6th_Grade_English1.0
 
READ,
and Let your imagination run wild
!
  Course_description
 
 
Reading is designed to nurture the growth of life-long learners. Students will be encouraged to increase their enjoyment of reading by developing skills in comprehension, vocabulary development, connections, and book selection.
 
  materials_used
 
 
Adolescent literature books, library and classroom resources, newspapers, Scholastic Scope magazine, and the Internet.  There is also a list of items, found on the school supply list, that each student is to bring to class daily.
 
  course_outcomes
 
 
1. Apply a variety of reading strategies for various reading purposes.
2. Monitor and regulate reading comprehension.
3. Work toward increasing reading fluency.
4. Increase exposure to vocabulary within literature.
5. Make connections between textual information and life experiences.
6. Select texts to read for pleasure.
 
  course_study
 
 
1st Semester
           Weekly Reading at Home
           Weekly Reading Homework Assignment
           Novel Studies (When Zachary Beaver Came To Town)
           Reading fiction
           Reading non-fiction
           Strategies for reading
           Library / Research Skills Development
           Folk Tales / Tall Tales

2nd Semester
           Weekly Reading at Home
           Weekly Reading Homework Assignment
           Novel Study (Al Capone Does My Shirts)
           Reading projects
           Reading Non-Fiction
           Strategies for reading
 
  interesting_thought   gateway_to_the_west
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
Langston_Hughes