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Engage New York ELA Curriculum
Sixth Grade
In order to assist educators with the implementation of the Common Core, the New York State Education Department and Expeditionary Learning provides curricular modules in P-12 English Language Arts that schools and districts can adopt or adapt for local purposes. The full year of Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum is available below.  

Module Structure
Each module provides eight weeks of instruction, broken into three shorter units. Each module includes seven assessments:
– Six unit-level assessments that almost always are on-demand: students’ independent work on a reading, writing, speaking, or listening task.
– One final performance task that is a more supported project, often involving research. 

Structure of a Year of Instruction
• There are six modules per grade level.
• Of these six modules, teachers would teach four: Module 1, followed by either Module 2A or 2B, then either 3A or 3B, then Module 4.
• Teachers should begin the year with Module 1, which lays the foundation for both teachers and students regarding instructional routines.
• For Modules 2 and 3, option B formally assesses all standards formally assessed in Option A (and possibly some additional standards as well). 

To access the Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum, click on the links below.  To access the year long curriculum map and the explanation of assessments, click here. 
Grade 6 ELA Module 1 
Myths: Not Just Long Ago
(Reading Closely and Writing to Learn)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3

Grade 6 ELA Module 2A
Rules to Live By
(Working with Evidence)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3

Grade 6 ELA Module 2B
Voices of Adversity
(Working with Evidence: Drama)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3
Grade 6 ELA Module 3A
The Land of the Golden Mountain
(Understanding Perspectives)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3

Grade 6 ELA Module 3B
Sustaining Oceans
(Understanding Perspectives)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3


Grade 6 ELA Module 4
Insecticides: Cost vs. Benefits
(Reading for Research and Writing an Argument)
    Unit 1
    Unit 2
    Unit 3
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