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Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 1: Personal Triumphs Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Theme 1 Lesson 1 plot & setting realistic fiction use story structure Story Titles: Intro/Vocab Story Main Story Connecting Story Cougars Win, Eggs Lose Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America Are You Laughing at Me? Author, Illustrator, photographer…// Themes Gordon Korman Steve Adams Susan B. Anthony, softball, car trouble, cherries, cows short/variant vawels: absences, against, album, circuit, bronze, chess, biscuit, depth, cabinet, drenched, glimpse, nozzle, feather, plastic, publish, pulse, rapid, snack, solve, system ricocheted, hysterical, crestfallen, ecstatic, incapacitated, lamented, mirth, perishable Theme 1 Lesson 2 Theme 1 Lesson 3 Theme 1 Lesson 4 plot & setting historical fiction use story structure Whale Watching The Color of My Words Words Free as Confetti (poem) Lynn Joseph Joe Cepeda whales, ocean, sea otters, poison oak, Dominican Republic, writer, restaurant, tree, queen, treasure, ocean long/variant digraphs: sneeze, arcade, vacuum, breathe, belief, proclaim, entertain, quaint, aglow, saying, essay, tomorrow, coffee, stride, easel, approach, globe, polite, duty, grief meandering, emerged, survey, frolicked, hovered, tormented, inquire, subtle text structure: chronological order Airships Elizabeth MacLeod biography The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start Paris, hot-air balloons, Brazil, blimp, bones, circus, printing, cycling, typhoid use graphic organizers From Inspiration to Invention fever, candle, shovel variant v/diphthongs: authentic, launch, boycott, turquoise, withdrawn, awkward, faulty, applaud, jigsaw, curfew, pound, awesome, corduroy, shrewd, soothing, booklet, drowsy, moisture, flaunt, enough astounding, disbanded, stabilize, exerts, rigged, replica, schemes text structure: chronological order Jackie Joyner-Kersee Kathleen Krull biography Wilma Unlimited David Diaz use graphic organizers The World’s Fastest track-and-field, Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, polio, basketball, Rome, StarSpangled Banner, gold medal, cheetah, falcon, moth, sailfish -ed, -ing: decorating, applying, delaying, employed, studying, supposed, exciting, married, envied, studied, frightened, panicked, relayed, preparing, replied, invited, multiplied, planning, lying, served intense, fumble, luxury, astonishment, propel, triumphant, lunged, remedies Theme 1 Lesson 5 Theme Review: Fluency: accuracy reading rate Comprehension: RT (Reader’s Theater): Show Time Drawing Horses drama, jaguar, actor, interview, horses, artist variant vowel & diphthongs: circuit, against, cabinet, feather, system, sneeze, proclaim, grief, approach, arcade, aglow, breathe, pound, applaud, turquoise, awkward, delaying, employed, replied, preparing intimidating, calamity, invaluable, quandary, composure, hindrance, steadfast, surpassed, sage, trepidation POB 032015 Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 2: Joining Forces Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Theme 2 Lesson 6 Plot & Characters realistic fiction reread for comprehension Story Titles: Intro/Vocab Story Main Story Connecting Story A Mixed-Up Dance Befiddled Focus Flying Solo Author, Illustrator, photographer…// Themes Pedro de Alcantara Susan Farrington cello, violin, dance, blender, vase, harmonica, sea lion, Star-Spangled Banner, Beethoven, butterflies, electricity -le: nestle, mangle, feeble, crinkle, wobble, frazzle, obstacle, tickle, hustle, bridle, jumble, kindle, dwindle, swindle, assemble, mantle, brittle, freckle, muzzle, cuticle jest, supple, immobile, sinuous, intonation, fused, haywire Theme 2 Lesson 7 Plot & Characters realistic fiction reread for comprehension The Society of Rollers S.O.R. Losers Get in Gear with Safety Avi Aaron Jasinski Boules, soccer, math, helmets, safety VCCV, VCCCV: pattern, associate, exhale, bulletin, collapse, complaint, instance, dessert, difficulty, franchise, emphasize, exclude, disturb, mammoth, necessary, impact, splendid, stampede, survival, wander ordinary, suit, treason, convince, rejected, disown, defeatist Theme 2 Lesson 8 main ideas/details narrative nonfiction summarize Race to the South Pole The Great Serum Race Blazing Trails Debbie S. Miller Jon Van Zyle Iditarod, Alaska, diphtheria, telegraph, train, sled dog, blind, vision, race VCV: