6th, 7th, 8th grade ELA overview – Third Trimester 2018-2019
6th Grade ELA
Reading:
Novel:
“The Giver”
“The Phantom Tollbooth”
Humorous Fiction
“S.O.R. Losers”
“The All- American Slurp”
Biography
“Mandela”
Short Story
“The School Play”
Historical Fiction
“Number The Stars”
Poetry
Concrete Poetry
Writing:
Compare and Contrast
Personal Narrative
Persuasive Letters
Persuasive Essays
Research a biography
New York State Test Prep
Grammar/Vocabulary
- Words in Context – Using Context Clues
- Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions and Interjections
- Sentence Diagrams
- Main, Helping, Irregular Verbs
- Comma Use and Run-on sentences
7TH GRADE ELA
Novel:
Fiction:
“The Old Man and the Sea”
“ A Separate Peace”
Non-fiction:
“The Diary of Anne Frank”
”Biography
“Leonardo da Vinci Inventor”
Historical Fiction
“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”
Short Story
“Checkouts”
Science Nonfiction
“Seeing Earth From Space”
Poetry:
Concrete Poetry
Writing:
Persuasive Essay
Persuasive Letter
Biography research
Poetry
New York State Test Prep
Grammar/Vocabulary:
- Words in Context
- Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Interjections
- Comma Use and Run-on sentences
8TH GRADE ELA
Novel:
“The Five People You Meet in Heaven”
“Of Mice and Men”
Fiction:
Humorous Fiction
“Amanda and the Wounded Bird”
Historical Fiction
“The Man Without a Country”
Short Story
“The Moustache”
Biography
“Eleanor Roosevelt”
Poetry:
Nothing Gold Can Stay – Robert Frost
Do not go gentle into that good night – Dylan Thomas
Concrete Poetry
Science Nonfiction
“Polar Night”
Writing:
Personal Narratives
Persuasive Essays
Persuasive Letters
Biography research paper
Grammar/Vocabulary:
- Words in Context
- Commonly Misused or Misspelled Words
- Antonyms/ Synonyms
- Prefixes/ Roots/ Suffixes
- Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
- Run-On Sentences
- Commas, Semicolons and other Punctuation