6th Grade English
Weekly Agendas
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Writers’ Workshop: | Writing into the Week “Get to Know Me” | Mentor Text/Mini Lesson and Writing Time | Mentor Text/Mini Lesson and Writing Time | Mentor Text/Mini Lesson and Writing Time Small moment | Mentor Text/Mini Lesson and Writing Time Introduce 6 Word Memoirs |
1st Day Procedures “Get to Know Me” | Hexagonal Identities Activity (team building) | Notebook Gathering Time -Setting up Journals | “Head” activity | Notebook Gathering Time -6 Word Memoirs | |
Readers Workshop: | | | Introduce Readers’ Workshop Reading for a Purpose | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus -Word choice | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus -Word choice |
Reminders: | You will need a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 1: Aug. 12-16
| Monday | Tuesday Meet the teacher night tonight! | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Writers’ Workshop: | Writing into the Week Continue Drafting | Mentor Text/Mini Lesson and Writing Time | Get logged into the Chromebooks and join our Google Classroom. | Begin Drafting Your “Where I’m From” Poem | |
6 Word Memoirs Peer Review | 6 Word Memoirs Due! | Google Form “Seating chart” | Writer's’ Craft Word Choice | Activity: “Copy Paste Poem” Make it your own | |
Readers Workshop: | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus: Word Choice | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus: Word Choice | “Gallery Walk” our 6 Word Memoirs | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus: Word Choice | Independent Reading Time Today’s Focus: Word Choice |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 2: Aug. 19-23
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Writers’ Workshop: | Journal Check: Brainstorming Begin Drafting In Journals | This week we will be taking our Reading Beginning of Year MAP test. As students finish testing they will read independently. I will pull students after testing to share their data and set goals. | Goal Setting after MAP testing | ||
| Continue Drafting | Typing your poem into the Google Classroom Assignment. | “Where I’m From” Poem Due! | | |
Readers Workshop: | Begin Reader’s Workshop Book Reflection “One Pager” | Continue One Pager | Continue One Pager | Continue One Pager | Turn in One Pager for Weekly Check-in |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 3: Aug. 26-30
| Monday Holiday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 30 min | No School | Introduce Levels of Analysis “Instagram Boy” | “Hands” by Sarah Kay | Quick Write | Goal Setting |
| Journal entry Levels | Journal entry Hand Memories | Phrases and Clauses notes | Pre-assessment parts of speech. Clauses and Phrases | |
Readers Workshop: 15 min | | Either start a new One-pager or continue with the same book. | Continue one pager | Continue one pager | Turn in one-pager for a check-in |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 4: Sept. 3-6
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 30 min | Telpas Writing Sample | Introduce Memoir Scenes Add Figurative Language Notes to Journal | Mentor Text-Memoir Reading/Listening to “Glass Castle” | Reading and marking up “Glass Castle” Identifying figurative language and sensory details. | Clauses, Phrases and Parts of Speech Practice. |
| Kernel Essay | Drafting | Drafting | Transfer rough draft to digital assignment in google classroom. | |
Readers Workshop: 15 min | New One-Pager | Continue One-Pager | Continue One-Pager | Continue One-Pager | Turn in One-Pager for check-in |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 5: Sept. 9-13
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Mrs. Dougherty will be out today. | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 30 min | Continue Drafting | Continue Drafting | Peer Review | Peer Review | Finishing touches and turn in Memoir Scene Formative Reflection |
“Nouns” Diagramming sentences and identifying parts of speech. | Verbs Diagramming sentences and identifying parts of speech. | Adverbs Diagramming sentences and identifying parts of speech. | | | |
Readers Workshop: 15 min | Reader’s Workshop: we will not complete One Pager this week. Instead, we will respond to questions about our reading on Thursday and Friday. | Formative Reader’s response for this week. | Formative Reader’s response for this week. | ||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 6: Sept. 16-20
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 30 min | Introduce:Extended Constructed Response with RACES | Read a short passage and practice whole group using RACES. | Read a short passage and practice table groups using RACES. | Read a short passage and practice with shoulder partner using RACES. | Formative assignment to practice RACES on your own to show your skills. |
Model the process and add to our journal. | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 15 min | Reader’s workshop will be imbedded within the RACE(S) lessons this week. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 7: Sept. 23-27
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 20 min | Introduce Book Club groups and activities. And log into epic. | Pre-assessment Parts of a letter/email (google form) | Mentor text for correspondence. Letter From the 6 nations to William and Mary College | Introduce elements of a friendly letter. | Answering a question using RACE “Letter from the 6 nations |
Formative Pre-Assessment “Task, Purpose and audience” | Add notes to journal Add template with sentence stems. | | Drafting friendly letter to book’s main character. | Formative: Write a friendly letter to your book’s main character. | |
Readers Workshop: 25 min | Book Clubs: “I survived” Read/Listen to your assigned I survived book. As we read we will complete graphic organizer. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 8: Sept. 30-Oct. 4
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 30 min | Mentor Text (again) Letter From the 6 nations to William and Mary College | Review parts of a friendly letter and begin brainstorming. | Begin Copy-change “No thank you letter” | Typing their No, Thank you letter into google classroom. | No School! |
