronological place on the historical timeline, learn that civilization began in the Near East and Africa and will learn the special significance of geographic place in the development of the human story. Students will learn that the roots of Western Civilization can be found in the contributions of the ancient Hebrews to Western ethical and religious thought. They will learn about the major religions and philosophies of India and China as part of these early civilizations; and about the rise and spread of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean world and of its origins in the life and teachings of Jesus.
Students will examine factors of continuity and change across time in the development of these early
civilizations to our way of life. In linking past to present, students learn to appreciate the continuity of human experience, the debt we owe to those before us who established the foundations of modern civilizations, and the responsibilities we owe to those who will come after us.
Reading
• Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships in grade level narrative and expository texts. (6RCV1.7)
• Demonstrates an understanding of vocabulary in grade level narrative and expository texts. (6RCV1.8)
• Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings. (6R1.2)
Reading Comprehension
• QUESTIONING: Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the text. (6RCV2.14)
• CLARIFYING Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports. (6R2.4)
• INFERRING: Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge. (6RCV2.16)
• INFERRING: Distinguish facts, supported inferences, and opinions in text. (6RCV2.17)
• Identify the structural features of popular media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, online information) and use the features to obtain information. (6R2.1)
• Analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern. (6R2.2)
• Follow multiple-step instructions for preparing applications (e.g., for a public library card, bank savings account, sports club, league membership). (6R2.5)
• Determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the evidence for an author's conclusions. (6R2.6)
• Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations. (6R2.7)
• Note instances of unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, persuasion, and propaganda in text. (6R2.8)
Literary Response and Analysis
• Identify the forms of fiction and describe the major characteristics of each form. (6R3.1)
• Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images. (6R3.6)
• Explain the effects of common literary devices (e.g., symbolism, imagery, metaphor) in a variety of fictional and nonfictional texts. (6R3.7)
• Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme. (6R3.4)
Writing
• Choose the form of writing (e.g., personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, narrative) that best suits the intended purpose. (6W1.1)
• Use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast; organization by categories; and arrangement by spatial order, order of importance, or climactic order. (6W1.3)
• Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions: (6W1.2)
• a. Engage the interest of the reader and state a clear purpose. (6W1.2a);
b. Develop the topic with supporting details and precise verbs, nouns, and adjectives to paint a visual image in the mind of the reader. (6W1.2b)
c. Conclude with a detailed summary linked to the purpose of the composition. (6W1.2c)
• Use simple, compound, and compound-complex sentences; use effective coordination and subordination of ideas to express complete thoughts. (6E1.1)
• Identify and properly use indefinite pronouns and present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect verb tenses; ensure that verbs agree with compound subjects. (6E1.2)
• Write legibly. (6ECV1.6)
• Spell frequently misspelled words correctly (e.g., their, they're, there). (6E1.5)
• Spell roots, inflections, suffixes, prefixes, contractions, and syllable constructions correctly. (6ECV1.7)
• Use colons after the salutation in business letters. (6E1.3a)
• Use semicolons to connect independent clauses. (6E1.3b)
• Use commas when linking two clauses with a conjunction in compound sentences. (6E1.3c)
• Use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, card catalog, encyclopedia, online information) as an aid to writing. (6WCV1.7)
• Write autobiographical narratives: (6W2.1)
• a. Establish and develop a plot and setting and present a point of view that is appropriate to the story. (6W2.1a)
b. Include sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character. (6W2.1b)
• Write expository compositions (e.g., description, explanation, comparison and contrast, problem and solution): (6W2.2)
• a. State the thesis or purpose. (6W2.2a);
b. Explain the situation. (6W2.2b)
c. Follow an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition. (6W2.2c)
d. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed. (6W2.2d)
• Paraphrase text. (6WCV2.6)
• Write responses to literature. (6W2.4 )
• a. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight. (6W2.4a)
b. Develop and justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence. (6W2.4c)
• Write research reports: (6W2.3)
• a. Pose relevant questions with a scope narrow enough to be thoroughly covered. (6W2.3a)
b. Support the main idea or ideas with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information searches). (6W2.3b )
• Write persuasive compositions: (6W2.5)
• a. State a clear position on a proposition or proposal. (6W2.5a)
b. Support the position with organized and relevant evidence. (6W2.5b)
c. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counter arguments. (6W2.5c)
d. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed. (6W2.2d)
• Present information clearly to meet the needs of the intended audience. (6WCV2.7)
• Identify conventional format for personal/business letters. (6WCV2.8)
• Listening and Speaking
• Deliver oral responses to literature: (6LS2.3)
• a. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight. (6LS2.3a)
b. Organize the selected interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images. (6LS2.3b)
c. Develop and justify the selected interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence. (6LS2.3c)
• Demonstrates an understanding of semantic relationships in grade level narrative and expository texts. (6RCV1.7)
• Demonstrates an understanding of vocabulary in grade level narrative and expository texts. (6RCV1.8)
• Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings. (6R1.2)
Reading Comprehension
• QUESTIONING: Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the text. (6RCV2.14)
• CLARIFYING Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports. (6R2.4)
• INFERRING: Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations about text and support them with textual evidence and prior knowledge. (6RCV2.16)
• INFERRING: Distinguish facts, supported inferences, and opinions in text. (6RCV2.17)
• Identify the structural features of popular media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, online information) and use the features to obtain information. (6R2.1)
• Analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern. (6R2.2)
