Los

Angeles Unified School District

Division of Instruction
Secondary Literacy/English Language Arts

Grade 6 ELA Year-At-A-Glance: Fall Semester 2015-2016

Mindsets for Success & Resiliency (opt): 3 Weeks

Instructional Window One: 6 weeks
Instructional Window Two: 7 Weeks
Speaking and Listeningspeeches, performance, presentations, discussionsis infused throughout the semester
in the Textual Study and Textual Expression sections
Technology platforms and toolsapplications, social media, word processing, Internet researchare embedded throughout the semester

Frequent formative assessments should be embedded throughout the school year and used to adjust instructionTLF 3d2

Textual Study
Textual Study

Textual Study
-Short nonfiction
-Anchor Text (nonfiction)
-Anchor Text (fiction)
-Poem
-Short nonfiction
-Short nonfiction
-Photographic
-Short fiction (short stories, plays, and/or poetry)
-Short fiction (short stories, plays, and/or poetry)
-Graphic
-Visual and performing art and media
-Visual and performing art and media

-Speeches
-Speeches
Craft and Language Study
Craft and Language Study
Craft and Language Study
-Academic Vocabulary
-Academic Vocabulary
-Academic Vocabulary
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
-Formal and Informal Registers
-Formal and Informal Registers
-Formal and Informal Registers
Textual Expression
Textual Expression
Textual Expression
Speaking & Listening: Presentations
Speaking & Listening: Presentations
Speaking & Listening: Presentations
Academic Conversations Academic Conversations
Academic Conversations
Research Connection: Brief inquires related to
Speeches
Speeches
text and/or theme
Performance
Performance
Short Writing: Reflection on resiliency/struggles Research Connection: Brief inquires related to the
Research Connection: Brief inquires related to
in the first three weeks of 6th grade
texts and/or themes
the texts and/or themes
Routine Writing: Notes, summaries, process
Short Writings: Narrative (one page): resiliency in the Short Writings: Expand one section of the
journals, etc.
first 8 to 10 weeks of 6th grade
previous narrative (see Window One), focusing

Routine writing: Notes, summaries, process journals, on description and sensory details
etc.
Routine writing: Notes, summaries, process
Interim Assessment: Informative/Explanatory
journals, etc.
Reading: Nonfiction
Closing Date: October 30, 2015 (End date falls in Window 2)

Culminating Task
Analytical Storyboard on Resiliency

Culminating Writing Task

Informative/Explanatory Essay

Culminating Writing Task

Informative/Explanatory Essay: Literary Analysis

Los Angeles Unified School District

Division of Instruction
Secondary Literacy/English Language Arts

Grade 6 ELA Year-At-A-Glance: Spring Semester 2015-2016

Instructional Window Three: 8 Weeks

Instructional Window Four: 6 Weeks
Instructional Window Five: 4 Weeks
Speaking and Listeningspeeches, performance, presentations, discussionsis infused throughout the semester
in the Textual Study and Textual Expression sections
Technology platforms and toolsapplications, social media, word processing, Internet researchare embedded throughout the semester

Frequent formative assessments should be embedded throughout the school year and used to adjust instructionTLF 3d2
Textual Study
Textual Study
Textual Study
-Anchor Text (nonfiction)
-Anchor Text (fiction)
Students researching and compiling texts for
-Short nonfiction
-Short nonfiction
Resiliency Research Project.
-Short fiction (short stories and/or poetry
-Short fiction (short stories and/or poetry

-Visual art (photos, video, paintings, etc.)
-Visual art (photos, video, paintings, etc.)
Craft and Language Study
Craft and Language Study
Craft and Language Study
-Academic Vocabulary
-Academic Vocabulary
-Academic Vocabulary
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Diction Use: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
-Syntax: written and oral
Textual Expression
Textual Expression
Textual Expression
Speaking & Listening: Presentations
Speaking & Listening: Presentations
Resiliency Research Project:
Academic Conversations
Academic Conversations
Research
Speeches
Performance
Final Script
Performance
Research Connection: Brief inquires related to the
Academic Conversations
Research Connection: Sustained inquiry supporting texts and/or themes
Presentation
upcoming Resiliency Research Project
Short Writings: Short writing responses across genres
Notes, summaries, etc.
Short Writings: One page essay
based on texts and/or themes

(informative/explanatory) examining concepts,
Routine Writing: Notes, summaries, process journals,
text, or ideas connected to unit
etc.
Routine writing: Notes, summaries, process
Research Project: Continue research and preparation
journals, etc.
for project (see Instructional Window Four)

Interim Assessment: Argumentation
Reading: Nonfiction
Closing Date: February 26, 2016 (End date falls in Window 3)

Culminating Writing Task:

Argument Essay

Culminating Writing Task:

Narrative Essay: Personal Narrative
(Narrative option: extend personal narrative on
resiliency [see Windows One and Two])

Culminating Task:
Research Project and Presentation