Grade 6 reading and writing skills

• Reading: Literature
• Reading: Informational Text
• Writing
• Speaking and Listening
• Language

Reading: Literature RL · 9 standards · 8 covered, 1 partly covered

• RL.6.1
  Covered

  Cite text evidence to support analysis and inferences

  • Unit 9 · Reading Closely: Making Inferences, Citing Text Evidence
• RL.6.2
  Covered

  Find a theme, show how details convey it and write an objective summary

  • Unit 1 · Reading Literature: Theme Through Details
  • Unit 9 · Reading Closely: Summarizing Fiction
• RL.6.3
  Covered

  Describe how a plot unfolds and how characters respond and change

  • Unit 1 · Reading Literature: Plot Structure, Character Development
  • Unit 10 · Characters and Conflict (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• RL.6.4
  Covered

  Work out figurative and connotative meanings and how word choice shapes tone

  • Unit 5 · Poetry: Imagery and Figurative Language, Tone and Mood
  • Unit 12 · Vocabulary Builders: Denotation and Connotation
• RL.6.5
  Covered

  Analyze how a sentence, chapter, scene or stanza fits the whole

  • Unit 5 · Poetry: Poetic Forms
  • Unit 9 · Reading Closely: Analyzing a Key Scene
• RL.6.6
  Covered

  Explain how an author develops the narrator's point of view

  • Unit 1 · Reading Literature: The Narrator's Point of View
• RL.6.7
  Covered

  Compare reading a text with listening to or watching it

  • Unit 6 · Drama: Reading Versus Watching
• RL.6.9
  Covered

  Compare texts in different genres on similar themes

  • Unit 18 · Myths, Folktales and Genre: Comparing Genres on a Theme
• RL.6.10
  Partly covered

  Read grade 6–8 literature proficiently

  Passages in lessons are excerpts; whole novels aren't assigned in lessons (the Library has classics).

  • Unit 9 · Reading Closely (whole unit, 9 lessons)
  • Unit 18 · Myths, Folktales and Genre (whole unit, 7 lessons)

Reading: Informational Text RI · 10 standards · 7 covered, 2 partly covered

• RI.6.1
  Covered

  Cite text evidence to support analysis of nonfiction

  • Unit 2 · Reading Informational Texts: Evaluating Evidence
  • Unit 9 · Reading Closely: Citing Text Evidence
• RI.6.2
  Covered

  Find a central idea and write an objective summary

  • Unit 2 · Reading Informational Texts: Central Idea
• RI.6.3
  Partly covered

  Analyze how a person, event or idea is introduced and developed

  Covered inside text-structure lessons, not as its own skill.

  • Unit 2 · Reading Informational Texts: Central Idea
  • Unit 13 · Text Structures in Nonfiction: Description and Definition
• RI.6.4
  Covered

  Work out word meanings in nonfiction, including technical words

  • Unit 3 · Language: Context Clues and Roots
  • Unit 12 · Vocabulary Builders: Academic Vocabulary
• RI.6.5
  Covered

  Analyze how a sentence, paragraph or section fits the whole

  • Unit 13 · Text Structures in Nonfiction: How a Section Fits the Whole
• RI.6.6
  Covered

  Find the author's point of view or purpose

  • Unit 2 · Reading Informational Texts: Author's Purpose
• RI.6.7
  Covered

  Combine information from different media and formats

  • Unit 7 · Research and Media: Using Visual Information
• RI.6.8
  Covered

  Trace and evaluate an argument and its claims

  • Unit 2 · Reading Informational Texts: Evaluating Evidence, Tracing an Argument
• RI.6.9
  Not covered

  Compare one author's account of events with another's

  Not taught as its own skill in grade 6 (it is in grade 7).

• RI.6.10
  Partly covered

  Read grade 6–8 nonfiction proficiently

  Short passages in lessons.

  • Unit 13 · Text Structures in Nonfiction (whole unit, 7 lessons)

Writing W · 10 standards · 0 covered, 8 partly covered

• W.6.1
  Partly covered

  Write arguments with clear claims, reasons and evidence

  Each part is taught and practiced with short answers; students don't write and hand in whole essays in the app.

  • Unit 4 · Writing: Writing an Argument
  • Unit 17 · Argument and Persuasion (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.6.2
  Partly covered

  Write informative and explanatory texts

  Taught step by step and practiced with short answers; no full pieces are written in the app.

