Curriculum guidelines, including the emergent Australian curriculum (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2009-10), indicate expectations that teachers will support their students' interpretation and creation of multimodal texts. However, English curriculum guidelines are yet to advise on a detailed metalanguage to…

Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this curriculum unit intended for sixth graders focuses on words. The first lesson serves as an introduction and gives the teacher an opportunity to find out what the students know; lessons 2 through 6 are concerned with the rhetorical use of words (choosing words for their effect); the use of…

Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this series of 14 lessons is designed to provide the student with an understanding and awareness of the history of the English language. Old English is first explored, including the Roman, Germanic, and Scandinavian influences. Middle English is then introduced through a study of the Norman…

GRADE-SIX UNITS OF THE NEBRASKA ENGLISH CURRICULUM CULMINATE THE ELEMENTS OF ALL PREVIOUS UNITS AND POINT TOWARD A MORE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LITERATURE. "THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD" IS USED TO REVIEW THE FOLK-TALE "PSEUDO-GENRE." LEWIS CARROLL'S "ALICE" STORIES AND "A WRINKLE IN TIME" ILLUSTRATE THE FANCIFUL…

Emphasizing that both process (the "how" of language arts and operations) and content (the "what" of curriculum) must be considered in the development of language arts programs, this guide provides an integrated English/reading core curriculum for sixth grade students in a culturally and economically diverse urban school district. Various sections…