6th Grade Curriculum Guide

Literary Terms:

• Irony

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Elements of Fictions:

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Point of view

• Conflict

• Climax

• Resolution

• Characterization

Poetry:

• Alliteration

• Irony

Word Study:

• Vocabulary

• Greek and Latin Roots

Novel Studies:

Including:

• Where the Red Fern Grows

• Number the Stars

• Phantom Tollbooth

• Voyage of the Dawn Treader

• Open Court Reader

• Junior Great Books

Language Arts:

Nonfiction essays:

• Narrative

• Autobiographical

• Persuasive

• Report of Information

• Poetry

Formal Research Project:

• Organizing an outline

• Integrating quotations from sources

• Preparing a bibliography

• Mini Science Fair report and speech

Grammar:

Parts of speech:

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Prepositions

• Conjunctions

• Interjections

• Phrases and Clauses

Sentence structure:

• Simple and Complex Diagramming

Number Sense:

• Calculations without calculators

• Expanded Notation and exponents

Fractions:

Equivalencies of:

• Fractions

• Decimals

• Percents

Operations using fractions and decimals:

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Geometry:

• Construct congruent figures

• Classify polygons

• Area

• Perimeter

• Volume of figures

• Solve proportions

Graphing:

Create and analyze:

• Bar graphs

• Line graphs

• Circle graphs

• Plot on an x-y plane

Order of Operations:

• Integer Operations and problem Solving

Judaism and Christianity:

• History of the Jewish people

Ancient Civilizations:

• Greece

• Rome

• Culture

• Philosophy

• Historical movements

The Enlightenment:

• Analyzing the accomplishments and errors of the enlightenment

• Analyzing philosophy and it’s consequences

The French Revolution

• Major events

• Repercussions for western Europe

Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism:

• Understanding the relationship between economics and government

Latin American Independence Movements

• Historical Analysis of cultural factors and contributions that lead towards freedom

American Immigration:

• Appreciation of heritage

Industrialization, Urbanization, and Reform

• Analysis of consequences of industrialization and city life

World Deserts

Biology

• Cell Structure and processes

• Photosynthesis and respiration

• Chemistry of nutrition

• Human digestive, circulatory, pulmonary, nervous, and immune systems

Chemistry

• Atomic Structure

• The Periodic Table

• Chemical and Physical Changes

• Characteristic Properties and density

• Categorization of matter

Understanding the Sacred/The Mass:

• Comprehensive study of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

• Treasure of Prayer

• The Blessed Sacrament

Saints Study:

• Saints Fair

• Thomas Aquinas’ Five Proofs for the Existence of God

• Citizenship

Church History:

• Church Authority

• Heaven, Hell Purgatory

• Corporal and Spiritual

• Works of Mercy

• Comprehensive Study of the Ten Commandments

• The Beatitudes

Prayers

• Collective from grades Kindergarten through fifth

Spanish:
Reading and Comprehension

• Conversation

• Spanish cultures

Writing and Grammar

• Verb conjugations

• Sentence structure

Prayers in Spanish

Music:

• Composers

• Role of music in the Church/Mass

• Harmonies and Cannons

Visual Arts:

• Art history

Methods:

• Cray-pas

• Water color

• Pastels

Physical Education:

• Fitness

• Sportsmanship

• Rules and skill practice for team sports

Technology:

• Microsoft Word

• Tables and charts

• Web site credibility