report, climate, crusade, ego, retail, future, robot, humane, tiger, laser, lemon, limit, major, minor, panel, sequel, valid, veto, vital plea, intercept, rendezvous, seeped, diagnosed, lethal, devoured Theme 2 Lesson 9 main ideas/details expository nonfiction summarize Wilderness Rescue Smokejumpers Incredible Rescues Elaine Landau Colorado, hike, mountain, smokejumpers. wildfire, parachutes, helmet, aircraft, swift water rescues, rope rescues, cane and mine, water easily confused: accept, adapt, adopt, affect, allusion, complement, compliment, device, devise, effect, except, formally, formerly, illusion, incite, insight, principal, principle, precede, proceed extent, hampered, altitude, equipped, reserve, rely, overshadow Theme 2 Lesson 10 Theme Review: Fluency: intonation pace Comprehension: reread summarize RT: The Case of the Filched Feast Funds Why Do Cliff Swallows Live Together? newspaper, Thanksgiving, money, Bahamas, detective, swallows, Nebraska, parasite -le & review: mangle, tickle, bridle, swindle, muzzle, bulletin, difficulty, exclude, survival, franchise, ego, linen, minor, veto, vital, complement, compliment, formally, formerly, precede concede, confidential, justification, unearthed, alibi, culprit, confront, scandal, sheepishly, vying POB 032015 Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 3: A Changing Planet Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Theme 3 Lesson 11 figurative Language (simile, metaphor, personification) expository nonfiction adjust reading rate Story Titles: Intro/Vocab Story Main Story Connecting Story Emperors of the South Life Under Ice Life on the Edge Author, Illustrator, photographer…// Themes Mary M Cerullo Bill Curtsinger penguins, Antarctica, icebergs, glaciers, desert, seal, phytoplankton, bends, scuba diving, starfish, sea anemone, sponges… -able, -ible: noticeable, passable, convertible, wearable, avoidable, capable, profitable, applicable, accessible, breakable, destructible, excitable, invincible, sensible, edible, comprehensible, credible, returnable, permissible, reproducible bearable, illuminates, refuge, phenomenon, abundant, thrive Theme 3 Lesson 12 figurative Language (simile, metaphor, personification) short stories adjust reading rate Bird’s Eye View The Long Bike Ride Embroidery Washed Away: A Double Haiku Melina Brown Alex Bostic Vermont, peregrine falcon, California -ous, -ious, -eous: poisonous, glamorous, joyous, adventurous, courageous, disastrous, generous, miraculous, studious, hilarious, envious, industrious, infectious, mysterious, suspicious, advantageous, gorgeous, nutritious, nauseous, outrageous wedged, ideal, perched, pelting, stranded, blurted, slunk Theme 3 Lesson 13 theme realistic fiction answer questions A Survivor Remembers Escaping the Giant Wave A World in Motion Peg Kehret John Sandford earthquake, San Francisco, fire, tsunami, Oregon, cedars, dog, waves, continental drift, plate tectonics /en/ /el/: actual, beckon, burden, captain, comparison, example, foreign, people, informal, label, medal, peddle, personal, pigeon, several, special, sudden, natural, veteran, usual premonition, disoriented, imperative, haphazardly, remorse, receded, optimistic Theme 3 Lesson 14 Theme 3 Lesson 15 theme realistic fiction answer questions Strange Pets Brian’s Winter Find Your Way Anywhere Gary Paulsen Raul Colon ferret, potbellied pig, fennec fox, winter, wilderness, Canada, skunk, bow & arrow /er/: beggar, burglar, cedar, computer, consumer, error, calendar, grammar, hanger, lumber, monitor, partner, pillar, prisoner, rumor, trader, traitor, vapor, vinegar, whimper acquaintance, rank, gingerly, winced, cocky, stymied, terminal, retrieve Theme Review: RT: On Turtle Backs: A Native American ocean, water, clouds, dolphins, turtle, intertidal zones, mussels, barnacles, Fluency: Legend plankton phrasing What Lives in the Ocean expression Comprehension: adjust reading rate answering questions convertible, breakable, sensible, permissible, profitable, glamorous, infectious, advantageous, gorgeous, joyous, beckon, example, foreign, informal, sudden, consumer, monitor, rumor, vinegar, whimper communal, dissatisfied, demands, apparent, indebted, bliss, stationary, arduous, prudent, entwined POB 032015 Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 4: Unique Perspectives Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Story Titles Intro. Story Main Story Connecting Story Author, Illustrator, photographer… Themes Theme 4 