Grade 6

Word Relationship Meaning

Craft and Structure

Key Ideas and Evidence

Communication and Collaboration

Compose and Publish

Grammar and Usage

Identify a known root as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (addition, additional).

Determine the meaning of a word when an affix is added to the root of a word. 

Identify and explain the elements of a story and how they interact to form plot structure. 

Explain how the author develops their point of view.

Compare and contrast story elements across various mediums. 

Determine the meaning of words in a text including figurative and connotative meaning and analyze the impact on meaning and tone. 

Identify literary elements and explain their effect on the text.  

Analyze how two authors present their point of view on the same theme, topic or event. 

Determine and synthesize common themes across texts and how they are conveyed through specific details. 

Compare and contrast how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning and tone of an idea.

Provide an objective summary and analysis of a text. 

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Describe how an author or character’s culture and experiences contribute to their perspectives. 

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.

Ask questions to seek clarification of ideas during discussions while persuasively expressing ideas.  

Collaborate effectively as group members while building on the ideas of others and clearly expressing one's own perspective.

Implement presentation skills (eye contact, gestures, and appropriate voice) with visual cues. 

Compose argument pieces on topics or texts, supporting point of view with reasons and information.  

Produce clear and coherent paragraphs on a variety of topics in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Compose informative texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly, including comparison/contrast writing, and persuasive writing using precise language and domain specific vocabulary to explain the topic. 

Compose an original thesis statement for the argument with teacher support. 

Utilize digital tools to produce and publish writing in collaboration with peers. 

Identify the function of a noun in a sentence.

Compose and use verb phrases. 

Continue identification and use of main parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions). 

Accurately chose the correct coordinating conjunction and punctuate sentences appropriately. 

Accurately choose when to use an adjective or an adverb. 

Compose simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex sentences. 

 Demonstrate the use of commas correctly in a variety of sentence structures.