Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
Standards
Focus Skills
Description
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.1
Cite details in support of text analysis
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of an informational text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.2
Summarize text while omitting personal opinions
Summarize an informational text including the main idea and key details and omitting personal opinions or judgments
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.4
Determine connotations in informational texts
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)
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.6
Explain an author's opinion, how it's conveyed
Explain an author's opinion or viewpoint and how it is conveyed in an informational text
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.4
Explain how author's word choices clarify ideas
Explain how an author's use of words and phrases including figurative language contributes to an informational text by clarifying an idea or description
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.5
Determine how text structure develops ideas
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)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.8
Analyze reasons given to support an argument
Analyze the reasons and evidence given to support an argument, recognizing when claims are not supported or are not adequately supported
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RI.6.7
Integrate information to explain topic or issue
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)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10
Read independently in grade appropriate texts
Read regularly and independently in sixth-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.10
Compare characteristics of informational texts
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)