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Holt McDougal Literature, Grade 6
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Write Source, Grade 6 Use these Write Source lesson and practice resources
• BEFORE the Holt McDougal Literature selection to review or introduce upcoming instruction OR
• AFTER the Holt McDougal Literature selection for further practice or reinforcement of writing, grammar, usage, and mechanics skills.
Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 28–33
• Plot Elements, pp. 28–33 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Narrative Writing
• Plot Elements
Student Edition • Plot (story) line, 139, 346, 351
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
The School Play (Short Story), pp. 34–45
• Text Analysis: Plot Elements, pp. 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43
• Writing Prompt: Review, p. 45
• Vocabulary Strategy: Denotations and Connotations, p. 44
• Grammar in Context: Avoid Sentence Fragments, p. 45
• Plot Elements • Review / Response to
Literature • Connotation and
Denotation • Sentence Fragments
Student Edition • Plot (story) line, 139, 346, 351 • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–322 • Connotation & Denotation, pp.
485, 560 • Fragment, pp. 504–505
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Common Errors Sentence
Fragments, p. 311 • G6: Common Errors Sentence
Fragments and Run on Sentences, p. 313
Warriner’s • Sentence Fragment, pp. 386–
387
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The Good Deed (Short Story), pp. 46–65
• Text Analysis: Conflict and Climax, pp. 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63
• Writing Prompt: Comparing Two Characters, p. 65
• Language Coach: Onomatopoeia, p. 59
• Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes, p. 64
• Grammar in Context: Avoid Run-On Sentences, p. 65
• Conflict • Climax • Onomatopoeia • Suffixes • Run-On Sentences
Student Edition • Character webs, p. 103 • Plot (story) line, pp. 139, 346,
351 • Conflict, p. 351 • Onomatopoeia, pp. 356, 361 • Run–on Sentences, p. 506 • Character sketch, p. 554 • Suffixes, pp. 562, 566
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• Run–on Sentences, pp. 135–136 • Common Errors Run on
Sentences, p. 312 • Common Errors Sentence
Fragments and Run on Sentences, p. 313
Warriner’s • Run on Sentences, pp. 454, 547
All Summer in a Day (Short Story), pp. 66–77
• Text Analysis: Plot and Setting, pp. 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 75
• Writing Prompt: Dialogue, p. 77
• Language Coach: Dialogue, pp. 68, 70
• Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms, p. 76
• Grammar in Context: Punctuate Dialogue Correctly, p. 77
• Plot • Setting • Dialogue • Synonyms • Punctuate Dialogue
Student Edition • Plot, pp. 139, 346, 351 • Setting, p. 352 • Dialogue, pp. 119, 351, 556,
557, 560 • Synonyms, pp. 121, 141, 246,
561, 563 • Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 126,
556, 588, 598, 600 SkillsBook
• Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 23–24
GrammarSnap • Punctuating and Indenting
Dialogue Warriner’s
• Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 20, 296
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Settling in Space (Magazine Article/ Online Article/ Illustrations), pp. 78–85
• Reading for Information: Form (Science Article), pp. 79, 84, 85
• Science Article
Student Edition • Science: Describing a Natural
Event, p. 88–89 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376
Lob’s Girl (Short Story), pp. 86–103
• Text Analysis: Foreshadowing pp. 87, 91, 95, 97, 101
• Writing Prompt: Evaluation, p.103
• Language Coach: Prefixes, p. 93
• Vocabulary Strategy: Literal and Figurative Meanings, p. 102
• Grammar in Context: Punctuate Possessives Correctly, p. 103
• Foreshadowing • Evaluation • Prefixes • Figurative Language • Possessives
Student Edition • Foreshadowing, p. 558 • Learn About Prefixes, pp. 564–
565 • Practical Writing: Completing
an Evaluation, pp. 334–335 • Figurative Language, p. 560 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Prefixes, pp. 564–565 • Possessive Nouns, 606, 704
Warriner’s • Possessive Nouns, pp. 300–301
SkillsBook • Apostrophes, pp. 27–30
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Mechanics Apostrophes
with Possessives, p. 268 • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. from Woodsong Memoir, pp. 114–125
• Text Analysis: Narrative Nonfiction, pp. 115, 116, 118, 119, 121, 123
• Writing Prompt: Response to a Story, p. 125
• Language Coach: Multiple-Meaning Words, p. 120 ���
• Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes and Latin Roots (ject), p. 124
• Grammar in Context: Maintain Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, p. 125
• Text Analysis • Response to a Story • Multiple-Meaning
Words • Prefixes • Roots • Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
Student Edition • Reviewing a Biography, pp.
330–331 • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Checking a Dictionary (Word
Meaning), pp. 374–375 • Learn About Prefixes, pp. 564–
565 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569 • Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement, pp. 706 SkillsBook
• Pronouns, p. 143 • Antecedents, p. 144
GrammarSnap • Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement A, p. 53–54 • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
Warriner’s • Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement, pp. 137–140
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The Horse Snake, from The Land I Lost (Memoir), pp. 126–137
• Text Analysis: Setting in Nonfiction, pp. 127, 130, 132, 133, 135
• Writing Prompt: Describe the Actions of a Story, p. 137
• Language Coach: Multiple-Meaning Words, pp. 130
• Language Coach: Homophones, 131
• Vocabulary Strategy: Reading a Dictionary Entry, p. 136
• Grammar in Context: Create Compound Sentences, p. 137
• Respond to Text -
Setting • Descriptive Writing • Dictionary • Homophones • Compound Sentences
Student Edition • Setting, p. 352 • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Checking a Dictionary (Word
Meaning), pp. 374–375 • Homophones, pp. 315, 652–686 • Compound Sentences, pp. 248–
249, 496, 516, 590, 744 SkillsBook
• Types of Sentences, pp. 109-118 GrammarSnap
• Simple and Compound Sentences
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Simple Sentences and
Compound Sentences, pp. 39–40
Warriner’s • Sentence Structure, pp. 96–100
Le Mat Village Holds On to Snake Catching Tradition (Radio Transcript), pp. 138–141
• Form (Radio Transcript), pp. 139, 141
• Writing Prompt: Describe an Author’s Purpose, p. 141
• Respond to Text • Descriptive writing
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Writing a Descriptive
Paragraph, pp. 71–74
The Walrus and the Carpenter (Narrative Poem), pp. 142–149
• Text Analysis: Narrative Poetry, pp. 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149
• Extension and Challenge: Dramatic Reading, p. 149
• Responding to Poetry • Oral Presentation
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Making Oral Presentations, pp.
423–430
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 1 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The Prince and the Pauper (Drama), pp. 150–165
• Text Analysis: Conflict in Drama, pp. 151, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165
• Extension and Challenge: Inquiry and Research, p. 165
• Respond to Text • Inquiry and Research
Student Edition • Conflict, p. 351 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 Net-text
• Respond to Literature Essay 1 & 2
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Response Writing
Writing Workshop, pp. 170–179
• Supporting an Opinion, pp. 170–179
• Grammar in Context: Intensive Pronouns, p. 177
• Scoring Rubric, p. 178 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Persuasive Writing
• Persuasive Writing • Intensive Pronouns • Rubric
Student Edition • Persuasive Writing: Promoting
a Cause, pp. 223–255 • Rubric, pp. 256–260 • Intensive Pronouns, pp. 708–
709 Net-text
• Persuasive Writing Essay 1–2 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Persuasive Writing Warriner’s
• Intensive Pronouns, pp. 32, 33
Speaking and Listening Workshop, pp. 180–181
• Participating in a Discussion, pp. 180–181
• Discussion
Student Edition • Listening in Class, p. 418 • A Closer Look at Listening, p.
