This document provides the title, author, theme, genre, spelling words, vocabulary words and strategies, phonics, and grammar and writing focuses for a 6th grade reading unit. The unit centers on the theme of changes and improving lives, and includes expository texts, monitoring comprehension, and identifying author's purpose. Key elements covered are negatives in grammar, context clues, and writing a letter.

1. Unit 6, Story 3
Title: A Dream Comes True
Author:
Unit Theme: Changes
Genre: Expository
Weekly Theme: Improving Lives
Spelling List
1. clothes
2. January
3. cereal
4. mortal
5. lunar
6. atlas
7. ocean
8. salute
9. fury
10.echo
11.cycle
12.cyclone
13.gigantic
14.Olympics
15.territory
16.terrace
17.parasol
18.fortune
19.furious
20.gracious
Review words: suspect, insect, mission
Challenge words: jovial, venerable
Vocabulary Words: elementary, physical, rigid, interact, wheelchair
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues
Phonics: Words from Mythology and Multisyllabic words
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor Comprehension
Comprehension Skill: Persuasion
Review Skill: Author’s Purpose
Grammar Focus: Negatives (Correct double negatives)
Writing: How to Letter