6th Grade ELA

This one-year course will expand the students’ writing abilities and strengthen critical thinking skills. All lessons will relate to the process of writing. Grammar and mechanics will be taught as essential elements of the writing process. Literature will be used to generate and model writing and critical thinking skills. This course reinforces the development of strategic reading behaviors and will emphasize an interactive approach in which students construct meaning from text. The focus is on utilizing vocabulary, thought processes, and strategies to become independent writers and readers.