Introduce No, Thank you structure. | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 15 min | Some classes will still be finishing their “I Survived” books and activities. Hatchet enrichment activities while reading Possible Idea? Students create a news report that details the accident. They can write letters from Brian’s parents and police officers, and wildlife officers as well as Terry, Brian’s best friend. They pretend that they are these characters pleading with people to search for Brian. Make a missing poster. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 9: Oct. 7-11
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | No school! | Finishing touches to No, thank you letter and turning it in today! Peer Review with Rubric/Checklist | Graphic organizer with plot events and internal and external response | Analyze your graphic organizer using the RACE strategy to make a claim about how your characters actions affect the plot. | Formative: Character Analysis of Brian using RACE |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Using context clues | Using context clues | Using context clues | Using context clues |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Goal setting with reading groups. Looking at MAP Goals and Reading Levels. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 10: Oct. 14-18
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Mentor Text Poem: “Life Doesn’t Frighten me” Poem: Levels of Analysis. | Mentor Text Informational: Fears and Phobias Begin reading (review context clues) | Continue with Mentor text | Picture Day! | Formative: Fears and Phobias |
Skill Building 15-20 min | Journal: T-chart with Real Vs. Imaginary Fears | Critical Vocabulary and Use of Dashes | 4 categories of phobias notes in journal | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Free Choice Reading: Looking for unfamiliar words and context clues | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 11: Oct. 21-25
| Monday Mrs. Dougherty will be out today | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Invasion of the Road Weenies Scary Short Stories. | Writing our own spooky stories. Story Structure | Writing our own spooky stories. Editing, Revising Illustrating | Campfire stories: Share the short spooky story you wrote yesterday. | Phobia Mini-Research Famous people’s phobias slides |
Skill Building 15-20 min | Grammar lesson | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Book Clubs: Leveled Reading groups. Reading and analyzing using graphic organizer due each Friday. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 12: Oct. 28-Nov. 1
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Video: Wired for Fear (from online textbook) Quiz on Paper Assign specific phobia from list. | Begin Research Unit Explain Checklist and schedule for the project. | Begin researching the phobia to create an infographic and a 2 paragraph informational essay. Research Graphic Organizer: | Continue Researching Add information to research graphic organizer. | Continue Researching Continue using graphic organizer to draft an informational article. |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | Citations | Citations | Citations |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Time will be given during readers workshop time to continue researching or free choice read if daily tasks are completed. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 13: Nov. 4-8
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday ½ Day | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Pick your 3 questions. Begin drafting the informational essay using the graphic organizer. | Continue drafting | Move paragraphs from graphic organizer to final draft assignment. Self-Check | Peer Review Day 1 | Peer Review Day 2 Completed Essay’s Due Today!!! |
Skill Building 15-20 min | Common Latin and Greek Roots | Determine word meaning with roots. | (Cut for time) | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Readers workshop time will be dedicated as time for continued research or free choice reading if assignments are completed. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 14: Nov. 11-15
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Introduce Infographics Levels of analysis with Infographic example | Introduce the rubric for the infographic. Begin choosing a template for your infographic on Canva | Working on adding facts and data to your infographic. | Working on adding facts and data to your infographic. | Self-Check the rubric with your table group partners and turn in your infographic shared link. |
Skill Building 15-20 min | Context Clues | | | | TELPAS Writing Samples |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Readers workshop time will be dedicated as time for continued research or free choice reading if assignments are completed. | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 15: Nov. 18-22
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Student Reflection and Feedback MAP Goal Setting | Student Reflection and Feedback MAP Goal Setting | Prepare for presentations Write your presentation on an index card | Presenting Peer Feedback | Presenting Peer Feedback |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Independent Reading: Self-selected text | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 16: Dec. 2-6
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Starting a new Unit 5 “Never Give Up” Getting Ready for reading | Continue reading and analyzing | Finish reading and analyzing | Formative over “A Schoolgirl’s Diary” | Listen to/Read and analyze the Speech to the United Nations |
Skill Building 15-20 min | Context clues | Context clues | Context clues | Context clues | Context clues |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | Independent Reading: Self-selected text: Finding unfamiliar words from our reading exti ticket on sticky notes | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 17: Dec. 9-13
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Early out! |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Watch her speech and complete the Formative over Malala’s Speech to the U.N. | 3rd and 5th Period Exam | 6th and 7th Period Exam | 2nd and 9th Period Exam | 1st Period Exam |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | ||||