419 • Participating in a Group, pp.
420–421
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 2 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop: Character and Point of View, pp. 192–197
• Character, pp.192–197 • Point of View, pp.192–193,
197
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
• Character • Point of View • Narrative Writing
Student Edition • Character webs, p. 103 • Characterization, p. 351 • Point of view, 352, 561 • Character sketch, p. 554
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
Eleven (Short Story), pp. 198–205
• Text Analysis: First-Person Point of View, pp. 199, 202, 203, 204
• Point of View
Student Edition • First person, Point of view, 352
Ghost of the Lagoon (Short Story), pp. 206–219
• Text Analysis: Third-Person Point of View, pp. 207, 208, 212, 215, 217
• Extension and Challenge: Research, p. 217
• Writing Prompt: Narrative or a Short Story, p. 219
• Grammar in Context: Pronoun Cases (Subject and Object Pronouns), pp. 214, 219
• Vocabulary Strategy: Syllabication and Pronunciation, p. 218
• Point of View • Research • Narrative Writing • Pronoun Case • Syllabication • Pronunciation
Student Edition • Writing Stories, pp. 346–349 • Point of view, 352, 561 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Pronunciations, 374, 375 • Subject & Object Pronouns, p.
712, 714, 715 • Syllable divisions, 374, 375,
608.1 SkillsBook
• Pronoun Case, pp. 145–146 Virtual File Cabinet
• Usage Subject Form and Object Form Pronouns A, B, pp. 160–161
Warriner’s • Pronoun Case, pp. 145–146
SkillsBook • Subject and Object Pronouns,
pp. 147–148
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 2 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Jeremiah’s Song (Short Story), pp. 220–233
• Text Analysis: Dialect and Conversational Voice, pp. 221, 224, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231
• Writing Prompt: Write a Summary, p. 233
• Language Coach: Dialect, p. 224
• Grammar in Context: Use Correct Sentence Types and Punctuation, pp. 230, 233
• Vocabulary Strategy: Compound Words, p. 232
• Dialect and Slang • Summarize • Sentence Types • Compound Words
Student Edition • Writing Trait: Voice, 12, 16,
34, 40, 345, 348 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555 • Slang, pp. 307, 559 • Checking a Dictionary, pp.
374–375 • Sentence Types, pp. 248, 518
Warriner’s
• Sentence Types, pp. 18, 19, 453–454
Virtual File Cabinet • G6 Grammar: The Sentence,
pp. 3–7
President Cleveland, Where Are You?/ Aaron’s Gift (Short Stories), pp. 234–259
• Text Analysis: Cultural and Historical Setting, pp. 235, 236, 238, 239, 242, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 253, 256, 257
• Writing for Assessment: Analysis of Literature, p.259
• Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues, p. 258
• Language Coach: Word Origins, p. 241
• Cultural and Historical
Setting • Response to Literature • Context Clues • Word Origins
Student Edition • Social Studies: Reviewing a
Biography, pp. 330–331 • Writing for Assessment:
Response to Literature, pp. 336–341
• Checking a Dictionary, pp. 374–375
• Context Clues, p. 563 Virtual File Cabinet
• Vocabulary: Kinds of Context Clues, pp. xv–xvi
Role-Playing and Discovery/The Life and Adventures of Nat Love (Personal Essay/Autobiography), pp. 264–273
• Text Analysis: Narrative Nonfiction, pp. 265, 268, 271, 272
• Language Coach: Multiple-Meaning Words, p. 271
• Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots (press), p. 273
• Text Analysis • Multiple-Meaning
Words • Roots
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Reviewing a Biography, pp.
330–331 • Checking a Dictionary (Word
Meaning), pp. 374–375 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
The Red Guards from Red Scarf Girl (Memoir), pp. 274–287
• Text Analysis: Author’s Perspective, pp. 275, 276,
• Author’s Perspective • Research • Comparatives and
Superlatives
Student Edition • Model of Personal Narrative,
pp, 99–100 • Putting Events in Order, p. 104 • Gathering Sensory Details, p.
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 2 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. 279, 282, 285
• Extension and Challenge: Inquiry and Research, p. 285
• Grammar in Context: Comparative and Superlative Modifiers, pp. 282, 287
• Language Coach: Imperative Sentence, p. 280
• Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes that Mean “Not”, p. 286
• Prefixes that Mean “Not”
105 • Comparative adjectives, pp.
252, 487, 734.4 • Superlative adjectives, 252,
487, 734.5 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Imperative sentences, 518,
579.1 • Prefixes (that mean “not), 565
SkillsBook • Forms of Adjectives, pp. 163–
164 Virtual File Cabinet
• Usage Use of Comparative and Superlative Forms A, B, pp. 180–181
• Common Errors Comparative and Superlative Forms of Modifiers, p. 322
Warriner’s • Imperative Sentences, pp. 57,
540 • Comparative and superlative
degress of comparison, pp. 218–222, 535
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me/On Turning Ten (Poems), pp. 288–295
• Text Analysis: Speaker, pp. 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 295
• Reading Poetry, pp. 289, 292, 294, 295
• Reading Poetry
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 2 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Writing Workshop, pp. 296–304
• Comparison-Contrast Essay, pp. 296–305
• Grammar in Context: Adverbial Phrases as Transitions, p. 299
• Grammar in Context: Comparative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs, p. 303
• Comparison Writing • Adverbial Phrases • Comparatives and
Superlatives
Student Edition • Common Errors Comparative
and Superlative Forms of Modifiers, p. 322
• Comparison, organization by, 537, 549, 551
• Adverb Phrase, p. 700 Virtual File Cabinet
• The Adverb Phrase, pp. 31–32 • Grammar Adverb Phrases, p.
