6th Grade ELA (New York Next Generation)

Reading (Literary and Informational)

• 6R1 (RI&RL) Cite evidence to analyze what a text says directly and implies, and draw sensible inferences.
• 6R2 (RI&RL) Find a theme or central idea, show how key details build it and summarize the text.
• 6R3 (RL) Describe how a plot unfolds and how characters respond or change on the way to the resolution.
• 6R3 (RI) Analyze how people, events and ideas are introduced, connected and developed in an informational text.
• 6R4 (RI&RL) Work out literal, figurative and connotative meanings and analyze how word choice shapes tone and mood.
• 6R5 (RL) Analyze how one part of a literary text fits the whole and builds theme, setting or plot.
• 6R5 (RI) Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, chapter or section fits the overall structure and supports central ideas.
• 6R6 (RL) