6th, 7th, 8th grade ELA and 6th grade Religion overview – Second Trimester 2018-2019

6th Grade ELA

Fiction – Novel
“A Christmas Carol”
“The Phantom Tollbooth”

Non-fiction
“Exploring the Titanic”
 “Painters of the Caves”

Poetry
“Jabberwocky”
Christmas Haiku

Realistic Fiction
“Last Summer with Maizon”
“The Circuit”
“ Viva New Jersey”

New York State Prep

Writing
Compare and Contrast
Persuasive Letters
Expository Writing – Science Fair

Grammar/Vocabulary

• Words in Context
• Commonly Misused or Misspelled Words
• Adverbs
• Verbs: action, linking, helping
• Subject Verb Agreement
• Research
• Note Taking

7th Grade ELA

Fiction
“Jacob Have I Loved” 

Short Stories
“A Day’s Wait”
“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”
“Checkouts”
“The Kid Nobody Could Handle”

Non-Fiction:
“Fireflies”
“My Father’s Song”

New York State Prep

 Poetry:
“My Father’s Song”
Christmas Haiku

“Writing:
Persuasive Writing
Personal Narratives
Expository Writing – Science Fair

Grammar/Vocabulary:

• Words in Context
• Commonly misused or misspelled words
• Elements of a short story
• Verbs: action, linking, helping
• Subject verb agreement
• Research
• Note Taking

8th Grade ELA

Novel:

“The Outsiders”

Fiction:
Excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird
From Little by Little
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Almost A Whole Trickster

Poetry

Nothing Gold Can Stay – Robert Frost
We Real Cool – Gwendolyn Brooks
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night – Dylan Thomas
In Response to Executive Order 9066
Christmas Haiku

Writing:
Persuasive Essays
Compare and Contrast Essays
Expository Writing

Skills/Vocabulary:

• Citing specific evidence
• drawing inferences
• Making predictions
• Research
• Note Taking
• Antonyms/Synonyms
• Poetic devices

6^th Grade

Religion – 2^st Trimester 2018

 The Human Family struggled because of Original Sin

• Cain and Able
• Noah
• Tower of Babel

God Chooses a People

• God chooses Abraham to be the father of his people
• Israelites
• Providence- God’s plan for and protection of all creation

Moses led God’s people

• Exodus
• The Ten Plagues
• Passover
• God parts the Red Sea

Seasonal

• Advent
• Christmas
• Lent