Grade 6

My Perspectives – Literature:

Students will learn to:

• Read and analyze how authors present ideas and express their points of view in different types of texts.
• Expand your knowledge and use of academic and concept vocabulary.
• Write a nonfiction narrative in which you develop experiences or events using narrative techniques effectively.
• Conduct research projects of various lengths to explore a topic and clarify its meaning.
• Engage in collaborative discussions, build on the ideas of others, and express your own ideas clearly.
• Integrate audio, visuals, and text in presentations.
• Read and analyze the development of ideas and language in literature and nonfiction texts, including how authors that write in different genres explain ideas.

Writing Component:

• Non-fiction Narrative
• Explanatory Essay
• Argumentative Essay
• Fictional Narrative: Short Story
• Persuasive Essay

Novels:

• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Vocabulary Workshop: Introductory Course

• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
• Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Grammar:

• The Sentence
• Parts of Speech
• The Phrase and the Clause
• Agreement
• Using Verbs Correctly
• A Glossary of Usage
• Capital Letters and Punctuation
• Correcting Common Errors

• Whole Numbers
• Integers
• Rational Numbers
• Algebraic Expressions
• Equations And Inequalities
• Ratios and Proportions
• Area And Volume
• Statistics

• Body organization and structure
• Circulation and respiration 
• The Digestive System & The Urinary System
• Reproduction and development 
• Body defences and disease 
• Staying healthy 
• Interactions of matter
• The properties of matter 
• States of Matter
• Elements compounds and mixtures
• Introduction to atoms 
• Periodic table
• Forces, Motion and Energy
• Matter in Motion 
• Forces in Motion 
• Work and machines 
• Energy and energy resources

Introduction to Geography

• Geography Basics
• Our Planet Earth
• Climates and Ecosystems
• People and the Environment
• Culture and Society
• Economics Basics
• Trade and Development
• How Government Run

Europe Through Time

• Early European Cultures
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Middles Ages in Europe
• The Renaissance and Rival Kingdoms in Europe

Europe Today

• Europe’s Cultural Diversity
• Living and Working in Europe
• Government in Europe
• Challenges Facing Europe

Northern Eurasia

• Russia Emerges
• The Soviet Union and Its Breakup

• Greet someone and say goodbye.
• Introduce someone.
• Ask about the age of people.
• Ask about things in a classroom.
• Give classroom commands and ask a teacher about something.
• Ask for and give an e-mail address.
• Express what you like or dislike.
• Agree and disagree.
• Talk about preferences.
• Describe people.
• Ask for and give opinions.
• Identify family members.
• Ask about someone’s family.

• Students will learn how to express their hobbies.
• Students will learn how to make interviews inside the class.
• Students will learn about shopping (clothing).
• Students can recognize the names of family members and relatives.
• Students can describe their house.
• Students can say “best wishes “in German.
• Students will learn about a birthday party.
• Students will learn the time in German.
• Students will learn how to say sorry in German.
• Students will learn how to write about different places in the city.
• Students will learn how to describe ways and streets.
• Students will write about Places in D-A-CH. (Germany – Austria – Switzerland).
• Students will learn about a trip to Hamburg.
• Students can easily plan a trip.
• Students will learn about jobs.
• Students can write about their daily routines.
• Students will learn about personal pronouns in (Akk.).

(القراءة ( متحررة – موضوعات الكتاب المدرسي

النصوص الأدبية ( الشعرية – النثرية )

النحو ( القواعد النحوية والصرفية )

الإملاء

التعبير ( الموضوعي – الابداعي)

Spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel

• Spreadsheet modeling and data analysis.
• Using functions and formulas and how to replicate them.
• Insert cell(s), row(s) and column(s), delete cell(s), row(s) and column(s), merge cells.
• Create a formula using cell references.
• Replicate the formula using absolute and relative cell references where appropriate
• Use arithmetic operators in formulae including add, subtract, multiply, divide, and indices.
• Use named cells and named ranges.
• Use functions including sum, average, maximum, minimum, integer, rounding, counting, LOOKUP, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, IF
• Use external data sources within functions.
• Use of nested functions.
• Using a single criterion, or multiple criteria sort data into ascending or descending order.
• Search and select data using a single criterion, or multiple criteria to select subsets of data.
• Perform searches using wildcards.
• Format numeric data appropriately to display the number of decimal places, different currency symbols, and percentages.
• Use conditional formatting to change the display format depending on the contents of a cell.
• Set page orientation to portrait or landscape.
• Control the page layout to print including a specified number of pages, print area, and display or hide gridlines, row and column headings.

Programming using Scratch

• Designing algorithms and writing code to implement them using a high-level language.
• Testing a program code and correcting errors

Animation using Pencil2D

• Using 2D animation software and integrating students’ creativity with software tools.
• Tweening
• Morphing
• Initial Frames and Final Frames
• Key Frames
• Exporting animation projects

• Pablo Picasso: The Giant of Twentieth Century Art
• Byzantine Mosaic
• Illuminated Manuscripts
• Surrealism Paintings that Contradict Reality
• Chinese Painting
• Rembrandt Van Rijn: The Painter of Character
• Michelangelo and the Sistine Ceiling
• Raphael: The Master of Proportion and Modeling
• Albrecht Durer: Realism and Imagination
• El Greco and the Drama of Mannerism
• Andrew Wyeth and His Talented Family
• Totems of the Northwest Coast
• Two English Painters of Romantic Landscapes
• African Masks
• The Geometric Patterns of Islamic Art
• Japanese Block Prints and Hokusai
• Two Latin American Artists

• Creating Music
• Performing Music
• Guitar and Piano Basics
• Composition
• Music Technology

• Dodgeball
• Soccer
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Flag Football
• Basketball
• Gymnastics
• Softball/Baseball
• Volleyball
• Badminton
• Swimming