6th Grade Literature Curriculum Map 2020 - 2021

Time Focus Objectives Archdiocesan Assessment(s) Text Resources

Period Language Arts *Resources can include (but are not
limited to) content from literature
Standards textbooks, current event articles,
View Standards teacher deemed appropriate websites
and texts
Quarter 1 Forms of Fiction Understand & analyze forms of fiction 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.a - d, Short Story Quizzes Short Stories:
Literary Elements 1.4, 1.4.a, 1.4.b, 1.5, Forms of Fiction Test “La Bamba”
 Plot & Conflict 1.5.a – d, 1.6, 1.6.a.1, “The Gold Cadillac”
 Setting & Mood 1.6.a.2, 1.6.b. 1.6.c, “He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit”
 Theme & Symbol 1.6.d, 1.6.e, 1.6.f, 1.6.g, “The Fox and The Crow/The Wolf and
 Character & Point of View 1.6.h, 1.6j-1.6r the House Dog”
“Do or Die from Gilgamesh the Hero”
Self monitor comprehension, use reading
“The Southpaw”
strategies to understand text
“Concha”
Make predictions of text using prior knowledge,
images, & subtitles
Respond to text verbally
Quarter 1 & 2 Short Story: Understand plot structure 1.0-1.5, 1.6, 1.6.a.1, Short Story Quizzes Short Stories:
Plot & Setting Understand & analyze plot, conflict, & setting 1.6.a.2, 1.6.b, 1.6d, Plot and Setting Test ”Just Once”
Understand how setting influences plot 1.6h, 1.6j -1.6r “All Summer in a Day”
Analyze character and point of view “The Bracelet”
Understand sequence Author Study
Retell story events  “The Game”
Summarize the plot of a story  “The Golden Serpent”
Draw conclusions  “Love that Boy”
Quarter 2 Short Story: Understand characterization and character 1.0-1.5, 1.6.b, 1.6d, Short Story Quizzes Short Stories:
Character Understand internal and external conflict 1.6j -1.6r Character Test “Eleven”
Make inferences “The King of Mazy May”
Visualize “Cricket in the Road”
Connect to characters “Medusa’s Head”
“Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head”
“Dragon, Dragon”
Quarter 2 & 3 Novel Unit Identify and examine plot structure 1.0-1.2, 1.3.a-d, 1.6, Vocabulary Quizzes See Approved Novel List
Understand first and third-person narratives 1.6.a.1-2, 1.6.b-r Book Quizzes
Understand the use of imagery, figurative Novel Test
language, and symbolism in fiction and non-
fiction
Find the theme of a text
Make generalizations
Identify cause and effect
Quarter 2 & 3 Author Study Research a chosen author 2, 2.1.a-j, 2.2, 2.2.a-e, 4, Author Written Report N/A
Write a paper based on author’s research 4.1, 4.1.a-c, 4.2, 4.2.a-b Presentation Board
Construct a bibliography page Oral Report
Quarter 3 Short Story: Understand theme 1.0-1.5, 1.6-1.6d, Short Story Quizzes Short Stories:
Theme Recognize the difference between the subject 1.6.j - r Theme Test “Ta-Na-E-Ka”
and theme “The All-American Slurp”
Understand universal themes “Aaron’s Gift”
Understand the plot “The Dog of Pompeii”
Analyze credibility in literature “Pompeii”
Find the theme of a text “Zlateh the Goat”
Make generalizations
Identify cause and effect
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Time Focus Objectives Archdiocesan Assessment Text Resources
Period Language Arts
Standards
View Standards
Quarter 3 & 4 Elements of Understand autobiography & first-person point 1.0 - 1.6r Text quizzes “Brother”
Nonfiction of view Elements of Nonfiction “The Land I Lost”
Understand first and third-person narratives Test “A Glory over Everything”
Understand biography & third-person point of “Storm”
view “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln”
Understand the use of imagery, figurative “What Do Fish Have to Do with
language, & symbolism in fiction and non-fiction Anything?”
Identify and understand the difference between “From Harriet Tubman: The Moses of
fact and opinion Her People”
Understand the author’s purpose
Identify the main idea
Compare and contrast the author’s purpose
Quarter 4 Persuasive Understand persuasion 1.0 -1.6r, 3, 3.1.a-f, Text quizzes “A Surprising Secret to a Long
Texts & Media Identify and understand the difference between 3.2.a, 3.2.b, 3.3.a-e, 4.1, Persuasive Texts & Media Life” (Article)
fact and opinion 4.1.a, 4.1.c, 4.2, 4.2.a-b Test “Oprah talks about her South African
Identify and understand logical, emotional, and Dreamgirls” (Web Article)
ethical appeals in a persuasive text “Peace Parks Help Environment &
Recognize types of evidence, such as quotations, Communities” (Public Service
statistics, and case studies Announcement)
Analyze the appropriateness of evidence “Start the Day Right!” (Advertisement)
Evaluate and judge the author’s evidence “Shine-n-Grow; Hair Repair that Really
Evaluate a writer’s conclusion Works!” (Advertisement)
Create a summary “Brain Breeze”
Identify and understand the difference between
fact and opinion
Make and support assertions
Quarter 4 Poetry Understand rhyme and rhyme scheme 1.0-1.3d, 1.6, 1.6.a.1, Poetry Project “The Sneetches”
Understand rhyme and meter 1.6c, 1.6.l, 1.6.p Figurative Language & “The Sea”
Understand repetition and refrain Elements of Poetry Test Selections from Where the Sidewalk
Understand sound effects in poetry Ends & A Light in the Attic
Understand figurative language in poetry “Cynthia in the Snow”
Understand the use of imagery in poetry “Full Fathom Five”
Understand word choice in poetry “A Nash Menagerie”
Understand tone “Poem”
Use specific strategies to read & understand a “Haiku”
poem “I, Too, Sing America”
Other Literary elements of focus: “The Road Not Taken”
Rhyme Alliteration
Rhyme Scheme Personification
Simile Repetition
Metaphor Imagery
Extended Meter
Metaphor Refrain
Onomatopoeia Stanza
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6th Grade Literature Novels

Book Title Author
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen
Eggs Jerry Spinelli
Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan
Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick
Girlhearts Norma Fox Mazer
Heat Mike Lupica
Hideout Gordon Korman
Holes Andrew Davis
Jeremy Fink & the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
Loser Jerry Spinelli
No Small Thing Natale Ghent
Red Kayak Priscilla Cummings
Same Stuff as Stars Katherine Paterson
Stand Tall Joan Bauer
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
White Fang Jack London