73 Warriner’s
• Adverb Phrases, pp. 96, 527 • Comparative and superlative
degress of comparison, pp. 218–222, 535
Speaking and Listening Workshop, pp. 306–307
• Asking Questions and Paraphrasing Ideas, pp. 306–307
• Paraphrasing
Student Edition • Paraphrasing, pp. 389, 390
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 3 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 318–323
• Topic Versus Theme, pp. 318–319
• Theme, pp. 320–323 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Narrative Writing
• Theme • Narrative Writing
Student Edition • Theme, pp. 352, 561
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
The Dog of Pompeii (Short Story), pp. 324–339
• Text Analysis: Theme Versus Topic, pp. 325, 329, 330, 332, 336, 337
• Writing Prompt: Dialogue, p. 339
• Extension and Challenge: Research Science, p. 337
• Language Coach: Idioms, p. 330
• Grammar in Context: Punctuate Dialogue Correctly, p. 339
• Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots (rupt), p. 338
• Theme • Dialogue • Idioms • Roots
Student Edition • Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 126,
127 • Theme, pp. 352, 561 • Using Dialogue, pp. 556, 557 • Science: Supporting a Theory,
pp. 272–273 • Science: Summarizing an
Article, pp. 332–333 • Slang, pp. 307, 559 • Mechanics Language in
Context: Literary Model Dialogue in Fiction, pp. 282–283
• Quotation Marks, pp. 598, 599, 600, 601
SkillsBook • Quotation Marks and Italics,
pp. 25–26 Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• Mechanics Quotation Marks in Dialogue, p. 263
• Mechanics Language in Context: Literary Model Dialogue in Fiction, pp. 282–283
Warriner’s • Quotation Marks in Dialogue,
p. 344
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 3 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Pompeii and Vesuvius (Nonfiction Book Excerpt/ Online Article), pp. 340–347
• Author’s Purpose and Main Idea, pp. 340, 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347
• Writing Prompt: Examine Author’s Purpose and Main Idea, p. 347
• Main Idea • Author’s Purpose
Student Edition • Model of Persuasive Essay
(author’s call to action), p. 225–226
• Evaluating a Book Review, p. 320
• Reviewing a Biography, p. 330 • Main Idea, p. 379
Nadia the Willful (Short Story), pp. 348–359
• Text Analysis: Conflict and Theme, pp. 349, 352, 354, 355, 357
• Writing Prompt: Analysis, p. 359
• Grammar in Context: Combine Sentences, p. 359
• Vocabulary Strategy: Noun-Forming Suffixes, p. 358
• Conflict • Theme • Response to Literature • Combining Sentences • Suffixes
Student Edition • Combining Sentences, pp. 42,
123, 141, 249, 512–514, 516, 517
• Response Paragraph, pp. 283–286
• Conflict, p. 351 • Theme, pp. 352, 561 • Suffixes, 562, 566
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• Combining Sentences by Inserting Words, pp. 137–138
• Combining Sentences by Inserting Groups of Words, pp. 139–140
• Combining Sentences by Using Connecting Words Joining Subjects and Verbs, pp. 141–142
Warriner’s • Combining Sentences, pp. 464–
473
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 3 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Scout’s Honor (Short Story), pp. 360–377
• Text Analysis: Character and Theme, pp. 361, 365, 369, 370, 371, 373, 375
• Writing Prompt: Narrative, p. 377
• Language Coach: Regionalisms, p. 367
• Language Coach: Homophones, p. 372
• Vocabulary Strategy: Part-to-Whole Analogies, p. 376
• Grammar in Context: Combine Sentences, p. 377
• Character • Theme • Narrative Writing • Regionalisms / Slang • Homophones • Analogies
Student Edition • Character webs, p. 103 • Slang, pp. 307, 559 • Homophones, pp. 315, 652–686 • Characterization, p. 351 • Character sketch, p. 554 • Theme, pp. 352, 561
Virtual File Cabinet • Combining Sentences by
Inserting Words, pp. 137–138 • Combining Sentences by
Inserting Groups of Words, pp. 139–140
• Combining Sentences by Using Connecting Words Joining Subjects and Verbs, pp. 141–142
• Vocabulary: Analogies Lessons, pp. 158–172
Net-text • Creative Writing Story 1
Warriner’s • Combining Sentences, pp. 464–
473
How to Build a Bat House (Instruction Manual), pp. 378–381
• Form (Procedural Text), p. 379
• Follow Instructions, pp. 378, 380, 381
• Writing Prompt: Instructions, p. 381
• Procedural Text • Writing Instructions
Student Edition • Student Model: “How to Make
an Omelet, ” pp. 158–160 • Explaining a Process, pp. 161–
198 • Practical Writing: Drafting
Directions, 212–213
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 3 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Ant and Grasshopper/The Richer, the Poorer (Classical Fable/Modern Fable), pp. 382–393
• Text Analysis: Fable, pp. 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 391
• Writing for Assessment: Compare Two Fables, p. 393
• Language Coach: Word Forms creating adverbs from adjective forms), p. 386
• Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple Meaning Words, p. 392
• Fable • Adverbs • Word Meaning
Student Edition • Checking a Dictionary (Word
Meaning), pp. 374–375 • Adverbs, pp. 490–493 • Fable, p. 554
Virtual File Cabinet • The Adverb, pp. 21–22 • Grammar Adverb or Adjective,
p. 54
Great Reads: from Esperanza Rising (Coming-of-Age Novel), pp. 394–399
• Try a Coming-of-Age Novel, p. 394
• Analysis of Literature
- Theme
Student Edition • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Write a Book Review, pp. 287–
317
Words Like Freedom/Dreams (Poems), pp. 400–405
• Text Analysis: Theme in Poetry, pp. 401, 402, 405
• Extension and Challenge: Inquiry and Research, p. 405
• Analysis of Poetry -
Theme
Student Edition • Theme, pp. 352, 561 • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376
Same Song/Without Commercials (Poems), pp. 406–413
• Recurring Theme, pp. 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, 413
• Analysis of Poetry -
Theme
Student Edition • Theme, pp. 352, 561 • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 3 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Writing Workshop, pp. 414–423
• Short Story, pp. 414–423 • Grammar in Context:
Punctuating Dialogue, p. 417 • Grammar in Context: Using
Participial Phrases, p. 421 • Scoring Rubric, p. 422
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Creative Writing
• Short Story • Punctuating Dialogue • Participial Phrases • Rubric
Student Edition • Creative Writing: Writing
Stories, pp. 343–349 • Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 126,
556, 588, 598, 600 • Participles, pp. 730–731 • Using a Rubric, pp. 45–56
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Creative Writing Net-text
• Creative Writing Story 1 SkillsBook
• Punctuating Dialogue, pp. 23–24
GrammarSnap • Verbals: Infinitives, Gerunds,
Participles Warriners’s
• Punctuation with Dialogue, p. 20
• Participial Phrase, p. 457
Technology Workshop, pp. 424–425
• Class Blog, pp. 424–425
• Writing with
Technology
Student Edition • Post Your Essay Online, p. 193
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 4 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 436–441
• Imagery, pp. 436–437, 440–441
• Sensory Language, pp. 436–437, 440–441
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
• Narrative Writing
Student Edition • Writing Stories, pp. 343–349 • Elements of Fiction, pp. 351–
352 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Narrative Writing Net-text
• Narrative Writing Essay 2
The All-American Slurp (Short Story), pp. 442–457
• Text Analysis: Tone and Imagery, pp. 443, 444, 446, 447, 453, 454
• Writing Prompt: Explanation, p. 456
• Language Coach: Verb Forms, p. 448
• Grammar in Context: Dependent Clauses, p. 452
• Grammar in Context: Avoid Clauses as Fragments, p. 456
• Vocabulary Strategy: Similes as Context Clues, p. 455
• Text Analysis • Explanation • Verb Tenses • Dependent Clause • Fragment • Similes • Context Clues
Student Edition • Elements of Fiction, pp. 351–
352 • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Writing an Explanation, pp.