• Follow multiple-step instructions for preparing applications (e.g., for a public library card, bank savings account, sports club, league membership). (6R2.5)
• Determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the evidence for an author's conclusions. (6R2.6)
• Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations. (6R2.7)
• Note instances of unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, persuasion, and propaganda in text. (6R2.8)
Literary Response and Analysis
• Identify the forms of fiction and describe the major characteristics of each form. (6R3.1)
• Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images. (6R3.6)
• Explain the effects of common literary devices (e.g., symbolism, imagery, metaphor) in a variety of fictional and nonfictional texts. (6R3.7)
• Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme. (6R3.4)
Writing
• Choose the form of writing (e.g., personal letter, letter to the editor, review, poem, report, narrative) that best suits the intended purpose. (6W1.1)
• Use a variety of effective and coherent organizational patterns, including comparison and contrast; organization by categories; and arrangement by spatial order, order of importance, or climactic order. (6W1.3)
• Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions: (6W1.2)
• a. Engage the interest of the reader and state a clear purpose. (6W1.2a);
b. Develop the topic with supporting details and precise verbs, nouns, and adjectives to paint a visual image in the mind of the reader. (6W1.2b)
c. Conclude with a detailed summary linked to the purpose of the composition. (6W1.2c)
• Use simple, compound, and compound-complex sentences; use effective coordination and subordination of ideas to express complete thoughts. (6E1.1)
• Identify and properly use indefinite pronouns and present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect verb tenses; ensure that verbs agree with compound subjects. (6E1.2)
• Write legibly. (6ECV1.6)
• Spell frequently misspelled words correctly (e.g., their, they're, there). (6E1.5)
• Spell roots, inflections, suffixes, prefixes, contractions, and syllable constructions correctly. (6ECV1.7)
• Use colons after the salutation in business letters. (6E1.3a)
• Use semicolons to connect independent clauses. (6E1.3b)
• Use commas when linking two clauses with a conjunction in compound sentences. (6E1.3c)
• Use various reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, card catalog, encyclopedia, online information) as an aid to writing. (6WCV1.7)
• Write autobiographical narratives: (6W2.1)
• a. Establish and develop a plot and setting and present a point of view that is appropriate to the story. (6W2.1a)
b. Include sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character. (6W2.1b)
• Write expository compositions (e.g., description, explanation, comparison and contrast, problem and solution): (6W2.2)
• a. State the thesis or purpose. (6W2.2a);
b. Explain the situation. (6W2.2b)
c. Follow an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition. (6W2.2c)
d. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed. (6W2.2d)
• Paraphrase text. (6WCV2.6)
• Write responses to literature. (6W2.4 )
• a. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight. (6W2.4a)
b. Develop and justify the interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence. (6W2.4c)
• Write research reports: (6W2.3)
• a. Pose relevant questions with a scope narrow enough to be thoroughly covered. (6W2.3a)
b. Support the main idea or ideas with facts, details, examples, and explanations from multiple authoritative sources (e.g., speakers, periodicals, online information searches). (6W2.3b )
• Write persuasive compositions: (6W2.5)
• a. State a clear position on a proposition or proposal. (6W2.5a)
b. Support the position with organized and relevant evidence. (6W2.5b)
c. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counter arguments. (6W2.5c)
d. Offer persuasive evidence to validate arguments and conclusions as needed. (6W2.2d)
• Present information clearly to meet the needs of the intended audience. (6WCV2.7)
• Identify conventional format for personal/business letters. (6WCV2.8)
• Listening and Speaking
• Deliver oral responses to literature: (6LS2.3)
• a. Develop an interpretation exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight. (6LS2.3a)
b. Organize the selected interpretation around several clear ideas, premises, or images. (6LS2.3b)
c. Develop and justify the selected interpretation through sustained use of examples and textual evidence. (6LS2.3c)
Theme: World History & Geography: Ancient Civilizations
Students in grade six expand their understanding of history by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major western and non-western ancient civilizations. Continued emphasis is placed on the everyday lives, problems, and accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic, and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas that helped transform the world forever. Specific cultures studied include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush, Hebrews, Greece and Rome.
Students in grade six expand their understanding of history by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major western and non-western ancient civilizations. Continued emphasis is placed on the everyday lives, problems, and accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic, and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas that helped transform the world forever. Specific cultures studied include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush, Hebrews, Greece and Rome.
Grades & Homework
Grades will be based on consistent, punctual, quality work - both written and oral - on tests, class assignments and homework in the listed curriculum areas.
Homework will be assigned on a regular basis.
Grades will be based on consistent, punctual, quality work - both written and oral - on tests, class assignments and homework in the listed curriculum areas.
Homework will be assigned on a regular basis.
Suggestions to Parents
Parents, You can be of vital assistance in the learning process by:
1. Discussing and sharing students' school activities and curricula.
2. Providing a suitable quiet place for homework and study.
3. Notifying the school or individual teachers when a continuing problem is observed.
4. Encouraging and rewarding good work and behavior.
5. Making regular perusals of notebooks for both content and organization.
6. Promoting a positive attitude toward academic responsibilities.
7. Consistent monitoring of assignment notebook.
8. Making doctor's appointments before or after school hours.
Parents, You can be of vital assistance in the learning process by:
1. Discussing and sharing students' school activities and curricula.
2. Providing a suitable quiet place for homework and study.
3. Notifying the school or individual teachers when a continuing problem is observed.
4. Encouraging and rewarding good work and behavior.
5. Making regular perusals of notebooks for both content and organization.
6. Promoting a positive attitude toward academic responsibilities.
7. Consistent monitoring of assignment notebook.
8. Making doctor's appointments before or after school hours.