Bly LA 6

  Elboya School English Language Arts   Grade 6 Course Outline 2019-2020 Ms.Bly: lmbly@cbe.ab.ca Goal The goal of the ELA program is for you to develop the skills necessary to become an effective communicator. Those skills would be: reading, writing, managing information, speaking, listening, and representing your ideas.  ELA is a continuing curriculum that builds on the current skills and understanding of each student with room for interest based projects and creativity in addition to functional skills.                                                      Course Content The course content is based on the Alberta program of studies.   For the complete Program of Studies, please see the ...

Short story check list Content: -        The context is clearly established (character, setting, hint at problem included in the introduction) -        The events are creative and connect -        Supporting details are precise (show not tell) -        The writing is original and confident (ending not predictable, interesting plot) Organization: -        events are in paragraphs with a clear order -        all actions, details, characters are connected -        the ending ties the events and actions together Sentence Structure: -        sentence beginnings are different -        sentence length is varied (longer and shorter sentences) -        five parag...

In grade 6 we have been practicing writing short stories using a picture prompt.  We are breaking it down by paragraph and planning effectively.  Here is are a few examples that we have written together in class. Example 1:          Munch, crunch, slurp.   Thumbelina’s tiny wings folded in as her stomach grumbled and turned.   When she walked away from the large patch of dull withered mushrooms she knew she had made a mistake.   Living as a fairy in the forest it was hard to find delicious food.   She had been taught all her life how important it was to know her poisons but since most of the forest had been burnt down in the summer blaze of 1581, food was scarce and times were desperate.   All mushrooms now looked similar with the ash settling permanently on their tops and she didn’t have the time to study them carefully, especially when she was starving.   Her head starting feeling heavy like stones an...