210–211 • Verb Tenses, pp. 297, 314,
483–484, 720–726 • Dependent Clauses, pp. 498,
517, 698 • Fragment, pp. 504–505 • Context Clues, p. 563
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Common Errors Sentence
Fragments, p. 311 • G6: Common Errors Sentence
Fragments and Run on Sentences, p. 313
• G6: The Clause, pp. 33–34 • G6: Chapter Test 7 Using
Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Tense, pp. 13–14
• G6: Verb Tense, p. 67–68 • G6: Usage Using Tense
Consistently, p. 141 Grammar Snap
• Verb Tense Consistency in Sentences
SkillsBook • Clauses, pp. 77–78
Warriner’s • Dependent Clause, pp. 89, 447 • Sentence Fragment, pp. 386–
387 • Verb Tenses, pp. 160–164
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 4 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Short Story), pp. 458–467
• Text Analysis: Style—Rule of Three, pp. 459, 460, 465, 466, 467
• Identify Cause and Effect, pp. 459, 463, 465, 467
• Language Coach: Definitions, p. 463
• Text Analysis • Cause and Effect • Definitions
Student Edition • Elements of Fiction, pp. 351–
352 • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Checking a Dictionary
(Definition), pp. 374–375 • Cause and Effect, pp. 548, 563
Tuesday of the Other June (Short Story), pp. 468–485
• Text Analysis: Sensory Language and Imagery, pp. 469, 470, 472, 474, 478, 481, 483
• Writing Prompt: Description, p. 485
• Language Coach: Definition, pp. 472
• Language Coach: Synonyms, p. 477
• Language Coach: Multiple-Meaning Words, p. 480
• Grammar in Context: Verb Tenses, pp. 476, 485
• Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative Language in Context, p. 484
• Sensory Language • Description • Definition • Synonyms • Word Meaning • Verb Tenses • Figurative Language
Student Edition • Writing Stories, pp. 343–349 • Elements of Fiction, pp. 351–
352 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Write a Descriptive Paragraph,
pp. 71–74 • Synonyms, pp. 121, 141, 246,
561, 563 • Checking a Dictionary (Word
Meaning), pp. 374–375 • Figurative Language, p. 560 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Verb Tenses, pp. 297, 314,
483–484, 720–726 Grammar Snap
• Verb Tense Consistency in Sentences
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Chapter Test 7 Using
Verbs Correctly: Principal Parts, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Tense, pp. 13–14
• G6: Verb Tense, p. 67–68 • G6: Usage Using Tense
Consistently, p. 141 SkillsBook
• Verb Tenses, pp. 157–160 Warriner’s
• Verb Tenses, pp. 160–164
The Problem with Bullies (Feature Article), pp. 486–491
• Form (Feature Article), pp. 487, 488, 491
• Take Notes, pp. 486, 488, 489, 491
• Writing Prompt: Summary,
• Feature Article • Take Notes • Summarize
Student Edition • Summarizing an Article, pp.
332–333 • Taking Notes, pp. 441–448 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 4 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. p.491
Great Reads: Maniac Magee (Novel), ���pp. 492–497
• Form (Humorous Novel), p. 492
• Reading a Novel
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317
The Jacket (Personal Narrative), pp. 498–507
• Text Analysis: Similes and Metaphors, pp. 499, 502, 503, 504, 505
• Summarize, pp.499, 502, 504, 505
• Writing Prompt: Evaluation, p. 507
• Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots (pro), p. 506
• Grammar in Context: Using Commas Correctly, p. 507
• Similes and Metaphors • Summarize • Evaluation • Roots • Commas
Student Edition • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555 • Practical Writing: Completing
an Evaluation, pp. 334–335 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569 • Commas, pp. 582–590
SkillsBook • Commas, pp. 7–8, 9–10, 11–12,
13–14, 15–16, 17–20 GrammarSnap
• Commas in a Series • Commas After Introductory
Word Groups Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Commas, pp. 105–106 • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
Warriner’s • Commas, pp. 268–277
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 4 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The First Skateboard in the History of the World (Memoir), pp. 508–517
• Text Analysis: Style in Nonfiction, pp. 509, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516
• Extension and Challenge: Inquiry and Research, p. 516
• Vocabulary Strategy: Use a Dictionary to Determine Part of Speech, p. 517
• Language Coach: Idioms, p. 514
• Nonfiction • Research Skills • Dictionary • Idioms
Student Edition • Reviewing a Biography, pp.
330–331 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Checking a Dictionary, pp.
374–375 • Slang, pp. 307, 559
Skateboard Science (Science Article), pp. 518–523
• Follow Multi-Tasked Instructions, pp. 518, 521, 522, 523
• Writing Prompt: Compare and Contrast, p. 523
• Form (Science Article), pp. 520, 522
• Instructions • Compare and Contrast • Science Articles
Student Edition • Practical Writing: Drafting
Directions, pp. 212–213 • Compare/Contrast Diagram, pp.
448, 537, 549 • Science: Supporting a Theory,
pp. 272–273 • Science: Summarizing an
Article, pp. 332–333
Poem: The Morning Walk/There Is No Word for Goodbye ��� (Poems), ���pp. 524–531
• Text Analysis: Imagery and Mood, pp. 525, 526, 528, 529, 530
• Writing for Assessment: Compare and Contrast Poems, p. 531
• Poetry Techniques • Compare and Contrast
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Compare and Contrast
Diagram, pp. 448, 537, 549
The Phantom Tollbooth, Act One (Drama), pp. 532–551
• Text Analysis: Humor, pp. 533, 536, 537, 538, 540, 541, 543, 544, 547, 548, 550, 551
• Compare a Play and a Film, pp. 541, 550, 551
• Respond to Text • Compare and Contrast
Student Edition • Compare and Contrast
Diagram, pp. 448, 537, 549 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286
Writing Workshop, pp. 556–565
• Literary Analysis, ���pp. 556–565
• Drafting, p. 559
• Writing a Literary
Analysis • Capitalizing Proper
Nouns
Student Edition • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317 • Writing, pp. 295–300 • Rubric, pp. 318–321
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 4 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. • Grammar in Context:
Capitalizing Proper Nouns, p. 559
• Grammar in Context: Correcting Run-On Sentences, p. 563
• Scoring Rubric, p. 564
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Response Writing
• Correcting Run-On Sentences
• Rubric
• Capitalization: Proper Nouns, pp. 618–619
• Run-On Sentences, pp. 506 Net-text
• Respond to Literature Essay 1 & 2
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Response Writing
SkillsBook • Capitalization 1, pp. 45–46 • Run-Ons, pp. 85–86, 87–88
GrammarSnap • Capitalization of Proper
Adjectives with Common Nouns Warriner’s
• Capitalization of Proper Nouns, pp. 26, 241, 445–446
• Run-On Sentences, pp. 388–389, 460
Speaking and Listening Workshop, pp. 566–567
• Giving an Oral Response to Literature, pp. 566–567
• Oral Response to
Literature
Student Edition • Give a Recitation, p. 317 • Speaking in Class, p. 422 • Making Oral Presentations, pp.
