6th Grade ELA Common Core
Course Outline
Course Outline
L 6.3 ------- Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and styleRL6.6 ------- Point of View
L 6.1 ------- Pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive), intensive pronouns, pronoun shifts, vague pronouns
RL 6.9 -------Compare/Contrast RL6.6 and RI6.6
W 6.9 ------- Write paragraphs from different points of view
RL 6.1 -------Tone & Mood
L 6.4 ------- Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L 6.3 ------- Maintain consistency in style and tone.
L 6.5 ------- Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations (definitions)
RL 6.2 -------Theme & Summary
RI 6.2 ------- Central ideas and details & summary
L 6.2 ------- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
RL 6.3 -------Plot Elements
RI 6.3 ------- Analyze individual, event, or idea and how it’s introduced
RL 6.5 ------- Analyze sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza in plot development
RI 6.5 ------- Analyze sentence, paragraph, chapter, section in idea development
L 6.4 ------- Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word
RL 6.1 ------- Character Traits (explicitly/inferences)
RL 6.9 -------Compare/Contrast literature & informational text for the above strands
W 6.9 ------- Draw evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
L . 6.4 ------- Consult reference materials (print & digital), to find the pronunciation of a word, determine/clarify meaning, or part of speech.
RL 6.1 ------- Cite textual evidence explicitly & inferences
RI 6.1 ------- Cite textual evidence explicitly & inferences
RL 6.4 -------Figurative Language (explicitly/inferences) (literal)
RL 6.1 ------- Setting (explicitly/inferences)
RL 6.9 -------Compare/Contrast RL6.2 and RI 6.2
W 6.9 ------- Draw evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
RI 6.8 ------- Trace & evaluate arguments
RI 6.9 ------- Compare/Contrast author’s presentations
W 6.1 ------- Write arguments to support claims with reasons & evidence
W 6.4 ------- Produce writing with appropriate development, organization & style
W 6.5 ------- Plan, revise, edit, to strengthen writing with support from peers & teacher
W 6.6 ------- Use technology to produce and publish writing
L 6.5 -------Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
RL 6.5 -------Analyze Stanza (Poems)
RL6.7 ------- Compare/Contrast listening and viewing poem, story, or drama
W 6.9 ------- Draw evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
RL 6.9 -------Compare/Contrast Genres
W 6.9 ------- Draw evidence from text to support analysis, reflection, and research
RI 6.7 ------- Compare/Contrast different media
W 6.7 ------- Conduct short research project
W 6.8 ------- Gather information from multiple print & digital sources
W 6.4 ------- Produce writing with appropriate development, organization & style
W 6.5 ------- Plan, revise, edit, to strengthen writing with support from peers & teacher
W 6.6 ------- Use technology to produce and publish writing
W 6.3 ------- Write Narrative text
W 6.2 ------- Write Informative/Explanatory text
- RL is Reading Literature (fiction text)
- RI is Reading Informational (nonfiction text)
- W is Writing
- L is Language