Grade 6 English - Oak Meadow

Grade 6 English

Oak Meadow

Coursebook

Oak Meadow, Inc.

Post Office Box 1346 Brattleboro, Vermont 05302-1346

Item #b062010

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6 Contents

Introduction

For the Student................................................................. vii Course Materials and Organization................................ ix For the Parent.....................................................................x Assessment Measures in Home Learning........................ xi Information for Students Enrolled in

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Sentence Structures.......................................... 1

Sentence types; subjects and predicates; sentence structures; paragraph forms; working with vocabulary words

Lesson 2: Nouns................................................................ 9

Common and proper nouns; possessive nouns; pronouns; concrete and abstract nouns; collective nouns

Lesson 3: Note Taking and Citations............................ 15

Note-taking skills; outlining; citing your source; in-text citations; creating a works cited page; plagiarism

Lesson 4: The Writing Process....................................... 21

Adjectives and adverbs; descriptive writing; the writing process; revisions; editing and proofreading

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Lesson 5: Capitalization................................................. 27

Capitalization rules; using variants of a word

Lesson 6: Direct and Indirect Quotations.................... 33

Vocabulary review; direct quotations; indirect quotations; descriptive writing; learning reflection

Lesson 7: Poetry.............................................................. 43

Poetry; writing dialogue; adverbs of manner, time, and place

Lesson 8: Report Writing................................................ 49

Writing a report; letter writing

Lesson 9: Short-Story Writing........................................ 55

Writing a short story; writing in present tense; character, setting, and plot

Lesson 10: Clauses and Conjunctions........................... 61

Independent and dependent clauses; coordinating and subordinating conjunctions; writing a story summary

Lesson 11: Expository Essay........................................... 67

Writing an expository essay; verbs of being and action verbs; verb tenses

Lesson 12: Descriptive Writing...................................... 73

Vocabulary review; descriptive writing; story summary; subjects and predicates

Lesson 13: Organizing Information............................... 81

Organizing notes in chart form; Greek myths and character attributes; nouns and possessives

Lesson 14: Commonly Misused Words........................ 87

Commonly misused word pairs; letter writing; first person-point of view; possessive pronouns

Lesson 15: Comparative Essay....................................... 93

Sentence fragments; repairing run-on sentences; comparative essay

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Lesson 16: Punctuation.................................................. 99

Punctuation rules; poetry memorization and recitation; third-person point of view

Lesson 17: Compound and Complex Sentences........ 105

Four sentence types; compound subjects and predicates; simple, compound, and complex sentences; coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Lesson 18: Vocabulary Review..................................... 111

Vocabulary review; writing a story summary; descriptive writing; writing process

Lesson 19: Opinion Essay............................................. 117

Contractions; contraction/possessive word pairs; writing an opinion piece

Lesson 20: Persuasive Essay......................................... 125

Rhetoric and the persuasive essay; note taking; punctuating dialogue

Lesson 21: Sentence Building....................................... 133

Connecting word pairs in context; dependent and independent clauses; subordinating conjunctions; learning reflection

Lesson 22: Supporting Details..................................... 139

Concise writing; using contextual details to support ideas

Lesson 23: Prepositions................................................ 145

Prepositions and prepositional phrases; commonly misused words

Lesson 24: Creative Writing......................................... 151

Vocabulary review; creative writing; writing with historical detail

Lesson 25: Prepositional Phrases................................ 157

Identifying and creating prepositional phrases; correcting a faulty paragraph

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Lesson 26: Verb Tenses................................................. 163

Prefixes and base words; prepositional phrases; past, present, future, and perfect verb tenses

Lesson 27: Homophones.............................................. 169

Expository writing; homophones; parts of speech

Lesson 28: Synonyms and Antonyms.......................... 175

Synonyms and antonyms; prefixes

Lesson 29: Writing Dialogue........................................ 181

Writing dialogue; dialogue punctuation; character study; playwriting

Lesson 30: Suffixes and Base Words........................... 187

Vocabulary review; suffixes and base words

Lesson 31: Vocabulary Exercises.................................. 195

Using vocabulary words in varied writing; prepositional phrases

Lesson 32: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Parts of Speech.... 203

Prefixes and suffixes; subjects and predicates; parts of speech

Lesson 33: Writing a Book Review.............................. 209

Book review; homophones; synonyms and antonyms

Lesson 34: Vocabulary and Grammar Review............ 215

Vocabulary review; creative writing; grammar review

Lesson 35: Grammar Final Exam................................. 225

Final grammar exam

Lesson 36: Learning Reflection.................................... 235

Learning reflection

Appendix..................................................... 239

Works Cited................................................................... 241 English Manual.............................................................. 255

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D A Y 6

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Social Studies

Science

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STUDENT PLANNER

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ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY

Read Note-Taking Skills,

Outlining, Citing your Source, and "Plagiarism."

Alphabetize, define, and use

the vocabulary words in a paragraph or story scene.

Take a spelling quiz.

Cite sources using MLA format.

Create a detailed outline.

Write about what you have

learned using the four types of sentences.

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Notes

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3 Note Taking and Citations

For the next two weeks, you will be conducting research for a report in social studies. Before you begin locating and reading resource materials, complete the reading assignments in this lesson. This will give you helpful information regarding note taking, outlining, and citing your sources. Pay particular attention to the section on plagiarism so you can learn how to avoid it.

Reading

Read the following sections in the English manual:

? Note-Taking Skills ? Outlining ? Citing Your Source ? Plagiarism

Assignments

1. This week, after you alphabetize and define the following vocabulary words, write a simple paragraph or story scene that uses all the words. Find ways to use a variety of sentence types to make your writing more interesting. Underline vocabulary words.

pyramid

sphinx

mummy

pharaoh

papyrus Nile

hieroglyphics ibis

Add any misspelled words from the previous spelling tests to this week's list when you practice spelling your words this week and using them in conversation.

2. At the end of the week, take a spelling quiz.

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