GRADE 6 LANGUAGE ARTS

Listed below are the 10 LifePacs for Language Arts. Under each Pac is a title description indicating the subject content for that Pac.

PAC #601  TALES AND LEGENDS
--SECTION ONE
    "Pandora's Box" (A Greek Myth)
    Minimum Book Report
    Suffixes and Prefixes
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    "The Frog Prince" (A Fairy Tale)
    Hyperbole and Cliches
    Illumination
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    "Beowulf's Fight with Grendel" (An English Legend)
    Literary Forms
    Spelling and Handwriting
    Parts of Speech (Grammar)
    Review
--SECTION FOUR
    "Paul Bunyon and Babe,  the Blue Ox" (A Tall Tale)
    Creative Writing Techniques
    Spelling and Handwriting

PAC #602  MAKING NEW WORDS
--SECTION ONE
    Spelling and Handwriting
    Roots
    Prefixes and Suffixes
    Vocabulary Development
    Synonyms and Antonyms
--SECTION TWO
    Handwriting and Spelling
    King Jehoshaphat
    Idiomatic Expressions
--SECTION THREE
    Spelling and Handwriting
    Comprehension
--SECTION FOUR
    Spelling and Handwriting
    Composition

PAC #603  BETTER READING
--SECTION ONE
    Do They Get Your Message?
    Skimming to Find the Main Idea
    Composition Outlining
    Internalizing
    Handwriting and Spelling
--SECTION TWO
    Looking Closely
    Determining the Author's Purpose
    Determining Setting, Characters, and Plot
    Determining Sequence of Events
    Comparing and Contrasting
Writing a Story
Handwriting and Spelling
--SECTION THREE
    A Bell for all Peoples
    Finding the Facts
    Handwriting and Spelling
--SECTION FOUR
    Writing a Report
    Handwriting and Spelling

PAC #604  READING FOR A PURPOSE
--SECTION ONE
    Capitalization
    Punctuation
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Sentence Patterns
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Sentence Expansion
    Propaganda
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION FOUR
    Critical Reading Skills
    Author's Purpose
    Emotional Mood

PAC #605  BETTER READING
--SECTION ONE
    Reading Comprehension
    Literary Forms
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Sentence Review
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Reading

PAC #606  POETRY
--SECTION ONE
    Poetic Characteristics
    Free Verse
    Word Inflections
    Word Variations
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Figures of Speech
    Poetic Devices
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Poetic Forms
    Shortened Forms of Words
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION FOUR
    Musical Poems
    Word Play
    Spelling and Handwriting

PAC #607  STORIES FOR FUN
--SECTION ONE
    Story--"Let George Do It!"
    Reading Skills
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Story--"Midnight Callers"
    Grammar Skills
    Reading Skills
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Story--"Broken Bricks"
    Grammar
    Business Letters
    Spelling and Handwriting

PAC #608  NEWSPAPERS
--SECTION ONE
    The Newspaper
    Verbs
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Recognizing Propaganda
    Internalizing Ideas
    Using Auxiliary Verbs
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Analyzing a News Story
    Using Adverbs
    Spelling and Handwriting

PAC #609  READING YOUR BIBLE
--SECTION ONE
    Bible Stories, Parables, and Proverbs
    Report Writing
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Bible Poetry and Prophecy
    Report Writing
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Bible History and Law
    Report Writing
    Spelling and Handwriting

PAC #610  COMMUNICATION, LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
--SECTION ONE
    Communication and its Purpose
    Creative Project
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION TWO
    Literary Forms
    Spelling and Handwriting
--SECTION THREE
    Patterns in Language
    Punctuation
    Spelling
--SECTION FOUR
    Organization in Literary Forms
    Spelling