423–430
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 5 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 578–582
• Analyze the Text, pp. 579, 581, 583
• Structure, Speaker, and Sounds pp. 578–579, 583
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Creative Writing
• Analyze Poetry
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Creative Writing Net-text
• Creative Writing Poem 1–4
Analysis of Baseball/ Alone in the Nets (Poems), pp. 584–591
• Text Analysis: Structure of a Poem, pp. 585, 586, 588, 589, 591
• Analyze Poetry
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 Net-text
• Creative Writing Poem 1–4
Sea-Fever/The Village Blacksmith (Poems), pp. 592–599
• Text Analysis: Rhyme, pp. 593, 594, 596, 598
• Extension and Challenge: Research Project, p. 598
• Vocabulary Strategy: Greek Roots, p. 599
• Rhyme • Research Skills • Roots
Student Edition • Rhyme, p. 361 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 5 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Fall/Change (Poems), pp. 600–607
• Text Analysis: Imagery, pp. 601, 602, 604, 606
• Extension and Challenge: Inquiry and Research, p. 606
• Writing Prompt: Analysis of a Poem, p. 607
• Grammar in Context: Subject-Verb Agreement, p. 607
• Text Analysis: Poetry • Research • Analyze a Poem • Subject-Verb
Agreement
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Subject-Verb Agreement, pp.
508–509, 728 Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Subject–Verb Agreement, p. 47–48
SkillsBook • Subject-Verb Agreement, pp.
93–98 GrammarSnap
• Subject-Verb Agreement Warriner’s
• Subject-Verb Agreement, pp. 124–135, 442–443
Net-text • Creative Writing Poem 3
Message from a Caterpillar/Fog/Two (Haiku ��� Poems), pp. 608–613
• Text Analysis: Imagery and Metaphor, pp. 609, 611, 613
• Paraphrase, pp. 609, 610, 612, 613
• Haiku • Metaphor • Paraphrase
Student Edition • Writing Haiku, pp. 358 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Paraphrasing, pp. 389, 390
Net-text • Creative Writing Poem 2 • Creative Writing Poem 3
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 5 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Windshield Wiper/ Night Journey (Poems), pp. 614–621
• Text Analysis: Sound Devices, pp. 615, 616, 618, 620
• Writing Prompt: Analyze Poems, p. 621
• Grammar in Context: Subject-Verb Agreement with Compound Subjects, p. 621
• Analyze Poems • Subject-Verb
Agreement
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Subject-Verb Agreement, pp.
508–509, 728 Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Subject–Verb Agreement, p. 47–48
SkillsBook • Subject-Verb Agreement, pp.
93–98 GrammarSnap
• Subject-Verb Agreement Warriner’s
• Subject-Verb Agreement, pp. 124–135, 442–443
from A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter (Informational Text), pp. 622–627
• Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details, pp. 622–627
• Form (Informational Text), pp. 623, 626, 627
• Writing Prompt: Summarize Main Ideas and Supporting Details, p. 627
• Main Idea • Summarizing • Informational Text
Student Edition • Main Idea, p. 379 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555 • Research Writing: Building
Skills, pp. 363–376
I’m Nobody! Who are You?/Is the Moon Tired?/ Mooses (Poems), pp. 628–635
• Text Analysis: Figurative Language, pp. 629, 630, 631, 632, 634
• Vocabulary Strategy: Latin Roots (lect), p. 635
• Figurative Language • Roots
Student Edition • Figurative Language, p. 560 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569
Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 5 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. who knows if the moon’s/Two Limericks (Poems), pp. 636–641
• Text Analysis: Paraphrase, pp. 637, 638, 641
• Form in Poetry, pp. 637, 638, 640, 641
• Paraphrase • Analyze Poetry
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361 • Write a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Paraphrasing, pp. 389, 390
Good Hotdogs/ Ricos hot dogs/Ode to an Artichoke (Poems), pp. 642–655
• Text Analysis: Tone, pp. 643, 644, 646, 648, 650, 651, 652, 653
• Review: Personification, p. 648, 650, 653
• Writing Prompt: Narrative, p. 654
•
• Tone • Personification • Writing a Narrative
Student Edition • Tone, pp. 352, 428, 561 • Personification, pp. 360, 559 • Writing a Narrative Paragraph,
pp. 93–96 • Compound-Complex Sentence,
pp.
Writing Workshop, pp. 656–663
• Online Feature Article, pp. 656–663
• Grammar in Context: Nonrestrictive/ Parenthetical Elements, p. 659
• Grammar in Context: Avoid Pronoun Problems, p. 662
• Scoring Rubric, p. 663
• Writing Online • Nonrestrictive/
Parenthetical Elements • Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement • Rubric
Student Edition • Developing a Multimedia
Presentation, pp. 411–415 • Post Your Essay Online, p. 193 • Restrictive/Nonrestrictive
Phrase, p. 584 • Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement, pp. 706 • Rubric, pp. 45–56
SkillsBook • Pronouns, p. 143 • Antecedents, p. 144
GrammarSnap • Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement A, p. 53–54 Warriner’s
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, pp. 137–140
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 6 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics.
Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 676–681
• Characteristics of Classical and Traditional Stories, pp. 676–677, 680–681
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Creative Writing
• Traditional Stories
Student Edition • Writing Stories, pp. 343–349 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Elements of Fiction, pp. 351–
352 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Creative Writing Net-text
• Creative Writing Story 1
The Story of Ceres and Proserpina (Classical Myth), pp. 682–691
• Text Analysis: Classical Myths, pp. 683, 684, 686, 687, 689
• Inquiry and Research, p. 689 • Writing Prompt: Response
Analysis, p. 691 • Grammar in Context:
Capitalize Correctly, pp. 686, 691
• Language Coach: Word Roots, p. 686
• Vocabulary Strategy: Words Derived from Latin and Greek, p. 690
• Text Analysis • Inquiry and Research • Capitalization • Word Roots
Student Edition • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Research Writing: Building
Skills, pp. 363–376 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569 • Capitalization, pp. 618–629
Grammar Snap • Mechanics: Capitalization
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Vocabulary: Common
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• G6: Common Errors Capitalization A, B, pp. 327–328
SkillsBook • Capitalization, pp. 45–52
Warriner’s • Capitalization, pp. 239–256
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 6 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics.
Apollo’s Tree: The Story of Daphne and Apollo/ Arachne (Classical Myths), pp. 692–705
• Text Analysis: Cultural Values in Myths, pp. 693, 696, 697, 700, 702, 703
• Writing Prompt: Letter, p. 705
• Grammar in Context: Form Compound Sentences, pp. 696, 705
• Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Affixes, p. 704
• Text Analysis • Compound Sentences • Write a Letter • Affixes
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Compound Sentences, pp. 248–
249, 496, 516, 590, 744 • Write a Letter, pp. 90–91, 274–
277 • Comparison of Modifiers, pp. • Prefixes, pp. 564–565 • Suffixes, pp. 566
SkillsBook • Types of Sentences, pp. 109-118
GrammarSnap • Simple and Compound
Sentences • Simple, Compound, and
Complex Sentences Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• G6: Simple Sentences and Compound Sentences, pp. 39–40
• Warriner’s
• Prefixes, p. 320, 458 • Suffixes, pp. 321–322, 462 • Sentence Structure, pp. 96–100
Spider Webs (Online Science Articles), pp. 706–711
• Form (Science Article) pp. 707, 708, 710, 711
• Interpret Information in Illustrations, p. 709
• Writing Prompt: Summarizing an Article, p.711
• Science Article • Summarizing
Student Edition • Science: Supporting a Theory,
pp. 272–273 • Science: Summarizing an
Article, pp. 332–333 • Add Graphics to Your Writing,
pp. 574–575
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 6 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics.
