Reading Literary Text, Grade 6 - Teacher's Edition, Print

Help your sixth-grade students build strong literary analysis and comprehension skills!
 
Each of the 9 units provides literary text in a variety of genres such as poetry, fable, realistic fiction, and historical fiction, as well as supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including:

• Dictionary page to introduce content vocabulary and academic vocabulary
• Close reading activity and close reading discussion
• Learn-and-apply activities covering vocabulary, the literature genre, and literary analysis
• Reading comprehension activity
• Literary response writing activity

Additional teacher support includes:

• Correlations for every unit for easy reference
• Downloadable home–school connection activities and projects help to increase parental involvement
• Guided reading levels to help identify appropriate texts for students
• A walk-through of each literary text selection and activity pages that support the unit

The 9 units explore these genres and reading selections:

• Science Fiction: “My Unusual Saturday”
• Realistic Fiction: “Two Thoughtful Gifts,” adapted from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• Poetry: "The New Vestments" by Edward Lear
• Adventure Fiction: “Hanging Out with the Bindi-Way Tribe”
• Realistic Fiction: “Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores”
• Historical Fiction: “The Record of One Ancient Egyptian Woman”
• Poetry: “The Brook,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Fable: “Notoriety Is Not Fame”
• Historical Fiction: “Jerry and the Grape Boycott”/”Jerry’s Dad and the Grape Boycott”