point of view biography/autobiography ask questions Clocks The Man Who Made Time Travel Calder Kathryn Lasky Kevin Hawkes inventors, clocks, 18th century, sailors, John Harrison, Newton, astronomy, King Gearge III, sundial, sculpture Lesson 16 Spanish/French: adobe, barbecue, barracuda, embargo, mosquito, patio, rodeo, sombrero, tornado, cargo, ballet, beret, bouquet, campaign, cassette, croissant, envelope, plateau, sergeant, depot precise, regulates, compensate, perfectionist, meticulously, counteracted, trial, petition Theme 4 Lesson 17 point of view realistic fiction ask questions Treasure or Trash? Maniac Magee Ode to Pablo’s Tennis Shoes Jerry Spinelli David Gordon treasure, pizza, knots, competition, tennis shoes, football, TV, sleep prefixes: inability, inaccessible, inadequate, inadmissible, inappropriate, inattentive, impress, inaudible, indigestion, irrational, insecure, irresponsible, immobile, immovable, impartial, impassive, ineffective, illogical, illuminate, improper foresight, publicize, distraction, testimony, contortions, faint, grimy Theme 4 Lesson 18 Theme 4 Lesson 19 Theme 4 Lesson 20 make judgments expository nonfiction self-correct Our Solar System The Kid Who Named Pluto How Athens Was Named Marc McCutcheon Joe Cannell Mars, Solar System, Copernicus, names, mythology, Poseidon, Athena -ant, -ent, -ist: compliant, contestant, immigrant, informant, inhabitant, significant, irritant, observant, resident, panelist, participant, scientist, biologist, columnist, medalist, cartoonist, efficient, pollutant, obedient, confident beacon, marvel, enthralled, persisted, objections, disturbances, clamor, coincidentally Puppy Love make judgments Joan Marie Arbogast Buildings in Disguise expository nonfiction diner. hotdogs, New Jersey, elephants, Long Island, duck, Statue of Liberty self-correct storybook parks, Dutch Wonderland, Haines Shoe House, fish, dinosaur, coffee pot, Statue of Liberty over-, under-, sub-: overbearing, overcast, overconfident, overdevelop, overdraft, overhang, overindulge, overlay, overpower, undercarriage, underdone, underestimate, underrated, undertake, underwent, submerge, substandard, underground, subcontract, subtitle eager, beloved, humongous, abandoned, neglected, demolished, severe RT: Let’s Fly a Kite Theme Review: Smithsonian, cherry blossoms, kites, China, Malaysia, Ben Franklin, Letters to Young Poets Fluency: peanut butter, potato chips intonation pace Comprehension: ask questions self-correct mistakes Review: adobe, mosquito, tornado, bouquet, envelope, inability, irrational, immobile, illuminate, indigestion, informant, significant, participant, medalist, columnist, overdraft, overdevelop, underwent, submerge, subtitle aficionados, brainchild, astute, conventional, utilitarian, wage, commemorate, traction, unison, avid POB 032015 Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 5: Ancient Wisdom Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Theme 5 compare & contrast Lesson 21 expository nonfiction use graphic organizers Story Titles Intro. Story Main Story Connecting Story Athena and Arachne Ancient Greece A Time to Dance Author, Illustrator, photographer… Themes Kim Covert Athena, Arachne, Greece, mythology, weaving, Olympics, chariot races, architecture, art, pottery, astronomy, inventor, mathematicians, Hippocrates, Herodotus, Aesop, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, democracy, cricket, food Greek/Latin: pedal, peddler, pedestrian, pedestal, dental, dentist, dentures, vocalize, manual, manuscript, manipulate, manufacture, vocalist, memoir, memorial, tripod, podium, memorable, maneuver logic, promote, pursuit, ethics, banned, influenced, modern, urges Theme 5 Lesson 22 compare & contrast expository nonfiction use graphic organizers Perfectly Preserved The Emperor’s Silent Army A Hidden City in the Andes Jane O’Connor Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, terracotta warriors, ancient China, conquerors, Machu Picchu, Incas, Andes Greek/Latin: biology, biography, biome, democracy, epidemic, demonstrate, geology, geography, geometry, archaic, microwave, psychology, archaeology, microscopic, political, metropolis, police, cosmopolitan, policy, politicia precede, lustrous, trespass, strategically, prolong, resigned, temperaments, restored Theme 5 Lesson 23 literary devices legends read ahead In All Fairness The Sons of the Dragon King Fire, Water, Truth and Falsehood Ed Young potatoes, family, musical instruments, prison