English Language Arts Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will examine the topics of self-awareness and identity while citing sources through comparing, contrasting, and presenting through various media sources, fiction, and non-fiction texts. 

Outcomes and Components:

LA.6.7

Students will determine the main idea of nonfiction texts by analyzing text evidence and structure.

Pacing  

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Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)
 

LA.6.7.1

Read and evaluate grade level books or articles to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

6.RI.1

6.RI.10
 

LA.6.7.2

Determine a 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.

6.RI.2
 

LA.6.7.3

Determine the figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text including Greek or Latin affixes or roots.

6.RI.4

6.L.4b
 

LA.6.7.4

Analyze in detail how an individual event or idea is introduced and elaborated on in a text.

6.RI.3

Academic Vocabulary: text structure, compare/contrast, chronological order, sequence, problem/solution, affix, roots

Content Vocabulary: