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Example ELA 6th Grade Course
Unit 2: Curiosity & Discovery — Isles of the Emberdark
Unit 2: Curiosity & Discovery — Isles of the Emberdark
California CCSS: Focus Standards
RL.6.1
RL.6.6
W.6.9
RL.6.3
W.6.1
W.6.4
W.6.5
SL.6.1
SL.6.1a
SL.6.1b
SL.6.4
SL.6.5
SL.6.6
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ELD Standards
ELD.PI.6.6a
ELD.PI.6.1
ELD.PI.6.12a
ELD.PI.6.10a
ELD.PII.6.6
ELD.PI.6.5
ELD.PI.6.9
ELD.PI.6.12b
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Lessons
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(45 total)
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Lesson 1: What Does It Mean to Truly Know a Place?
Spark
50 min
Lesson 2: Sixth and His Aviar — A Partnership Built on Survival
Reading
50 min
Lesson 3: Patji's Dangers — Nightmaws, Meekers, and the Island's Rules
Reading
50 min
Lesson 4: Trapper Knowledge — What Sixth Knows That No Machine Can Learn
Reading
50 min
Lesson 5: The Ones Above Arrive — Technology Meets Tradition
Reading
50 min
Lesson 6: Patji as Presence — When the Island Itself Has an Opinion
Reading
50 min
Lesson 7: Analytical Paragraph — How Sixth's Aviar Bond Develops His Character
Writing
50 min
Lesson 8: Argumentative Writing — Is Sixth's Distrust of the Ones Above Justified?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 9: Personal Narrative — Knowledge I Earned the Hard Way
Writing
50 min
Lesson 10: Writing Workshop — Synthesizing the Arc's Argument on Knowledge and Outsiders
Writing
50 min
Lesson 11: Socratic Seminar — Is Sixth's Isolation Wisdom or Prejudice?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 12: Mid-Unit Assessment — Analyzing Sixth's Character and His Aviar Bond
Reading
50 min
Lesson 13: Independent Reading and Annotation
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 14: Revision Day — Strengthening Evidence on Knowledge and Place
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 15: Vocabulary Workshop — Aviar and Island Terminology
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 16: The Price of Progress — What the Ones Above's Offer Really Costs
Spark
50 min
Lesson 17: The Ones Above's Proposal — Technology in Exchange for Aviar Access
Reading
50 min
Lesson 18: Sixth's Dilemma — Individual Survival vs. Community Preservation
Reading
50 min
Lesson 19: The Aviar's Perspective — What the Birds Reveal About the Island's Needs
Reading
50 min
Lesson 20: Traditional Knowledge vs. Technology — A Community at a Crossroads
Reading
50 min
Lesson 21: Cross-Scene Analysis — Comparing Sixth's Two Responses to Outside Pressure
Reading
50 min
Lesson 22: Argumentative Draft — Should Sixth Accept the Ones Above's Offer?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 23: Counterargument — What the Ones Above Would Say About Progress
Writing
50 min
Lesson 24: Revising for Evidence — Precision in Arguments About Exploitation
Writing
50 min
Lesson 25: Writing Workshop — Voice and Audience in an Argument About Stewardship
Writing
50 min
Lesson 26: Fishbowl Discussion — Are the Ones Above Villains or Just Powerful Outsiders?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 27: Pre-Presentation Preparation — Sixth's Response to Outside Exploitation
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 28: Group Presentations — The Trapper Community's Crossroads
Presentation
50 min
Lesson 29: Patji's Secret — What the Avatar of Autonomy Is Protecting
Reading
50 min
Lesson 30: Sixth's Turning Point — The Moment He Chooses Community Over Self
Reading
50 min
Lesson 31: What Does It Cost to Protect What You Love from Those Who Want to Use It?
Spark
50 min
Lesson 32: Sixth's New Purpose — From Solitary Trapper to Community Protector
Reading
50 min
Lesson 33: The Ones Above's Ultimatum — Cooperate or Face the Consequences
Reading
50 min
Lesson 34: Patji Responds — The Island as Active Agent in Its Own Defense
Reading
50 min
Lesson 35: The Aviar Bond Revealed — What the Birds' Magic Actually Means
Reading
50 min
Lesson 36: Sixth's Final Choice — Resistance, Cooperation, or Something New?
Reading
50 min
Lesson 37: Synthesizing Across the Story — What Sixth of Dusk Argues About Discovery
Reading
50 min
Lesson 38: Analytical Essay Draft — Who Owns Discovery in Sixth of Dusk?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 39: Weaving Evidence — Integrating Quotation and Analysis from Sixth of Dusk
Writing
50 min
Lesson 40: Revising for Argument Clarity — Claim to Evidence to Warrant
Writing
50 min
Lesson 41: Final Revision and Polish — Preparing for Assessment
Writing
50 min
Lesson 42: Philosophical Chairs — What Do We Owe the Communities and Natural Worlds We Come From?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 43: Final Presentation Preparation — Stewardship and Resistance in Sixth of Dusk
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 44: End Unit Assessment — Knowledge, Exploitation, and Discovery in Sixth of Dusk
Reading
50 min
Lesson 45: Final Presentations — Who Owns Discovery?
Presentation
50 min