The Chenoo (Native American Legend), pp. 712–723
• Text Analysis: Characteristics of Legends, pp. 713, 716, 717, 719, 722
• Interpret Maps and Timelines, pp. 720, 721
• Vocabulary Strategy: Use Reference Aids, p. 723
• Text Analysis • Reference Aids
Student Edition • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Checking a Dictionary, pp.
374–375 • Add Graphics to Your Writing,
pp. 574–575 Net-Text
• Respond to Literature Essay 1 & 2
Damon and Pythias (Greek Legend), pp. 724–735
• Text Analysis: Cultural Values in Legends pp. 725, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 734
• Writing Prompt: Dialogue, p. 735
• Grammar in Context: Use Correct Sentence Structure p. 735
• Text Analysis • Dialogue • Sentence Structure
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Dialogue, pp. 119, 351, 556,
557, 560 • Sentence Structure, pp. 248–
249, 515–517 SkillsBook
• Types of Sentences, pp. 109-118 GrammarSnap
• Simple and Compound Sentences
• Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Simple Sentences and
Compound Sentences, pp. 39–40
• G6: Complex Sentences and Compound–Complex Sentences, p. 41–42
Warriner’s • Sentence Structure, pp. 96–100
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 6 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics.
Uncle Septimus’s Beard (Tall Tale), pp. 736–745
• Text Analysis: Characteristics of a Tall Tale, pp. 737, 738, 741, 743, 744
• Inquiry and Research, p. 744 • Vocabulary Strategy:
Analogies, p. 745 • Language Coach: Jargon, p.
742
• Tall Tale • Inquiry and Research • Analogy • Jargon
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Analogy, 558 • Slang, pp. 307, 559
Net-Text
• Respond to Literature Essay 1
The Crane Maiden/Aunty Misery (Japanese Folk Tale/Puerto Rican Folk Tale), pp. 746–759
• Text Analysis: Characteristics of Folk Tales, pp. 747, 750, 752, 753, 754, 756, 757
• Summarize, pp. 747, 748, 750, 752, 756, 757
• Writing Prompt: Compare and Contrast Texts, p. 759
• Grammar in Context: Use Commas Correctly, pp. 750, 759
• Vocabulary Strategy: General Context Clues, p. 758
• Language Coach: Foreign Words in English, p. 752
• Folk Tale • Summarize • Compare and Contrast • Commas • Context Clues • Foreign Words
Student Edition • Writing a Response Paragraph,
pp. 283–286 • Story Patterns, p. 350 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555 • Compare/Contrast Diagram, pp.
448, 537, 549 • Context Clues, pp. 563 • Punctuation of Foreign Words,
p. 602 • Commas, pp. 582–590
SkillsBook • Commas, pp. 7–8, 9–10, 11–12,
13–14, 15–16, 17–20 GrammarSnap
• Commas in a Series • Commas After Introductory
Word Groups Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Commas, pp. 105–106 Warriner’s
• Commas, pp. 268–277
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 6 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics.
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China/ Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story (Folk Tales), pp. 760–779
• Text Analysis: Universal Theme, pp. 761, 762, 764, 765, 767, 768, 769, 770, 772, 774, 776, 777
• Writing for Assessment: Compare and Contrast Texts, p. 779
• Language Coach: Possessive Pronouns, p. 774
• Vocabulary Strategy: Recognizing Base Words, p. 778
• Theme • Compare and Contrast • Possessive Pronouns • Base Words
Student Edition • Theme, pp. 352, 561 • Recalling and Understanding
Information, pp. 452–453 • Compare/Contrast Diagram, pp.
448, 537, 549 • Possessive Pronouns, pp. 606,
714–715 • Understand Roots, pp. 567–569
SkillsBook • Possessive Pronouns, pp. 147–
148 GrammarSnap
• Pronouns Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• G6: Mechanics Possessive Pronouns, p. 269
Writing Workshop, pp. 780–789
• “How-To” Explanation, pp. 780–789
• Grammar in Context: Transitions that Show Sequence, p. 783
• Revising, p.785 • Grammar in Context:
Subordinating Conjunctions, p.787
• Editing, p.787 • Scoring Rubric, p. 788
• “How-To”
Explanation • Transition • Revising • Subordinating
Conjunctions • Editing • Rubric
Student Edition • Explaining a Process, pp. 161–
193 • Drafting Directions, pp. 212–
213 • Revising, pp. 177–188 • Checking Organization and
Transitions, pp. 180–181 • Subordinating Conjunctions,
pp. 190, 496, 553, 744, 746 • Editing, pp. 190–192 • Rubric, pp. 194–197
Net-text • Expository Writing Essay 1
SkillsBook • Subordinating Conjunctions,
pp. 193–194 Grammar Snap
• Subordinating Conjunctions Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: The Clause, pp. 33–34 Warriner’s
• Subordinating Conjunctions, 403
Speaking and Listening Workshop, ���pp. 790–791
• Giving and Following Oral Instructions, pp. 790–791
• Directions
Student Edition • Practical Writing: Drafting
Directions, pp. 212–213
30
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 7 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 802–807
• Biography and Autobiography, pp. 802–807
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
• Biography and Autobiography
Student Edition • Biographical Writing, pp. 135–
142, 554 • Reviewing a Biography, pp.
330–331 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Narrative Writing
Matthew Henson at the Top of the World (Biography), pp. 808–821
• Text Analysis: Biography, pp. 809, 812, 813, 814, 816, 819
• Figurative Language, p. 817 • Writing Prompt: Business
Letter, p. 821 • Language Coach: Prefixes, p.
815 • Grammar in Context:
Recognize and Use Colons Correctly, p. 821
• Biography • Figurative Language • Business Letter • Prefixes • Colons
Student Edition • Biographical Writing, pp. 135–
142, 554 • Reviewing a Biography, pp.
330–331 • Figurative Language, p. 560 • Simile & Metaphor, pp. 79, 360 • Business Letter, pp. 276–277 • Learn About Prefixes, pp. 564–
565 • Colons, pp. 596–597
SkillsBook • Semicolons and Colons, pp. 21–
22 Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Vocabulary: Common Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes, pp. ix–xiv
• G6: Mechanics Colons, p. 250 Warriner’s
• Prefixes, p. 320 • Punctuation of Business
Letters, pp. 276, 281 • Colons, pp. 281, 448
Over the Top of the World/Up and Over the Top (Journal Entries/ Personal Narrative), pp. 822–831
• Form (Journal, Personal Narrative), pp. 823, 826, 827
• Writing Prompt: Synthesize Across Texts, p. 831
• Journal Writing • Synthesize
Student Edition • Journal Writing, pp. 144–145,
323–328, 431–434, 544, 560 • Synthesizing Information, pp.
