Grade 6 English weekly lessons

Suggested weekly sequencing of competencies for lesson pacing.

English

Term 1

11 weekly groups
Week1Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
  2. Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
  3. Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
  4. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Week2Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
  2. Comprehend literary texts
    • summarizing story events
    • noting important elements (story grammar)
  3. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Week3Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
  2. Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
  3. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  4. Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using context clues: punctuation
  5. Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: almanac
Week4Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning
    • hyperbole
    • irony
  2. Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
  3. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
  4. Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Week5Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts
    • identifying the main idea
    • summarizing story events
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs
    • perfect present
    • perfect past
    • perfect future
Week6Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adjective (adjectival phrase)
  3. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using adverbs: order of adverbs (manner, place, frequency, time, purpose)
  4. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Week7Lesson plan
  1. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement
    • noun
    • pronoun
    • adjective
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Week8Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
  2. Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
  3. Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose
    • entertain
    • inform, explain, describe
    • persuade
Week9Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts
    • drawing conclusions
    • making generalizations
    • making a summary
    • distinguishing fact from opinion
  2. Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
  3. Create simple survey forms based on purpose: personal data information (print)
Week10Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda
    • name calling or labelling
    • glittering generalities
    • transfer
  2. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
  3. Identify multimedia elements
    • video
    • animation
  4. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned
    • identifying the author's purpose
    • analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
  5. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers
    • author's point of view/stand
    • propaganda technique used
Week11Lesson plan
  1. Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning
    • using facial expressions
    • using gestures
    • using eye contact
    • using haptics
    • using posture
    • using proxemics and blocking
  2. Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
  3. Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned

Term 2

11 weekly groups
Week1Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
  2. Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
  3. Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
  4. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Week2Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
  2. Comprehend literary texts
    • summarizing story events
    • noting important elements (story grammar)
  3. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Week3Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
  2. Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
  3. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  4. Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: directories (acronyms and abbreviations used by organizations)
Week4Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: irony
  2. Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
  3. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
  4. Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Week5Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts
    • identifying the main idea
    • summarizing story events
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs
    • perfect present
    • perfect past
    • perfect future
Week6Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adverbs (adverbial phrase)
  3. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Week7Lesson plan
  1. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement
    • noun
    • pronoun
    • adjective
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Week8Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
  2. Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
  3. Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose
    • entertain
    • inform, explain, describe
    • persuade
Week9Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts
    • drawing conclusions
    • making generalizations
    • making a summary
    • distinguishing fact from opinion
  2. Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
  3. Create simple survey forms based on purpose
    • open-ended survey forms (print)
    • interview survey forms (oral)
Week10Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda
    • testimonies/testimonials
    • plain folks
    • bandwagon
  2. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
  3. Identify multimedia elements
    • video
    • animation
  4. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned
    • identifying the author's purpose
    • analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
  5. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers
    • author's point of view/stand
    • propaganda technique used
Week11Lesson plan
  1. Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning
    • using facial expressions
    • using gestures
    • using eye contact
    • using haptics
    • using posture
    • using proxemics and blocking
  2. Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
  3. Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned

Term 3

11 weekly groups
Week1Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: noting important elements (story grammar)
  2. Comprehend literary texts: identifying type of plot: flashback
  3. Comprehend literary texts: identifying the main idea
  4. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: narrative
Week2Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: sequencing events: at least 8 events
  2. Comprehend literary texts
    • summarizing story events
    • noting important elements (story grammar)
  3. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using kinds of verbs: intransitive
Week3Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: inferring: author's purpose, message, target audience
  2. Comprehend literary texts: making predictions: possible ending
  3. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  4. Use words with literal and implied meanings in sentences: using general references: handbooks and manuals
Week4Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: analyzing figures of speech to get and clarify meaning: irony
  2. Comprehend literary texts: applying the important story elements to one's schema: learning vicariously from the text
  3. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: identifying the purpose of the visual text
  4. Evaluate cultural appropriateness of visual elements
Week5Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts
    • identifying the main idea
    • summarizing story events
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using tenses of verbs
    • perfect present
    • perfect past
    • perfect future
Week6Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend literary texts: drawing conclusions
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using prepositional phrases as adverbs (adverbial phrase)
  3. Derive meaning based on the visual elements: analyzing how visual elements contribute to the meaning of a text
Week7Lesson plan
  1. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: using complement
    • noun
    • pronoun
    • adjective
  2. Compose appropriate sentences for clarity and coherence: composing compound-complex sentences
Week8Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: noting important information through outlining: inductive-deductive organization (diamond)
  2. Comprehend informational texts: identifying text types: persuasive
  3. Comprehend informational texts: identifying author's purpose
    • entertain
    • inform, explain, describe
    • persuade
Week9Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts
    • drawing conclusions
    • making generalizations
    • making a summary
    • distinguishing fact from opinion
  2. Produce text with introduction, body, and conclusion in conveying ideas: providing evidence to support information
  3. Create simple survey forms based on purpose: online survey forms (digital)
Week10Lesson plan
  1. Comprehend informational texts: identifying propaganda technique used to persuade audience to further an idea or agenda
    • fear
    • half-truths or spin
    • bad logic / unwarranted extrapolation
    • card stacking
  2. Express ideas appropriately for one's purpose, context, and target audience: using text types: persuasive
  3. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned: determining ideas that are explicitly used to influence viewers
    • author's point of view/stand
    • propaganda technique used
Week11Lesson plan
  1. Use appropriate non-verbal cues for clarity of context, purpose, and meaning
    • using facial expressions
    • using gestures
    • using eye contact
    • using haptics
    • using posture
    • using proxemics and blocking
  2. Create a visual text drawn from visual elements learned
  3. Identify multimedia elements
    • video
    • animation
  4. Derive meaning for multimedia elements learned
    • identifying the author's purpose
    • analyzing how multimedia elements contribute to the meaning of a text
  5. Create a multimedia text drawn from multimedia elements learned