guards, chef, bridges, swimming, weapons, incense, religious ceremonies, sentries, Northeast Africa, Ethiopia, truth Greek/Latin: polygon, monopoly, century, centimeter, quadruple, centennial, centipede, tricycle, triangle, diameter, dialogue, diagram, diagonal, biannual, bicoastal, bifocals, monochromatic, monarch, monologue, monotone savory, vigilantly, disposition, tolerated, revered, unsettling, befitting, dispute Theme 5 Lesson 24 literary devices expository nonfiction read ahead Interview with an Anthropologist Secrets of the Sphinx Advertisements from the Egyptian News Bagram Ibatoulline James Cross Giblin Egypt, Nile, Great Sphinx, pyramids suffix: accusation, adaptation, animation, application, conversation, dehydration, destination, preparation, specialization, variation, definition, rejection, ignition, opposition, recognition, observation, emotion, duplication, celebration, transportation flourishing, fertile, primitive, immortalized, intact, descendants, reinforces, rituals Theme 5 Lesson 25 Theme Review: Fluency: accuracy phrasing Comprehension: RT: Say Sphinx! The Nile Valley Egypt, Nile, camel, sailing, Mediterranean Sea, sugarcane, hippos, crocs, frogs, sphinx, pharaoh, Ramses, delta, waterfalls, Sahara use graphic organizers read ahead Review: pedal, dentures, manuscript, memorial, tripod, memorable, biology, democracy, geography, archaeology, cosmopolitan, century, tricycle, diagram, bifocals, monotone, conversation, rejection, celebration, definition overwhelmingly, ornery, aggravated, sophisticated, imposing, notable, prosperous, unassuming, conspicuous, pillaged POB 032015 Storytown: Grade 6 Book: Dive Right In Theme 6: The Outer Limits Lesson Focus Skill/ Genre/ comprehension strategies Theme 6 draw and evaluate conclusions Lesson 26 expository nonfiction summarize Story Titles Intro. Story Main Story Connecting Story Comet Crash! Next Stop Neptune What Goes Up Doesn’t Always Come Down Author, Illustrator, photographer… Themes Alvin Jenkins Steve Jenkins comets, Neptune, Solar System, planets, orbital debris pre/root/suffix & root/root: postponement, misinformation, uncertainly, improvement, indestructible, uncomfortable, unbeatable, unexpectedly, reexamination, unmistakable, telescope, thermometer, microscope, mischievous, prescription, telephone, octopus, process, transport, aquatic mottled, barren, impact, scale, prominent, chasm, warped, distinctive Theme 6 Lesson 27 draw and evaluate conclusions expository nonfiction summarize Dive Guide The Incredible Quest to Find the Titanic High-Tech Treasure Hunt Brad Matsen scuba diving, Titanic, luxury liners, England, New York, France, Ireland, icebergs, robot, GPS silent letters: aisle, align, rhythm, crumbs, fasten, glistened, knotty, knuckle, often, plumber, reign, bustle, shepherd, soften, sword, thistle, knock, wrestle, wrinkled, yolk lavish, dreaded, ascent, doomed, murky, remains Theme 6 Lesson 28 characterization science fiction answer questions Androids Revolt Eager Zoo Helen Fox Marcos Chin space travel, android. robots, baby, machines, zoo related: ability, able, decompose, decomposition, familiar, family, muscle, muscular, meter, metric, precise, precision, relate, relative, commerce, commercial, similar, similarity, offense, offensive qualm, endanger, contrary, contentedly, contemplate, torrent, intolerant, officious Theme 6 Lesson 29 characterization play answer questions Adventure Calls The Phantom Tollbooth The Road Not Taken Norton Juster Melisande Potter TV, clocks, time, travel to unknown lands, woods, roads unusual plurals: allergies, data, bacteria, yourselves, potatoes, pianos, loaves, canoes, thieves, scarves, chiefs, lenses, quizzes, heroes, oxen batteries, mosquitoes, spacecraft, crises, vetoes doldrums, dejectedly, misapprehension, banished, imposter, strenuous, linger, abide Theme 6 Lesson 30 Theme Review: Fluency: rate expression Comprehension: summarize answer questions RT: Into the Deep Earth Songs Guam, Pacific Ocean, Challenger Deep, Trieste, ocean floor, sonar, Earth, continents, volcanoes, mountains, water, tundra, lowlands, deserts Review: postponement, uncertainly, unexpectedly, microscope, aquatic, rhythm, plumber, reign, soften, wrinkled, muscle, muscular, precise, precision, offense, offensive, pianos, canoes, chiefs, oxen entrust, critical, understatement, emanates, erratic, elusive, unprecedented, cacophony, implode, acute POB 032015
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