Literature
Key Ideas and Details
Standard
Focus Skills
Description
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3
Describe how plot unfolds in a series of events
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)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.2
Explain how themes are conveyed through details
Determine themes of literary texts and explain how they are conveyed through particular details
CCSS.ELA- Literacy.RL.6.1
Cite text details in literary text analysis
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)
Craft and Structure
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4
Determine connotations in literary texts
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)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4
Explain impact of figurative language on a text
Explain the meaning and impact of figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification) in literary texts, including poetry
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.6
Explain how point of view influences a story
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)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.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