Grade 6 Language Arts
Unit 3: Standards and Benchmarks
Unit 3: Standards and Benchmarks
CA: CCCS: English Language Arts 6–12, CA: Grade 6, Reading: Literature
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. (See grade 6 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
6. Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
CA: CCCS: English Language Arts 6–12, CA: Grade 6, Writing
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
1c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
CA: CCCS: English Language Arts 6–12, CA: Grade 6, Speaking & Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
1d. Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing.
CA: English Language Arts, CA: Grade 6, Reading
1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
Word Recognition
1.1 Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.
Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.2 Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings.
2.0 Reading Comprehension
2.4 Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports.
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
3.2 Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e. g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.
3.4 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.
3.6 Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images.
English Language Learner (ELL), Grades 6-8, Listening & Speaking (Intermediate)
Strategies and Applications: Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication
Prepare and deliver short presentations on ideas, premises, or images obtained from various common sources.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. (See grade 6 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.) CA
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
5. Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
6. Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
CA: CCCS: English Language Arts 6–12, CA: Grade 6, Writing
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
1c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
CA: CCCS: English Language Arts 6–12, CA: Grade 6, Speaking & Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
1d. Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing.
CA: English Language Arts, CA: Grade 6, Reading
1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
Word Recognition
1.1 Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently and accurately and with appropriate pacing, intonation, and expression.
Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.2 Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings.
2.0 Reading Comprehension
2.4 Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports.
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
3.2 Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e. g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.
3.4 Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.
3.6 Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images.
English Language Learner (ELL), Grades 6-8, Listening & Speaking (Intermediate)
Strategies and Applications: Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication
Prepare and deliver short presentations on ideas, premises, or images obtained from various common sources.