ELA Language Arts 6A
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1. STRATEGIES FOR
| 1. Unlocking Word Meaning | 10. Using Language Appropriately | 18. Quiz 2: Writing Conventions and Strategies |
| 2. Categorizing Words | 11. Avoiding the Double Negative | 19. Developing Listening Skills |
| 3. Learning Morphemes | 12. Words | 20. Speaking Effectively |
| 4. Mastering Confusing Words | 13. Usage | 21. Quiz 3: Speaking and Listening |
| 5. Using the Dictionary and Diacritical Marks | 14. Sentences | 22. Unit Review |
| 7. Context Clues and Sequence | 15. Paragraphs | 23. TEST |
| 8. Project: Reading Practice | 16. Compositions | |
| 9. Quiz 1: Improving Your
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17. Project: Capitalization and Punctuation in Writing |
2. MECHANICS AND THE SENTENCE
| 1. Punctuation: Ending a Thought | 7. Punctuation: The Hyphen | 13. Coordination in Sentences (2) |
| 2. Punctuation: Linking Ideas | 8. Punctuation: Quotation Marks | 14. Subordination in Sentences (1) |
| 3. Punctuation: Interrupting a Thought | 9. Punctuation: Parentheses and Italics | 15. Subordination in Sentences (2) |
| 4. Punctuation: Following an Introduction | 10. Capitalization | 16. Quiz 3: Coordination and Subordination |
| 5. Quiz 1: Punctuation | 11. Quiz 2: Punctuation and Capitalization | 17. Unit Review: Mechanics and the Sentence |
| 6. Punctuation: The Apostrophe | 12. Coordination in Sentences (1) | 18. TEST |
3. HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND MODERN GRAMMAR
| 1. The Development of Language | 7. Middle English | 13. Modifiers |
| 2. History of Language and Grammar | 8. Report: Geoffrey Chaucer | 14. Essay: Parts of Speech |
| 3. The Indo-European Family | 9. Quiz 2: Forming the English Language | 15. Quiz 3: Modern English Grammar |
| 4. Quiz 1: Language Changes | 10. Nouns | 16. Unit Review: History of Language and Modern Grammar |
| 5. The Old English Period | 11. Pronouns | 17. TEST |
| 6. Language and Literature of the Old English Period | 12. Verbs |
4. EXPOSITION: THE FORMAL ESSAY
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7. Choosing a Topic and Writing a Thesis Statement | 13. Project: Formal Essay Outline |
| 2. Essay: Summarizing a Formal Essay | 8. Writing the Introduction | 14. Project: Peer Evaluation |
| 3. Analyzing a Formal Essay | 9. Report: Thesis Statement | 15. Quiz 2: Writing a Formal Essay |
| 4. Report: Analyzing a Formal Magazine Essay | 10. Writing the Body | 16. Review |
| 5. Project: Analyzing a Historical Formal Essay | 11. Writing the Conclusion | 17. TEST |
| 6. Quiz 1: Reading a Formal Essay | 12. Proofreading |
5. PERSUASION
| 1. Convincing Others | 7. Identifying Slanted News and Evaluating Statistics | 13. Persuasion: Unspoken Factors |
| 2. Distinguishing Fact vs. Opinion | 8. Evaluating Sources of Information | 14. Listening to Persuasion |
| 3. Reading the News | 9. Project: Truth and Propaganda | 15. Quiz 2: Persuasion |
| 4. Analyzing the Author’s Credentials | 10. Project: Researching to Persuade | 16. Review |
| 5. Quiz 1: Persuasion | 11. Quiz: Propaganda | 17. TEST |
| 6. Propaganda Techniques | 12. Persuasion: Spoken Factors |