451. 456
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 7 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. from The Story of My Life (Autobiography), pp. 832–839
• Text Analysis: Autobiography, pp. 833, 834, 836, 837, 838
• Vocabulary Strategy: Analogies, p. 839
• Autobiography • Analogy
Student Edition • Sharing an Experience, pp. 97–
129 • Primary Sources, pp. 364–365 • Analogy, 558
American Sign Language (Procedural Text), pp. 840–843
• Form (Procedural Text), pp. 841, 842, 843
• Writing Prompt: Procedural Text, p. 843
• Procedural Text
Student Edition • Explaining a Process, pp. 161–
193 • Math: Explaining a Concept,
pp. 208–209 • Science: Writing an
Explanation, pp. 210–211 • Drafting Directions, pp. 212–
213 Net-text
• Expository Writing Essay 1
Great Reads: Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba (Memoir), pp. 844–849
• Try a Memoir p. 844
• Sharing Experiences
Student Edition • Sharing an Experience, pp. 97–
129 • Primary Sources, pp. 364–365
from Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini (Biography), pp. 850–859
• Text Analysis: Main Idea and Details, pp. 851, 852, 854, 855, 856, 857
• Writing Prompt: Evaluation, p. 859
• Language Coach: Connotation, p. 854
• Vocabulary Strategy: Foreign Words in English, p. 858
• Grammar in Context: Capitalize Correctly: Proper Nouns, p. 859
• Main Idea • Evaluation • Connotation • Foreign Words • Capitalization
Student Edition • Main Idea, p. 379 • Practical Writing: Completing
an Evaluation, pp. 334–335 • Connotation, pp. 485, 560 • Punctuation of Foreign Words,
p. 602 • Capitalize: Proper Nouns, pp.
618–619 SkillsBook
• Capitalization 1, pp. 45–46 GrammarSnap
• Capitalization of Proper Adjectives with Common Nouns
Warriner’s • Capitalization of Proper Nouns,
pp. 26, 241, 445–446
In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles/For Gwen, 1969 (Poems), pp. 864–871
• Characterization in Poetry,
• Poetry
Student Edition • Writing Poems, pp. 353–357 • Using Special Poetry
Techniques, pp. 360–361
33
Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 7 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. pp. 865, 866, 869, 871
Writing Workshop, pp. 872–881
• Personal Narrative, pp. 872–881
• Grammar in Context: Improving Expression, p. 875
• Revising, pp. 877, 979 • Grammar in Context:
Prepositional Phrases, p. 879 • Scoring Rubric, p. 880
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
• Personal Narrative • Slang • Rubric • Prepositional Phrases
Student Edition • Writing a Narrative Paragraph,
pp. 93–96 • Sharing an Experience, pp. 97–
129 • Revising, pp. 113–122 • Slang, pp. 307, 559 • Rubric for Narrative Writing,
pp. 130–131 • Prepositional Phrases, pp. 181.
494–495, 519, 700, 742 SkillsBook
• Prepositional Phrases, pp. 79–80
GrammarSnap • Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases Warriner’s
• Prepositional Phrases, pp. 77, 187, 212–213, 275
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: The Prepositional Phrase,
pp. 27–28 • G6: Grammar The
Prepositional Phrase, p. 56 Net-text
• Narrative Writing Essay 1 • Narrative Writing Essay 2
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Narrative Writing
Technology Workshop, pp. 882–883
• Producing a Documentary, pp. 882–883
• Writing with Technology
Student Edition • Developing a Multimedia
Presentation, pp. 411–415
Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Text Analysis Workshop, pp. 894–897
• Organizational Patterns, pp. 894–897
• Summarizing Informational
• Informational Materials
• Summarize
Student Edition • Building Research Skills, pp.
363–376 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Texts, p. 896
SuperCroc (Magazine Article), pp. 898–907
• Text Features, pp. 899, 900, 901, 903, 904, 905
• Summarize, pp. 899, 901, 902, 904
• Writing Prompt: Description, ���p. 907
• Language Coach: Context Clues, p. 902
• Grammar in Context: Capitalize Correctly, ���p. 907
• Vocabulary Strategy: Word Origins, p. 906
• Text Features • Summarize • Descriptive Writing • Context Clues • Capitalization
Student Edition • Add Graphics to Your Writing,
pp. 574–575 • Summary Paragraph, pp. 332–
333, 377–380, 555 • Write a Descriptive Paragraph,
pp. 71–74 • Context Clues, p. 563 • Capitalization, pp. 618–629 • Checking a Dictionary, pp.
374–375 Grammar Snap
• Mechanics: Capitalization Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Common Errors Capitalization A, B, pp. 327–328
SkillsBook • Capitalization, pp. 45–52
Warriner’s • Capitalization, pp. 239–256
Bird Brains (Online Article), pp. 908–915
• Main Ideas, pp. 909, 910, 911, 912, 913
• Writing Prompt: Letter, p. 915
• Vocabulary Strategy: Analogies, p. 914
• Grammar in Context: Punctuate Titles Correctly, p. 915
• Main Idea • Letter • Analogy • Punctuate Titles
Student Edition • Main Idea, p. 379 • Persuasive Letter, pp. 274–275 • Analogy, 558 • Punctuation of Titles, pp. 600–
601, 602–603 SkillsBook
• Punctuation of Titles, pp. 254–256, 290–291, 297, 459, 464
GrammarSnap • Italics
Virtual File Cabinet • G6: Mechanics Titles of Books
and Other Works, p. 226
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. The First Emperor/ Digging Up the Past (Book Excerpt/ Magazine Article), pp. 916–931
• Synthesizing Information, pp. 917, 918, 919, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 929
• Writing for Assessment: Compare Texts, p. 931
• Language Coach: Transitions, p. 921
• Language Coach: Hyphens in Compound Modifiers, p. 927
• Vocabulary Strategy: Word Parts, p. 930
• Synthesize
Information • Compare Texts • Transitions • Hyphens • Word Parts
Student Edition • Synthesizing Information, pp.
