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Language Arts 6

Reading
Comprehension

Word Skills: Vocabulary

Writing

Social Studies 6
6.1 Prehistory
6.2 Mesopotamia/Egypt
6.3 Ancient Israel/Hebrews
6.4 Ancient Greece
6.5 Ancient India
6.6 Ancient China
6.7 Ancient Rome

Reading
CA State Standard 3.4 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

Focus: Standard 3.4

3.4 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

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Standards (Hover the cursor over the bear to see the text of the state standard)

3.4 Skills

3.4 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

Literature

❑ Ode to Mi Gato and In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles and Hard on the Gas
pp. 389–391, 392–393, 394
❑ Before You Read p. 389
❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 394

❑ Haiku pp. 395–398
❑ Before You Read p. 395
❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 398

Resources:

Haiku Project created by Mr. Curry
Biography of Francisco Alarcon

Quiz Preview: Holt Poems

1. Why does the grandmother in “In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles” speak Spanish to her grandson? Spanish is her native language; she’s from Mexico.

2. What happens to the grandmother at the end of “In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles”?

3. What is the most important thing the speaker of “In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles” learns from his grandmother?

4. An ode is a poem of praise. In “Ode to Mi Gato,” the speaker praises his cat by telling us —

5. The cat in “Ode to Mi Gato” is excellent at —

6. Where did the speaker of “Ode to Mi Gato” find the cat?

7. What does the cat in “Ode to Mi Gato” love?

8. What does the grandfather in “Hard on the Gas” do?

9. Who says the last line of "Hard on the Gas"?

10. According to “Hard on the Gas,” how is life like riding in a car?