6th Grade ELA (Mississippi CCR Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.6.1 Back up analysis of a story, both stated and inferred meaning, with evidence from the text.
• RL.6.2 Find a theme or central idea, show how details carry it, and summarize the text.
• RL.6.3 Describe how a plot develops episode by episode and how characters react or change.
• RL.6.4 Work out word and phrase meanings, including figurative ones, and how word choice affects tone.
• RL.6.5 Explain how one sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits the whole and builds theme, setting, or plot.
• RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the viewpoint of the narrator or speaker.
• RL.6.7 Compare reading a story, play, or poem with hearing or watching a version of it.
• RL.6.8 (Not applicable to literature.)
• RL.6.9 Compare how texts in different forms or genres treat similar themes and topics.
• RL.6.10 Read grade 6–8 band literature well, with support at the top of the range.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.6.1 Use text evidence to support analysis of what an informational text states and implies.
• RI.6.2 Find a central idea, show how details convey it, and summarize without personal opinion.
• RI.6.3 Analyze how a text introduces and develops a key person, event, or idea, such as with examples.
• RI.6.4 Work out word meanings, including figurative, connotative, and technical ones.
• RI.6.5 Explain how one sentence, paragraph, or section fits the structure and builds the ideas.
• RI.6.6 Identify the author's point of view or purpose and how it comes across.
• RI.6.7 Combine information from words, visuals, and other media to understand a topic.
• RI.6.8 Follow an argument and judge which claims are backed by reasons and evidence.
• RI.6.9 Compare two authors' accounts of the same events, such as a memoir and a biography.
• RI.6.10 Read grade 6–8 band nonfiction well, with support at the top of the range.

Writing (W)

• W.6.1 Write arguments that back claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
  • a. State the claim and lay out reasons and evidence in a clear order.
  • b. Support the claim with reasons and evidence from credible sources.
  • c. Use linking words and phrases to connect claims and reasons.
  • d. Keep a formal style throughout.
  • e. End with a conclusion that follows from the argument.
• W.6.2 Write informative or explanatory texts that examine a topic with well-chosen, organized content.
  • a. Introduce the topic and organize ideas, using structures such as comparison or cause and effect, plus headings or graphics.
  • b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations, and examples.
  • c. Use transitions to show how ideas connect.
  • d. Use exact language and subject vocabulary.
  • e. Keep a formal style throughout.
  • f. End with a conclusion that follows from the explanation.
• W.6.3 Write real or imagined narratives with good technique, detail, and a clear sequence of events.
  • a. Set the scene, introduce a narrator or characters, and order events naturally.
  • b. Use dialogue, pacing, and description to develop events and characters.
  • c. Use transition words to show sequence and changes in time or place.
  • d. Use exact words and sensory details to bring events to life.
  • e. End with a conclusion that follows from the events.
• W.6.4 Write clearly and coherently, matching development and style to task, purpose, and audience.
• W.6.5 With help from peers and adults, improve writing by planning, revising, editing, or rewriting.
• W.6.6 Use technology and the internet to publish and collaborate; show adequate keyboarding.
• W.6.7 Carry out short research projects that answer a question using several sources.
• W.6.8 Gather information from print and digital sources, judge credibility, and quote or paraphrase without plagiarism.
• W.6.9 Draw on evidence from literary or informational texts in analysis and research.
  • a. Apply grade 6 literature reading standards in writing.
  • b. Apply grade 6 informational reading standards in writing.
• W.6.10 Write regularly, over both long and short time frames, for many tasks and audiences.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.6.1 Take part well in different discussions on grade 6 topics and texts, adding to others' ideas.
  • a. Prepare for discussions and use evidence from the material to explore ideas.
  • b. Follow discussion rules, set goals and deadlines, and take on roles.
  • c. Ask and answer specific questions with detail that keeps to the topic.
  • d. Review key ideas and show understanding of different perspectives.
• SL.6.2 Interpret information from different media and formats and explain how it adds to a topic.
• SL.6.3 Outline a speaker's argument and tell supported claims from unsupported ones.
• SL.6.4 Present claims and findings in a logical order with relevant detail, good eye contact, and clear voice.
• SL.6.5 Add multimedia and visual displays to presentations to make information clearer.
• SL.6.6 Adjust speech to the context and task, using formal English when suitable.

Language (L)

• L.6.1 Use standard English grammar and usage in writing and speech.
  • a. Use the right pronoun case.
  • b. Use intensive pronouns such as myself.
  • c. Spot and fix unsuitable shifts in pronoun number and person.
  • d. Spot and fix vague pronouns.
  • e. Notice nonstandard English and use strategies to improve expression.
• L.6.2 Use standard capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in writing.
  • a. Use commas, parentheses, or dashes around nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements.
  • b. Spell words correctly.
• L.6.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions.
  • a. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, interest, and style.
  • b. Keep style and tone consistent.
• L.6.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using a range of strategies.
  • a. Use context as a clue to word meaning.
  • b. Use Greek and Latin roots and affixes as clues.
  • c. Use print and digital reference works to check pronunciation, meaning, or part of speech.
• L.6.5 Understand figurative language, word relationships, and shades of meaning.
  • a. Interpret figures of speech such as personification.
  • b. Use relationships such as cause and effect or part and whole to understand words.
  • c. Tell apart the connotations of words with similar definitions.
• L.6.6 Learn and use grade-level academic and subject-specific words and phrases.