Grade 6 English

In all middle schools, the English Language Arts Program focuses on four organizing topics as outlined in the Virginia English Standards of Learning: communication and multimodal literacies, reading, writing, and research. Competence in these areas leads to advanced student thinking and success both in and out of school. Curriculum follows a concept-based framework that focuses on enduring understandings and essential questions.

• Reading comprehension will focus on the comparison of fiction and nonfiction texts. In fiction texts, students will identify elements of narrative structure including identifying theme and analyzing figurative language. There is an emphasis on nonfiction reading by creating objective summaries and drawing inferences using textual evidence.
• The student will begin the study of word origins and continue vocabulary development.
• The student will plan, draft, revise, and edit writing in a variety of forms with an emphasis on narrative and reflective writing.
• Students will deliver multimodal presentations individually and in collaborative groups. Students will interpret information presented in diverse media formats.
• Students both contribute to and facilitate collaborative group work.
• The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product and cite both primary and secondary sources. The meaning and consequences of plagiarism will be stressed.