  • Unit 4 · Writing: Informative Writing
  • Unit 16 · Informative Writing Workshop (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• W.6.3
  Partly covered

  Write narratives with techniques like dialogue, pacing and description

  Taught step by step and practiced with short answers; no full pieces are written in the app.

  • Unit 4 · Writing: Narrative Techniques
  • Unit 15 · Narrative Writing Workshop (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• W.6.4
  Partly covered

  Write clearly, with organization and style that fit the task

  Practiced through short answers and examples.

  • Unit 14 · The Writing Process (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.6.5
  Partly covered

  Plan, revise, edit and rewrite

  Practiced on sample writing, not the student's own.

  • Unit 14 · The Writing Process (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.6.6
  Not covered

  Use technology to publish and work with others, with keyboarding skills

• W.6.7
  Partly covered

  Do short research projects

  Lessons explain how; projects happen away from the app.

  • Unit 7 · Research and Media (whole unit, 4 lessons)
• W.6.8
  Partly covered

  Gather sources, judge their credibility, quote or paraphrase and cite

  • Unit 7 · Research and Media: Gathering Sources, Judging Credibility, Quote, Paraphrase, Cite
• W.6.9
  Partly covered

  Use evidence from texts to support analysis and research

  Practiced with short answers.

  • Unit 4 · Writing: Citing Evidence
  • Unit 10 · Characters and Conflict: Writing a Character Analysis
• W.6.10
  Not covered

  Write routinely, over short and extended time frames

  The app doesn't include regular free writing.

Speaking and Listening SL · 6 standards · 0 covered, 6 partly covered

• SL.6.1
  Partly covered

  Take part in collaborative discussions

  Discussion skills are taught; discussions themselves happen away from the app.

  • Unit 8 · Conventions and Communication: Collaborative Discussion
  • Unit 19 · Speaking and Listening: Preparing for Discussion, Building on Others' Ideas
• SL.6.2
  Partly covered

  Interpret information presented in different media

  Taught with reading lessons.

  • Unit 7 · Research and Media: Using Visual Information
• SL.6.3
  Partly covered

  Follow a speaker's argument and claims

  Taught from written examples.

  • Unit 19 · Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker's Claims
• SL.6.4
  Partly covered

  Present claims and findings with logical order and clear delivery

  Presenting is explained; students don't present in the app.

  • Unit 8 · Conventions and Communication: Presenting Ideas
• SL.6.5
  Partly covered

  Add multimedia and visual displays to presentations

  Explained, not practiced.

  • Unit 19 · Speaking and Listening: Multimedia Presentations
• SL.6.6
  Partly covered

  Adapt speech to the situation, using formal English when it fits

  Explained, not practiced.

  • Unit 8 · Conventions and Communication: Presenting Ideas

Language L · 6 standards · 5 covered, 1 partly covered

• L.6.1
  Covered

  Use pronouns correctly: case, intensive pronouns, shifts and vague pronouns

  • Unit 3 · Language: Pronoun Case, Clear Pronouns
  • Unit 20 · Grammar Clinic: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
• L.6.2
  Covered

  Use commas, parentheses and dashes for extra information; spell correctly

  • Unit 8 · Conventions and Communication: Commas, Dashes and Parentheses, Spelling Strategies
  • Unit 20 · Grammar Clinic (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• L.6.3
  Partly covered

  Vary sentence patterns and keep style and tone consistent

  Sentence types and consistency are taught; style and tone get less practice.

  • Unit 11 · Parts of Speech and Sentences: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
  • Unit 20 · Grammar Clinic: Consistent Verb Tense
• L.6.4
  Covered

  Use context, Greek and Latin roots and reference works to find meanings

  • Unit 3 · Language: Context Clues and Roots
  • Unit 12 · Vocabulary Builders: Greek Roots, Latin Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes, Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
• L.6.5
  Covered

  Understand figurative language, word relationships and connotations

  • Unit 3 · Language: Figurative Language
  • Unit 12 · Vocabulary Builders: Denotation and Connotation, Synonyms and Antonyms
• L.6.6
  Covered

  Use grade 6 academic and subject words

  • Unit 12 · Vocabulary Builders: Academic Vocabulary

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