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Language Arts 6


Reading
Comprehension
Story Elements
Literary Response
Informational Text
Word Skills: Vocabulary

Writing
Composition
Grammar

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

Resources for Holt Language Arts






Chapter 1
 Text Book Link
Standards (Hover the cursor over the  bear to see the text of the
state standard)
1.0  | 2.1 | 3.3
  Setting 
 
Characters
  Chapter 1 Test  Relearn

Vocabulary
Definitions at Word Central

anonymous
devastate
nurture
ponder
resilient
savor
slacken
surge
tolerant


Chapter 2
Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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 of the state standard)

2.4 | 3.2 
  Logical Notes/Summaries
  Character Traits
Chapter Test Relearn

Vocabulary
Definitions at Word Central

alien
audacity
evacuate
forsake
gorge
grimace
intern
lofty
shrewd


Chapter 3
Text link
Standards (Hover the cursor  over the bear to see the text  of the state standard)
2.6 | 3.6
  Themes and  Conclusions
On-line: Make Music not War

All-American Slurp
Emperor's New Clothes
Baucis and Philemon

Chapter Test Relearn
Vocabulary WordCentral
etiquette
lavish
mortified
spectacle


Chapter 4 Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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 of the state standard)

1.0 | 2.2 | 3.1
Forms and Patterns
Analyze Text using Compare/Contrast (Venn Diagrams)
Various Forms of Fiction (novella, short story, myth,
folk tale, fable)
The Gold Cadillac
La Bamba
Medusa’s Head
Folk Tales and Fables

Chapter 4 Test Review

Vocabulary
Word Central

descend
evident
heedful
hover
ignorance
perpetual
perplex
recesses
rural


Chapter 5  Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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 of the state standard)

1.0  | 2.3 | 3.5
  Biographies and Autobiographies
  Point of View 1st  vs. 3rd Person
 Narration
Skill: Connecting Main Ideas with
details

Selections
Storm from Woodsong
Brother
from The Land I Lost
A Glory over Everything


Chapter Test Relearn

Vocabulary
Get Definitions at Word Central
aghast
avenge
controversial
defiant
disengage
elude
emit
formidable
furtive
grating
hallucination
inexplicable
infest
laud
legitimate
placate
precision
regain
sinewy
wily


Chapter 6  Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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 of the state standard)

1.0  | 2.7 | 3.3
  Skills
Make reasonable assertions on the text and cite supporting details

Online Extra: Homeless in America

Selections:
The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?

Eleven

Chapter Test Relearn

Vocabulary
Get Definitions at Word Central
animation
contemplate
crusade
defy
gawky
intent
listless
melancholy
omen
paramount
repose
reticent
urgent
vague
   Chapter 7   
Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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 of the state standard)

2.8  3.4
Skills
Tone and Meaning in Poetry

Spot false reasoning and propaganda in non-fiction

Online Text Meltdown!

Selections (Poetry)
The Sneetches


Ode to Mi Gato/
Poems / Haiku


John Henry

Chapter Test Relearn
Chapter 8  Text Link
Standards (Hover the cursor
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1.0  | 2.5 | 3.8
  S



Online Text: Day of Disaster
       
Selections
The Dog of Pompeii

Pompeii

Zlateh the Goat

Chapter Test Relearn

Vocabulary
Get Definitions at Word Central

ambitious
chaos
cleft
exude
penetrate
proverb
revive



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