/N RL. 6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 1,2, 4, 5, 6, 8 Keys Ideas RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. 4,8 RL. 6.3 Describe how a particular story or drama s plot unfolds in a series episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. 1, 3, 4, 5 s for Literature 6-12 RL. 6.4 RL. 6.5 Determine the meaning words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact a specific word choice on meaning and tone. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure a text and contributes to the development the theme, setting, or plot. 2, 4, 6 1, 4, 5, 6 RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point view the narrator or speaker in a text. 2, 5, 6, 7 RL. 6.7 Compare and contrast the experience reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version the text, including contrasting what they see and hear when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch. 6, 8 RL. 6.8 (t applicable to literature) Page1
RL. 6 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms their approaches to similar themes and topics. 5, 8 es or RI. 6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 1, 2, 3, 5,7, 8 Key Ideas RI. 6.2 Determine a central idea a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. 3, 5 RI. 6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). 3, 5 s for Informational Text 6-12 RI. 6.4 RI. 6.5 Determine the meaning words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure a text and contributes to the development the ideas. 3, 7 1, 3, 7 RI. 6.6 Determine an author s point view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. 2, 7 RI. 6.7 Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding a topic or issue. 3, 8 Page2
RI. 6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. 7, 8 RI.6. Compare and contrast one author s presentation events with that another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). 5, 8 es or Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis primary and secondary sources s for Literacy in History/Socia l Studies 6-12 Key Ideas Determine the central ideas or information a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. Identify key steps in a text's description a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). Determine the meaning words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domain related to history/social studies. Determine how a text presents information (e.g. sequentially, comparative, casually). Identify aspects a text that reveal an author's point view or purpose (e.g., loaded language inclusion or avoidance particular facts). Page3
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. es or Cite textual evidence to support analysis science and technical texts. Key Ideas Determine the central ideas or conclusions a text; provide an accurate summary the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. s for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, or performing technical tasks. Determine the meaning symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding the topic. Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text. Page4
Integrate quantative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same text. es or Language s 6-12 Convention s English L. 6.1 Demonstrate command the conventions 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.* 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 L. 6.2 Demonstrate command the conventions standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set f nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.* b. Spell correctly. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Page5
Language L. 6.3 Use knowledge language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. a. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.* b. Maintain consistency in style and tone.* 6, 7 es or Vocabulary Acquisition and Use L. 6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning a sentence or paragraph; a word s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part speech. d. Verify the preliminary determination the meaning a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary). 1, 4, 6, 8 Page6
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use L. 6.5 Demonstrate understanding figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figures speech (e.g., personification) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, un-wasteful, thrifty). 1, 6, 7 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use L. 6.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Page7