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6th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Resources

1st Nine Weeks

Apps

SPI 0601.1.1

Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.
Interactive Game: "Irregular Plurals"
Powerpoints: "Types of Nouns"

SPI 0601.1.2

Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context.
Powerpoints: "World of Verbs"

SPI 0601.1.3

Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.
Powerpoint: "Fun with Adjectives"
Powerpoint: "Adjective Powerpoint"

SPI 0601.1.4

Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
Powerpoint: "Preposition Power"
Interactive Game: "The Preposition Game"

SPI 0601.1.5

Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context
Interactive Game: "Conjunctions"
Interactive Game: "Conjuntion-itis Popups"

SPI 0601.1.6

Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas, (i.e. comma, indirect quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks), and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).
Interactive Quiz: "Quiz on Using Quotation Marks"

SPI 0601.1.7

Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
Interactive Game: "Combining Sentences"
Interactive Quiz: "Sentence Combining Quiz"

SPI 0601.1.10

Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.
Interactive Game: "Plurals and Possessives"

SPI 0601.1.11

Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.
Interactive Game: "Subject-Verb Agreement"
Powerpoint: "Welcome to..."

SPI 0601.1.12

Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context
Powerpoint: "Commas Til You Cry"
Interactive Quiz: "Commas"

SPI 0601.1.18

Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context.
Interactive Game: "Easily Confused Words"
Teacher Tool: "The Most Often Misspelled Words in English"

SPI 0601.1.9

Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principal/princip
Interactive Game: "Lay vs Lie"
Interactive Game: "Its/It's and There/They're/Their"
Interactive Game: "To/Too/Two"

SPI 0601.1.13

Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence.
Interactive Game: "Interjections"
Interactive Test: "What are Interjections?"

SPI 0601.1.14

Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
Interactive Game: "Synonyms"
Interactive Game: "A Feast of Homonyms"
Interactive Game: "Antonyms"

SPI 0601.1.15

Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
Interactive Review: "Context is Key"
Interactive Review: "Prefixes"

SPI 0601.1.16

Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
Interactive Review: "Context is Key"
Powerpoint: "What is a root word?"

SPI 0601.1.17

Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words
Interactive Activity: "Using Dictionaries"
Interactive Review: "Using a Thesaurus"

SPI 0601.1.19

Recognize and use grade-appropriate and content specific vocabulary within context.
Interactive Review: "Academic Vocabulary"
Interactive Review: "Study My English"

SPI 0601.1.20

Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.
Interactive Review: "Root Words"

SPI 0601.2.1

Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).,
Interactive Quiz: "Author's Purpose"
Interactive Game: "Types of Writing"

SPI 0601.2.2

Identify the targeted audience of a speech
Powerpoint: "Delivering the Speech"

SPI 0601.2.7

Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation.
Powerpoint: "Organizing and Outlining a Speech"

SPI 0601.2.6

Determine the most effective methods for engaging an audience during an oral presentation (e.g., making eye contact, adjusting speaking rate).
Powerpoint: "How to Deliver a Speech"

SPI 0601.2.4

Select the most appropriate behaviors for participating productively in a team (e.g., contribute appropriate and useful information and ideas, understand the purpose for working as a team, understand the responsibilities of various roles within the t
Teacher Tool: "Guidelines for Team Work"

SPI 0601.2.5

Identify the functions and responsibilities of individual roles within an organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper).
Teacher Tool: "Individual Character Traits for Effective Group Process"

SPI 0601.3.1

Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
Lab Activity: "Author's Purpose"
Interactive Game: "Author's Purpose"

SPI 0601.3.5

Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.
Teacher Tool: "Illustration for Main Idea and Supporting Sentences

SPI 0601.3.12

Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
Powerpoint: "Letter Parts"
Powerpoint: "Writing Emails"
Powerpoint: "Writing a Research Paper"

SPI 0601.3.10

Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.
Interactive Review: "What's the Big Idea?"
Interactive Game: "What's the Big Idea 2?"

SPI 0601.3.11

Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection.
Interactive Review: "Using Circle Diagrams"
Interactive Review: "Interactive Graphic Organizers"

SPI 0601.3.2

Identify the audience for which a text is written.
Interactive Game: "Determining Writing Audience"
Interactive Game: "Identify Your Audience"

SPI 0601.3.3

Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
Powerpoint: "Selecting a Thesis Statement"
Interactive Game: "Thesis Builder"

SPI 0601.3.4

Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
Interactive Learning: "Types of Paragraphs in an Essay"

SPI 0601.3.6

Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph.
Powerpoint: "Selecting Supporting Details and Sentences"

SPI 0601.3.7

Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
Interactive Learning: "Staying Off the Point"
Determines Relevancy of Sentences

SPI 0601.3.8

Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.
Powerpoint and Interactive Game: "Selecting Transitional Words"
Interactive Review: "Selecting Time Order Words"

SPI 0601.4.1

Select the most focused research topic.
Powerpoint: "How to Narrow a Research Topic"
Click on "How to Narrow a Research Topic"

SPI 0601.7.3

Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to describe).
Interactive Game: "Author's Purpose and Perspective"
Powerpoint: "Author's Purpose"

2nd Nine Weeks

Apps

SPI 0601.1.1

Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.2

2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.3

Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.4

Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.5

Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.6

Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.7

7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.10

Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.11

Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.12

Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.18

Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.8

Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements).
Interactive Game: "Repairing Run-On Sentences"
Interactive Quiz: "Identifying Run-On Sentences"

SPI 0601.1.9

Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principal/princip
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.13

Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.14

Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.15

15 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.16

Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.17

Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.19

Recognize and use grade-appropriate and content specific vocabulary within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.20

Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.2.8

Select the best summary of a speech
Interactive Quiz: "Summarizing"

SPI 0601.3.1

Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.5

Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.12

Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.2

Identify the audience for which a text is written
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.3

Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.4

Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
See First Nine Weeks
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.6

Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.7

Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.8

Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow or a writing sample.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.4.5

Discern irrelevant research material from written text.

3rd Nine Weeks

Apps

SPI 0601.1.1

Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.2

Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.3

Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.4

Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.5

Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.6

Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.7

Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.10

Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.11

Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.12

Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.18

Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.9

Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principal/princip
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.13

Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.14

Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.15

Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.16

Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.17

Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.19

Recognize and use grade-appropriate and content specific vocabulary within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.1.20

Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.2.3

Identify the thesis and main points of a speech.

SPI 0601.3.1

Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.5

Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.12

Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.2

Identify the audience for which a text is written.

SPI 0601.3.3

Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.4

Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.6

Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph.
See First Nine Weeks

SPI 0601.3.7

Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.

SPI 0601.3.7

SPI 0601.3.8

Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow or a writing sample.

SPI 0601.4.2

Rank research according to reliability.

SPI 0601.4.3

Determine the most appropriate research source for a given research topic.

4th Nine Weeks

Apps

SPI 0601.1.1

Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.
Interactive Game: "Nouns"
Interactive Game: "Irregular Plurals"

SPI 0601.1.2

Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context.
Powerpoint: "Action Verbs"
Powerpoint: "Kinds of Verbs"
Powerpoint: "Irregular Verbs"

SPI 0601.1.3

Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.

SPI 0601.1.4

Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context.

SPI 0601.1.5

Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context.

SPI 0601.1.6

Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).

SPI 0601.1.7

Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).

SPI 0601.1.10

Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.

SPI 0601.1.11

Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.

SPI 0601.1.12

Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.

SPI 0601.1.18

Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context.

SPI 0601.3.1

Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).

SPI 0601.3.5

Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.

SPI 0601.3.12

Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).

SPI 0601.3.2

Identify the audience for which a text is written

SPI 0601.3.3

Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.

SPI 0601.3.4

Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.

SPI 0601.3.6

Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph.

SPI 0601.3.7

Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.

SPI 0601.3.8

Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow or a writing sample.

SPI 0601.3.9

Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.

SPI 0601.3.9

Distinguish between primary (i.e., letters, interviews, diaries, newspapers) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies) sources.