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Focus Statement: Students will write two to three paragraph compositions (Colorado Model Content Standard narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive) utilizing grade-appropriate organization, content, style, fluency, and language usage.
 * Month || High Achievement Outcome || “I Can” statement || Assessments || Resources ||
 * || =LA.6.1 Students will identify and use possessive nouns in a variety of ways. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.f, 6.3.a, 6.3.b, 6.3.c, 6.3.d) = || Identify possessive nouns in sentences. || 6.1.1 ||  ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use singular and plural possessive nouns in sentences. || 6.1.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Construct sentences using appropriate possessive nouns. || 6.1.3 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.2 Students will identify and use pronouns in various ways. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.3.a, 6.3.b, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Identify subject and object pronouns in sentences. || 6.2.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Create sentences using subject and object pronouns. || 6.2.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify possessive pronouns in a short story. || 6.2.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Correctly use antecedents of pronouns. || 6.2.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Correctly use singular, plural, and possessive pronouns in sentences. || 6.2.5 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.3 Students will identify and use irregular verbs and find direct object of regular and irregular verbs. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.3.a, 6.3.b)** || Identify irregular verbs. || 6.3.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Conjugate irregular verbs. || 6.3.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify regular and irregular verbs and their objects. || 6.3.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Correctly use regular and irregular verbs and their objects in sentences. || 6.3.4 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.4 Students will identify and use adjectives in a variety of ways. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.3.a, 6.3.b, 6.3.c, 6.3.d** ) || Identify proper adjectives. || 6.4.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify demonstrative adjectives. || 6.4.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Correctly use proper and demonstrative adjectives in sentences. || 6.4.3 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.5 Students will construct sentences utilizing various sentence structures. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.f, 6.3.a, 6.3.b, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Diagram simple subjects and their verbs. || 6.5.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Develop sentences using correct subject/verb agreement. || 6.5.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify and construct simple and complete subjects. || 6.5.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify and use interjections. || 6.5.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify and write simple and complete predicates. || 6.5.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Identify and create compound sentences. || 6.5.6 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use conjunctions when combining more than one sentence. || 6.5.7 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.6 Students will write dialogue correctly. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.f, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Use correct indention in dialogue. || 6.6.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use end marks when writing dialogue. || 6.6.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use quotation marks when writing dialogue. || 6.6.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Construct dialogue using commas. || 6.6.4 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA.6.7 Students will produce a two to three paragraph expository composition. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.a, 6.2.b, 6.2.c, 6.2.d, 6.2.e, 6.2.f, 6.2.g, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Produce a plan for an expository composition using a graphic organizer. || 6.7.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include topic sentences, main ideas, supporting details, conclusion, and a title. || 6.7.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft for sentence length and type, beginnings, transitions, and word choice (Colorado Model Content Standard finding synonyms for overused words). || 6.7.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit expository composition to include capitalization, punctuation, usage, spelling, and subject/verb agreement. || 6.7.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use a software program to publish a final expository composition. || 6.7.5 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA6.8 Students will produce a two to three paragraph descriptive composition. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.a, 6.2.b, 6.2.c, 6.2.d, 6.2.e, 6.2.f, 6.2.g, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Produce a plan for a descriptive composition using a graphic organizer. || 6.8.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include topic sentences, main ideas, supporting details, sensory details, figurative language, a conclusion, and a title. || 6.8.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft for sentence beginnings, length and type (Colorado Model Content Standard simple and compound), word choice, and organization. || 6.8.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit the rough draft to include capitalization, punctuation, usage, and word choice. || 6.8.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final descriptive composition. || 6.8.5 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA6.9 Students will produce a two to three paragraph narrative composition. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.a, 6.2.b, 6.2.c, 6.2.d, 6.2.e, 6.2.f, 6.2.g, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Produce a plan for a narrative composition using a graphic organizer. || 6.9.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which includes topic sentences, main ideas, supporting details, and transitions. || 6.9.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft for topic sentence, supporting details, logical arrangement of paragraphs, and varying sentence types, word choice (Colorado Model Content Standard figurative language),and beginnings. || 6.9.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit the rough draft to include capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure. || 6.9.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final narrative composition. || 6.9.5 ||   ||
 * ^  || **LA6.10 Students will produce a two-three paragraph persuasive composition. (Colorado Model Content Standard 6.2.a, 6.2.b, 6.2.c, 6.2.d, 6.2.e, 6.2.f, 6.2.g, 6.3.c, 6.3.d)** || Produce a plan for a persuasive composition using a graphic organizer. || 6.10.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which includes topic sentences, opinion words with supporting details, and transitions. || 6.10.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft for topic sentences, stronger opinion words, details with facts, logical arrangement of sentences and paragraphs, and varying sentence types and beginnings. || 6.10.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit the rough draft to include capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, and subject-verb agreement. || 6.10.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final persuasive composition. || 6.10.5 ||   ||

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