General Language Arts:  Friendship Unit

Essential Questions
 What do I already know?
What new skills can I learn in 6th grade ELA class?
What characteristics do I expect in a good friend?
How do friends solve conflicts?
What strategies could you use to prevent conflicts from occurring?

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Short Stories
Prentice Hall Literature Book		 Short Stories
Choices:  Joining Hands

Novel Study
"The Circuit" by Francisco Jimenez
page 143		 "The Boy and His Grandfather"
by Rudolfo Anaya
page B17		 Bridge to Terabithia by Natalie Babbitt
"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
page 77		 "Frosted Fire" by Sheila Kelly Welch
page B57		  
"Thunder Butte" by Virginia Driving
page 121		    
"Old Ben" by Jesse Stuart
page 363