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Grade 6 english
In Grade 6, students make deliberate grammatical choices, such as using active or passive voice to shape how information is presented. They analyze how persuasive texts are built to influence an audience and use Greek and Latin roots to understand and spell more sophisticated vocabulary. Students also explore a range of poetic forms, link ideas cohesively across paragraphs and edit their own writing with increasing independence, preparing them for the demands of secondary school.
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Language
- Active and passive voiceFull lesson · 40 minRecognizing active and passive sentences, changing one into the other and choosing the voice that suits the writer's purpose.
- Cohesion and connectivesFull lesson · 45 minLinking ideas within and between paragraphs using text connectives such as 'however', 'as a result' and 'meanwhile', and consistent pronoun reference.
Literature
- Poetic formsFull lesson · 45 minReading and writing haiku, limericks, cinquains and free verse, and comparing how form shapes meaning and mood.
- Author perspective and themeFull lesson · 50 minExploring how an author's perspective and choices shape a story's themes and the way readers respond to characters.
Literacy
- Analyzing persuasive textsFull lesson · 45 minIdentifying the audience, purpose and persuasive devices in a text, and evaluating how convincing the argument is.
- Greek and Latin rootsFull lesson · 35 minUsing common roots such as 'tele', 'graph', 'port' and 'aud' to work out the meaning and spelling of unfamiliar words.
- Editing and proofreadingFull lesson · 45 minReviewing writing for clarity, structure, word choice, spelling and punctuation using a simple checklist.
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Curriculum notes
Australian Curriculum v9.0. Topics are organized around the Australian Curriculum v9.0 English strands (Language, Literature and Literacy). This is an independent learning resource; it is not endorsed by ACARA and has not been mapped to individual content descriptions.
These lessons were written around Australian Curriculum strands and matched to Canadian grades by age (Kindergarten is the year before Grade 1). They are not mapped to any province's curriculum, and some use Australian examples, so check them against your province's learning outcomes and your own plans.
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