6th grade ELA Unit 1 Review Activity

Stephanie Conley
Megan Wiggley
9/3/15
Introduction
6th grade students cover their first ELA unit during the first 4 weeks of school. In this lesson, 6th grade
ELA teacher Megan Wiggley and I collaborated on a Kahoot! review activity. Students use their own
mobile devices or school-owned iPads to participate in the review activity. The Kahoot! questions are
projected on to a screen, and the students answer the questions with their mobile devices.
Standards
ELAGSE6RL1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE6RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through
particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

ELAGSE6RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word
choice on meaning and tone.
ELAGSE6L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
a. Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
b. Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
c. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
d. Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
e. Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and
identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.*
Essential Question
What are the main concepts in Unit 1?
Activity
Before review: Mrs. Wiggley and I used her Kahoot! account to create a review quiz covering Unit 1 ELA
information.
During activity:
Class came to media center; those who have BYOT consent were reminded to bring their mobile
devices.
Students without their own mobile devices signed out school-owned iPads.
Kahoot! review quiz was projected on to screen at the front of the room.
Students were told to go to kahoot.it and enter the code projected on the screen.
Mrs. Wiggley and I walked around and confirmed that every student was signed in and ready.

Each question was projected and a timer counted down. The screen indicated when each
student answered.
When the time was done for each question, the correct answer was shown and the leading
scorers were listed.
When the final question was done, the final winners were listed. The game can be reset and
played again.

Resources
https://getkahoot.com/
https://kahoot.it
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/ELA-6-8.aspx
Unit 1 lesson plans and resources to write review questions
student-owned mobile devices
school-owned mini iPads
LCD projector and screen