Grade+6+Language+Arts

Ramona Unified School District Grade 6 ESSENTIAL STANDARDS ESSENTIAL DEVELOPING EMERGING Word Analysis, Fluency and Systematic Vocabulary Development 17% 1.2  ** Vocabulary and Concept Development: **identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings  ||||  1.1  ** Word Recognition: **read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately, and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression  || 1.4  ** Vocabulary and Concept Development: **monitor expository text for unknown words or words with novel meanings by using word, sentence, and paragraph clues to determine meaning  ||||  1.3  ** Vocabulary and Concept Development: **recognize the origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English and use these words accurately in speaking and writing  || 1.5  ** Vocabulary and Concept Development: **understand and explain "shades of meaning" in related words (e.g., softly and quietly)  || Reading Comprehension 23% 2.1  ** Structural Features of Informational Materials: **identify the structural features of popular media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, online information) and use the features to obtain information  |||| <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 2.6  ** Expository Critique: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the evidence for an author’s conclusions  || <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 2.2  ** Structural Features of Informational Materials: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern  || 2.3  ** Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to other sources and related topics  |||| <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 2.7  ** Expository Critique: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations  || <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 2.4  ** Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports  || 2.5  ** Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">follow multiple-step instructions for preparing applications (e.g., for a public library card, bank savings account, sports club, league membership)  || 2.8  ** Expository Critique: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">note instances of unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, persuasion, and propaganda in text  || Literacy Response and Analysis 16% 3.2  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e.g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict  |||| <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 3.4  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme  || <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 3.1  ** Structural Features of Literature: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">identify the forms of fiction and describe the major characteristics of each form  || 3.6  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images  |||| <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 3.5  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">identify the speaker and recognize the difference between first-and third–person narration (e.g., autobiography compared with biography)  || <span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"> 3.3  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">analyze the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution  || 3.7  ** Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">explain the effects of common literary devices (e.g., symbolism, imagery, metaphor) in a variety of fictional and nonfictional texts  || 3.8  ** Literary Criticism: **<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">critique the credibility of characterization and the degree to which a plot is contrived or realistic (e.g., compare use of fact and fantasy in historical fiction)  ||
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