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Resources and Instructional ModelInstructional Framework: Grade 6

57 Transparencies

12 Read-Alouds

7 Graphic Organizers

Complete Lesson Plans

CD-ROM with electronic versions of each transparency

3 Student Instruction Books

4 units in each book

Includes cross-curricular units that link to Science, Social Studies, Health, and Character Education

Comprehensive Teacher’s Resource

Audio and Video Package available with media clips and recordings of selections from the Student Instruction Books

48 selections, 6 copies of each

4 selections per unit, with a range of levels starting at two grade levels below

Teacher’s Resource with lesson plans for supporting reading, writing, and oral language

Meaningful links to titles in these series (which you may already have in your classroom)

Links based on content, text form, or strategy

Student InstructionBooks and Teacher’s Resource

Guided and Independent Reading Kit

Chapter Books and Information Texts

Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling

Read-Aloud Modelled Shared Guided

PracticeIndependent

PracticeIndependent Application

Each unit in Nelson Literacy has a clearly articulated instructional focus. Instructional Purpose

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LiteratureSuspense

ScienceBiodiversity

Social StudiesFirst Nations and Early Explorers

HealthYour Choices

LiteratureBiographies

ScienceElectricity

Social StudiesCanada’s Links to the World

Science Flight

LiteratureScience Fiction

ScienceSpace Technology

Character educationYou in the World

ScienceExploring Space

Oral Language

Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies

Use common • courtesies to acknowledge different points of view

Comprehension Strategies

Incorporate a • number of ideas heard to visualize a new picture

Appropriate Language

Use appropriate • words and phrases including inclusive and non-discriminatory language

Demonstrating Understanding

Summarize • important information in conversations

Making Inferences

Infer point of • view while you listen

Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies

Paraphrase and • summarize to clarify understanding

Extending Understanding

Make connections • in oral texts to the world around them

Appropriate Language

Use language to • achieve a desired effect

Vocal Skills and Strategies/Non-Verbal Cues

Use appropriate • body language and gestures

Demonstrating Understanding/ Clarity and Coherence

Communicate in a • clear manner to present a point of view

Active Listening/ Interactive Strategies

Build on different • points of view

Presentation Strategies/Clarity and Coherence

Communicate in a • clear, coherent manner for a multimedia presentation

Reading Activating Prior Knowledge/ Making Connections

Make connections • to self, text, and

VisualizingMake pictures in • your mind to clarify complex concepts

PredictingMake predictions • using text features

Finding Important Ideas

Find important • ideas and identify supporting details

Making Inferences

Use stated or • implied ideas to support interpretation of texts

QuestioningAsk questions to • check understanding and evaluate a text’s message

SummarizingSummarize main • ideas to arrive at new understandings or conclusions

Monitoring Comprehension

Clarify the meaning • of complex words and concepts and check understanding

RetellingRetell a story to • deepen understanding

Making Inferences

Make judgments • and draw conclusions about ideas in texts

EvaluatingDraw conclusions • about the validity of ideas and information

SynthesizingSynthesize • information from two different points of view

Text Patterns and Features

Text PatternNarrative•

Text FormIllustration,• chapter story,• suspense story,• cartoon,• movie poster,• book cover,• factual recount•

Text PatternDescription•

Text FormPhoto match • game,informational • report,informational • explanation,observation,• article•

Text FeaturesVisual • information, captions

Text FormPhoto essay,• informational • explanation,informational • report,factual recount•

Text PatternCause/Effect•

Text FormPhoto collage,• persuasive text,• guide, cartoon,• public service ad,• informational • explanation,informational • report

Text PatternNarrative •

Text FormPhoto collage,• biography,• autobiography,• profile, book • cover,cartoon, factual • recount

Text FeaturesFonts•

Text FormIllustration,• informational • explanation,profile,• public service ads,• informational • report,newspaper article•

Text PatternSequence•

Text FormIllustration,• informational • report,informational • explanation,list, profile•

Text PatternQuestion/ Answer•

Text FormIllustrated • timeline,informational • explanation,informational • report,cartoon, • procedural text

Text PatternNarrative•

Text FormComic strip,• short story,• poem, radio play•

Text FeaturesFeatures of an • activity

Text FormInformational • explanation, informational report, procedural text, quiz, cartoon

Text PatternProblem/Solution •

Text FormPhoto collage,• news article,• procedural text,• true story,• profile•

Text PatternCompare/Contrast•

Text FormQuiz,• informational report,• informational • explanation,letter to the editor,• blog entry,• news article•

Word Study

Language Conventions

Quotation marks; • suffixes, word patterns, adverbs; adverb phrases; colon

Form and StyleVivid language•

Language Conventions

Word meanings; • commas; subordinate clauses

Form and StyleStrong verbs•

Language Conventions

Compound words; • parentheses; synonyms; dictionary skills

Form and StyleSpecific nouns; • simple, compound, and complex sentences

Language Conventions

Homonyms; • personal object pronouns; dictionary skills

Form and StyleSentence word • order; alliteration; similes

Language Conventions

Synonyms; • apostrophes; capitalization

Language Conventions

Word meanings; • dashes; word patterns; conjunctions; prefixes; suffixes

Language Conventions

Parentheses; • subordinate clauses; word meanings, adjectives

Form and StyleSimple, • compound, and complex sentences

Language Conventions

Word meanings; • word patterns; idioms

Language Conventions

Personal subject • pronouns; apostrophe; semi-colon, colon; verb tenses

Form and StyleVivid language•

Language Conventions

Adverbs; word • patterns; dictionary skills

Form and StyleSentence fluency•

Language Conventions

Acronyms; • apostrophe; word meanings

Language Conventions

Word patterns; • suffixes; prefixes; quotation marks

Writing TraitIdeas: Clarify ideas•

ProcessGenerate, gather, • and organize ideas

TraitIdeas: Plan for • concise writing

ProcessGenerate, gather, • and organize ideas

TraitOrganization: Use • strong transitions

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitOrganization: • Write an organized paragraph

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitVoice: Identify • and define voice

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitVoice: Put voice • into flat writing

ProcessDraft and Revise•

Trait Word Choice: Use • strong words to make writing clear and interesting

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitWord Choice: Use • correct terminology to establish authority

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitFluency: Eliminate • run-on sentences

ProcessDraft and Revise•

TraitFluency: Use • elements of fluency

ProcessDraft and Revise•

Trait Conventions: • Distinguish between revising and editing

ProcessEdit and • Proofread

TraitPublishing: Use charts • for effective presentation

ProcessPublish/Share•

Media Literacy

Purpose and Audience

Identify purpose • and audience for a variety of media texts

Media FormsIdentify the • characteristics of magazine covers and tables of contents

Conventions and Techniques

Explain how • conventions are used to convey meaning in art

Making Inferences/ Interpreting Messages

Use overt/ implied • messages in public service ads

Audiences Responses

Explain why • different audiences respond differently to media texts

Media FormsDescribe how • some media texts suit purpose and audience

Conventions and Techniques

Explain how • conventions of a media text are used to create meaning

Point of ViewRecognize that • different ads reflect different points of view

Responding to and Evaluating Texts

Express opinions • about ideas, themes, issues, and experiences presented in media texts

Conventions and Techniques

Explain how • conventions of a website help convey meaning

Point of ViewIdentify point of • view in various media texts

Media FormsIdentify characteristics • of some media forms

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