ELA 6th Grade Literature

Description

• Describe the development of the plot, in particular how plot unfolds in a series of events or episodes (e.g., exposition and character development, rising action and falling action, turning point and climax, conflict and resolution)

• Determine themes of literary texts and explain how they are conveyed through particular details

• Cite textual evidence to support analysis of a literary text (e.g., point out the part of the text that supports an inference about the character's motivation; list details that support an inference about the theme)

• Determine the connotative meaning of particular words and phrases based on context in a literary text and distinguish between the connotations of words with similar meanings (e.g., smile vs. smirk)

• Explain the meaning and impact of figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification) in literary texts, including poetry

• Explain how point of view influences the way the story is told and how the author develops the point of view of the narrator or the speaker (e.g., what the narrative descriptions reveal about the narrator)

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