ELA 6th Grade Informational Text

Description

• Cite textual evidence to support analysis of an informational text

• Summarize an informational text including the main idea and key details and omitting personal opinions or judgments

• Determine the connotative meaning of particular words and phrases based on context in an informational text and distinguish between the connotations of words with similar meanings (e.g., alert vs. watchful)

• Explain an author's opinion or viewpoint and how it is conveyed in an informational text

• Explain how an author's use of words and phrases including figurative language contributes to an informational text by clarifying an idea or description

• Analyze an informational text's structure to determine how a particular part fits in and contributes to the development of ideas (e.g., purpose of a specific sentence, organization of supporting details)

• Analyze the reasons and evidence given to support an argument, recognizing when claims are not supported or are not adequately supported

• Integrate visual, quantitative, and written information to develop a coherent explanation of a topic or issue (e.g., read source material to gather information for a research topic)

• Read regularly and independently in sixth-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension

• Analyze characteristics of different forms of informational text including argument and literary nonfiction (e.g., essays, speeches, autobiographies, biographies) explaining structural differences and modes of discourse (e.g., narration, description, exposition, and argument)