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 18: Dec. 16-20 EXAM WEEK
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Teacher Work Day | New Year Goal Brainstorming | New Year Goal 3 ways to meet your goal and goal in pictorial form. | January Writing Sample! | MAP Goals Look at Mid year MAP scores and reflect/adjust our goals |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | Context clues in journal | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | Get a book! | Get a book! | Get a book! | Make sure you have a good book for next week!!! |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 19: January 6-10
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday ½ Day | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Introduce Claim in journal with examples Picture analysis with Write a claim | Is a Hotdog a Taco let the cube rule explain | Ethos, Pathos, Logos Ways to persuade! | Stations to determine Ethos, Pathos and Logos | Formative over Pathos, Ethos and Logos |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 20: January 13-17
| Monday MLK Holiday | Tuesday Bad Weather day | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Teacher Work Day | | Video clips: Identify as Ethos, Pathos and Logos | Rhetorical Appeal Stations and Kernal Essay | Kernal Essay |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | Revisions and Editng Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 21: January 20-24
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Continue Kernel Essay and Appeals poster | Partner up and pick a topic | Write your claims and Begin Researching Review Citations Template for research | Continue Research time for and against | Continue Research time for and against |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editng Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 22: January 27-31
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Practice STAAR | Thursday | Friday Mrs. D will be out today. |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Drafting our Pro/Con Essay | Drafting our Pro/Con Essay | | | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 23: February 3-7
Grades Ahead
Research Notes: Daily Grade 1/31/2025
1st Draft : Daily Grade 2/7/2025
Revision Station: Daily Grade 2/18/2025 DUE Begining of CLASS
*Peer Review
Final Draft DUE 2/19/2025
*Debate Prep Start Date 2/20/25
WORK on Canva Presentation with Partner
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday No school |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Begin editing and revising your drafts | Continue editing and revising your drafts | Transfer rough draft to final draft page. Add images to support each side. | Turn in final drafts to google classroom. Complete Formative Evaluation | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 24: February 10-14
| Monday No School | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | February Feedback Survey Final Revisions to Formative Essay Evaluation | Writing Sample for February Debate Prep! Complete visual for Debate | Debate Prep! Complete visual for Debate | Finish Debate Prep |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 25: February 17-21
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Begin Debates | Continue Debates | Finish Debates and Feedback for Project | | Short story quick write |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 26: February 24-28
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Understanding Story Structures Developing a character and the setting | Choosing a story structure Brainstorming different problems | Begin drafting the beginning of our short stories using a structure. | Continue drafting | Finish short stories and share out if time permits. |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 27: March 3-7
| Monday Student Holiday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Teacher work day. | Begin Poetry Unit Elements of Poetry Notes | “March Madness” Stations Mentor Texts Sample different types of poetry | Continue Stations | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 28: March 17-21
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Continue Poetry Unit �Introduce Project | Poetry Project | Poetry Project | Poetry Project | Poetry Project |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 29: March 24 - 28
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Rubric Check-ins for Poetry Projects | Poetry Projects Due | Gallery Walk-Showcase | Common Assessment | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 30: March 31- April 4
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday ½ Day | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | STAAR Prep Looking at TEA Practice Site | Quizzes STAAR Vocabulary Review | Formative: See it through Poem | Formative: | Formative |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 31: April 7-11
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | Review the Essay requirements for STAAR | ELA STAAR TEST | | | Holiday! |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 32: April 14-18
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | | | | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 33: April 21-25
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | Math STAAR TEST | | | No School! |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 34: April 28-May 2
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | | | | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 35: May 5-9
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | | | | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | | Revisions and Editing Skill Builders | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Week 36: May 12-16
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Lesson and Writers’ Workshop: 15-20 min | | | | | |
Skill Building 15-20 min | | | | | |
Readers Workshop: 10-15 min | | | | | |
Reminders: | You will need your agenda, a journal, pens, pencils, and a book of your choice. | ||||
Last week of school!