451, 456 • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317 • Transitions, pp. 561, 572–573 • Hyphens, pp. 610–611 • Word Parts, pp. 564–569
SkillsBook • Hyphens and Dashes, pp. 31–
32 • Transitions, pp. 81–82
Warriner’s • Hyphens – Compound
Adjectives, pp. 308–309 • Transitional Words and
Phrases, p. 405 Text Analysis Workshop: Argument and Persuasion, pp. 936–941
• Argument pp. 936–937, 940–941
• Persuasive Techniques pp. 938–941
• Argument and
Persuasive Techniques
Student Edition • Writing a Persuasive Paragraph,
pp. 219–222 Net-text
• Persuasive Writing Essay 1-2
What Video Games Can Teach Us/The Violent Side of Video Games (Magazine Articles), pp. 942–951
• Text Analysis: Argument, pp. 943, 944, 947, 949
• Writing Prompt: Opinion, p. 951
• Language Coach: Indirect Quotations, p. 948
• Grammar in Context: Avoid Misplaced Modifiers, p. 951
• Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms, p. 950
• Argument • Opinion • Indirect Quotations • Misplaced Modifiers • Synonyms
Student Edition • Writing a Persuasive Paragraph,
pp. 219–222 • Understanding Opinions and
Facts, p. 230 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230 • Modifiers, p. 694–695 • Synonyms, pp. 121, 141, 246,
561, 563 Net-text
• Persuasive Writing Essay 1-2 Virtual File Cabinet
• G6: Placement of Modifiers, pp. 89–90
• G6: Usage Misplaced One Word Modifiers, p. 186
• G6: Usage Misplaced Prepositional Phrases, p. 187
• G6: Usage Misplaced Adjective Clauses, p. 188
• G6: Usage Review C: Misplaced Modifiers, p. 193
Warriner’s • Indirect Quotations, pp. 292–
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. 293
• Misplaced Modifiers, pp. 211, 455–456
Should Wild Animals Be Kept as Pets? (Persuasive Essay), pp. 952–959
• Author’s Persuasive Techniques, pp. 953, 955, 957, 958
• Language Coach: Negative Connotations, p. 957
• Inquiry and Research, p. 958 • Vocabulary Strategy: Context
Clues, p. 959
• Persuasive Techniques • Connotations • Inquiry and Research • Context Clues
Student Edition • Persuade and Argue, p. 218 • Understanding Opinions and
Facts, p. 230 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230 • Research Writing: Building
Skills, pp. 363–376 • Using a Gathering Grid, p. 388 • Creating Note Cards, p. 389 • Connotation, pp. 485, 560 • Context Clues, pp. 563
No Thought of Reward (Speech), pp. 960–965
• Text Analysis: Author’s Message, pp. 961, 962, 964
• Analyze Persuasion, pp. 961, 963, 964
• Vocabulary Strategy: Foreign Words and Phrases in English, ���p. 965
• Author’s Message • Analyze Persuasion
Student Edition • Persuade and Argue, p. 218 • Understanding Opinions and
Facts, p. 230 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230 • Evaluating a Persuasive Essay,
pp. 258–259 • Punctuation of Foreign Words,
p. 602
Start the Day Right! ���(Public Service Announcement Script), pp. 966–971
• Persuasive Techniques, pp. 967, 968, 969, 970, 971
• Persuasive Techniques
Student Edition • Persuade and Argue, p. 218 • Understanding Opinions and
Facts, p. 230 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Shine-n-Grow: Hair Repair That Really Works! (Advertisement), pp. 972–977
• Propaganda Techniques, pp. 978, 979, 980, 981, 982
• Writing for Assessment: Compare Selections, p. 983
• Propaganda
Techniques • Compare Selections
Student Edition • Persuade and Argue, p. 218 • Understanding Opinions and
Facts, p. 230 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230 • Writing a Book Review, pp.
287–317
Media Study: Persuasive Techniques in Commercials TV (Commercials), pp. 984–987
• Analyze Persuasive Techniques in Advertising, pp. 985–986
• Write or Discuss: Analyze Persuasive Techniques, ���pp. 987
• Persuasive Techniques
Student Edition • Persuade and Argue, p. 218 • Creating an Editorial Cartoon,
pp. 268–269 • Gathering Ideas and
Information, p. 229 • Writing an Opinion Statement,
p. 230
Writing Workshop, pp. 988–997
• Persuasive Essay, pp. 988–997
• Grammar in Context: Using Transitions, p. 991
• Revising, p. 993 • Editing, p. 995 • Grammar in Context:
Punctuating Quotations, p. 995
• Scoring Rubric, p. 996
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Persuasive Writing
• Persuasive Essay • Transitions • Punctuating
Quotations • Rubric
Student Edition • Persuasive Essay, pp. 224–226 • Prewriting, pp. 227–232 • Writing, pp. 233–238 • Revising, pp. 239–241, 244–
250 • How Can I Check the
Transitions in My Paragraph? P. 242
• How Can Transitions Link My Paragraphs? P. 243
• Editing, pp. 251–254 • Quotations: Punctuating, p. 598 • Rubric for Persuasive Writing,
pp. 256–257 Net-text
• Persuasive Writing Essay 1-2 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Persuasive Writing Warriner’s
• Punctuation of Quotations, pp. 292–297
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 8 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Speaking and Listening Workshop, pp. 998–999
• Giving a Persuasive Speech, ���pp. 998–999
• Persuasive Speech
Student Edition • Give a Speech, p. 255 • Making Oral Presentations,
423–430
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 9 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Research Strategies Workshop, pp. 1010–1027
• Nonfiction Books p. 1019 • Newspapers and Periodicals
p. 1020
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Research Writing
• Primary Sources
Student Edition • Types of Primary Sources, p.
365 Interactive Whiteboard Lesson
• Research Writing Net-text
• Research Report
Research Strategies Workshop, pp. 1010–1027
• Plan and Focus Research pp. 1011–1012
• Take Notes on Sources p. 1012
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Research Writing
• Plan and Focus Research
• Take Notes
Student Edition • Taking Notes, pp. 441–448 • Research Writing: Building
Skills, pp. 363–376 • Creating Note Cards, p. 389 • Prewriting, pp. 388–393
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Research Writing
Net-text • Research Report
Research Strategies Workshop, pp. 1010–1027
• Use the Internet to Research a Topic pp. 1013–1015
• Use Library or Media Center Resources pp. 1016–1017, 1026
• Use the Internet for Research
• Use the Library for Research
Student Edition • Using the Internet, p. 366 • Using the Library, p. 367 • Searching a Computer Catalog,
p. 368 • Searching a Card Catalog, p.
369 • Finding Books, pp. 370–371
Research Strategies Workshop, pp. 1010–1027
• Select Sources pp. 1018–1020 • Evaluate Sources pp. 1021–
1024, 1027 • Gather Facts From
Interviews, Field Research, and Observations p. 1025
• Select Sources • Evaluate Sources
Student Edition • Using Reference Materials, pp.
372–373 • Checking a Dictionary, pp.
374–375 • Evaluating Sources, p. 376
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Holt McDougal Literature Grade 6, Unit 9 Instruction
Writing Form and Language Skills Common
Focus
Write Source Reinforcement/Additional
Instruction (Print and Online)
Online-only resources in Italics. Writing Workshop: Research Paper, pp. 1028–1043
• Planning/Prewriting pp. 1029–1030
• Researching pp. 1031–1035 • Drafting pp. 1036–1037
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Research Writing
• Prewriting • Researching • Drafting/Writing
Student Edition • Prewriting, pp. 386–393 • Writing, pp. 394–400
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson • Research Writing
Net-text • Research Report
Writing Workshop: Research Paper, pp. 1028–1043
• Revising pp. 1038–1041 • Editing and Publishing p.
1042 • Punctuating Titles, p. 1037 • Varying Sentence Patterns, p.
1042 • Scoring Rubric p. 1043
• Revising • Editing • Publishing • Rubric • Sentence Variety
Student Edition • Revising, pp. 401–402 • Editing, pp. 403–404 • Publishing, p. 405 • Final Presentation of a Report,
pp. 406–409 • Research Report Checklist, p.
410 • Sentence Variety, pp. 122–123,
248–249, 311, 511–522 SkillsBook
• Kinds of Sentences, 105–108 Warriner’s
• Kinds of Sentences, pp. 424–426
Technology Workshop, pp. 1044–1045
• Producing a Power Presentation, pp. 1044–1045
• Writing with Technology
Student Edition • Developing a Multimedia
Presentation, pp. 411–415
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