Kathryn Backus
About me
My name is Ms. Backus and this is my second year at JCMS! I have one dog, Bear, and two cats. I grew up North of Atlanta, but have recently moved to Madison. I am thrilled to begin this year with you and your student!
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The grade six standards define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of the grade. Students should be able to comprehend more challenging books and articles, basing all of their analyses, inferences, and claims on explicit and relevant evidence from the texts. Students will expand on their ability to identify central ideas by identifying how those themes are shaped and conveyed by particular details. Their analysis of basic literary elements will extend to identifying connections and complexities within narratives and how individual elements weave together to advance plot and reveal character. The evaluation of the impact of language on tone, connotative and denotative meaning. These skills will be incorporated into the student's own narrative and expository writing. Students will become increasingly adept at understanding figurative language, author’s purpose and point of view. Students will begin to tackle more technical informational texts as well.
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