LAN 0600: 6th Grade Language Arts
06/01/2026 to 05/30/2027 • Modified 04/15/2026Course Description
This year-long course equips students to read and analyze a variety of texts. Students engage with age-appropriate fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, biographies, and poetry. These and other texts frame the students’ vocabulary comprehension through contextual application. Students write creatively, descriptively, and persuasively using correct grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing. Students study all steps of the development of a five-paragraph essay and a research paper, and then utilize the learned skills to produce a well-structured research paper. Students are guided with biblical truths to develop the skills necessary to honor God through excellence in the written and spoken word.
Next Start Date*
Next Monday
Prerequisite
5th Grade Language Arts
Schedule
Module 1: Introduction to Course & Grammar Review
- Week 1: Introduction to Course and Vocabulary
- Week 2: Grammar Review
- Week 3: Grammar Review and Sentences
- Week 4: Elements of Sentence Writing
- Week 5: Dialogue and Paragraph Writing
- Week 6: Paragraph Writing and Module 1 Test
Module 2: Out of Darkness by Russell Freedman & Biographies
- Week 7: Out of Darkness by Russell Freedman
- Week 8: Out of Darkness, Continued and Biography Writing
- Week 9: Out of Darkness, Conclusion and Quarter 1 Exam
Module 3: Informative Writing & the Five-Paragraph Essay
- Week 10: Media Literacy and Nonfiction
- Week 11: Digital Citizenship, Informative Writing, and Strong Paragraphs
- Week 12:The Five-Paragraph Essay
- Week 13: The Five-Paragraph Essay, Continued
- Week 14: The Five-Paragraph Essay Submission
Module 4: The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis & Expository Writing
- Week 15: C.S. Lewis, Narnia, and The Magician’s Nephew
- Week 16: The Magician’s Nephew, Continued
- Week 17: The Magician’s Nephew, Continued and Expository Writing
- Week 18: The Magician’s Nephew, Conclusion and Quarter 2 Exam
Module 5: Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates & Historical Fiction
- Week 19: Autobiographies and Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
- Week 20: Amos Fortune, Free Man
- Week 21: Amos Fortune, Free Man, Continued
- Week 22: Amos Fortune, Free Man, Conclusion and Module 5 Test
Module 6: The Research Paper & Multimodal Presentation
- Week 23: Introduction to the Research Process
- Week 24: Research, Note Cards, Thesis Statement, and Outline
- Week 25: Prewriting and Rough Draft
- Week 26: Rough Draft Writing and Multimodal Presentation
- Week 27: Multimodal Presentation and Final Draft of Research Paper
Module 7: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery & Creative Writing
- Week 28: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Week 29: Anne of Green Gables, Continued
- Week 30: Anne of Green Gables, Continued
- Week 31: Anne of Green Gables, Continued
- Week 32: Anne of Green Gables Conclusion and Module 7 Test
Module 8: Poetry & Drama
- Week 33: Introduction to Poetry
- Week 34: Figurative Language and Poetic Forms
- Week 35: Poetry Worksheet and Introduction to Drama
- Week 36: The Miracle Worker and Quarter 4 Exam
