English Language Arts 6
Grade 6 English Language Arts Course Description
In sixth grade, students read grade‐ appropriate, complex literature and informational text and cite textual evidence to support analyses. They examine how authors use reasons to make their points and support arguments with evidence, separating unsupported ideas from those backed by evidence. Students analyze both the structure and content of complex, grade‐appropriate texts, determining how sentences and paragraphs within texts influence and contribute to the unfolding of a plot and the development and elaboration of events or ideas. Students share their findings in class discussions, practicing how logically to sequence ideas and highlight the themes and key details they find most persuasive. Students’ vocabularies expand as they become more attuned to using context, knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes, and word analysis to determine the meaning of academic words. Students are increasingly challenged to sharpen their ability to write and speak with more clarity and coherence, providing clear reasons and relevant evidence. Students learn how writers try to influence readers while discovering how they can do the same in their own prose. They know how to answer questions through writing and can use rewriting opportunities to refine their understanding of a text or topic. They also take a critical stance toward sources and apply criteria for identifying reliable information as opposed to mere conjecture.
Grade 6 Intensive Learning Support English Language Arts Course Description
Academic Transition is a smaller ELA setting with two dual certified teachers. This allows students to learn the sixth grade curriculum with the appropriate amount of supports needed for them to succeed. We also do quarterly diagnostic testing to track student progress and success. In sixth grade, students read grade‐ appropriate, complex literature and informational text and cite textual evidence to support analyses. They examine how authors use reasons to make their points and support arguments with evidence, separating unsupported ideas from those backed by evidence. Students analyze both the structure and content of complex, grade‐appropriate texts, determining how sentences and paragraphs within texts influence and contribute to the unfolding of a plot and the development and elaboration of events or ideas. Students share their findings in class discussions, practicing how logically to sequence ideas and highlight the themes and key details they find most persuasive. Students’ vocabularies expand as they become more attuned to using context, knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes, and word analysis to determine the meaning of academic words. Students are increasingly challenged to sharpen their ability to write and speak with more clarity and coherence, providing clear reasons and relevant evidence. Students learn how writers try to influence readers while discovering how they can do the same in their own prose. They know how to answer questions through writing and can use rewriting opportunities to refine their understanding of a text or topic. They also take a critical stance toward sources and apply criteria for identifying reliable information as opposed to mere conjecture.
Key Ideas and Details—Literature Text
Cite evidence to support inferences, generalizations, or analyses.
Analyze theme.
Provide a summary.
Describe how a plot unfolds.
Key Ideas and Details—Informational Text
Cite evidence to support inferences or generalizations.
Analyze a central idea.
Provide a summary.
Analyze how ideas interact.
Craft and Structure, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas—Literature Text
Determine author’s purpose.
Determine author’s point of view.
Determine author’s use of text structure.
Determine author’s use of figurative language.
Analyze the impact of word choice.
Compare authors’ approaches to themes.
Craft and Structure, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas—Informational Text
Analyze author’s point of view or purpose.
Analyze author’s use of text structure.
Determine author’s use of word meanings.
Determine author’s use of figurative language.
Evaluate arguments or claims.
Compare authors’ presentations of events.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Determine meaning of words or phrases.
Interpret figurative language.
Text Dependent Analysis
Requires students to read a literary or informational text and then use effective communication skills to write an essay in response to a complex prompt, response making inferences about the author’s meaning by drawing evidence from the text, both explicit and implicit, to support an overall analysis of the reading elements.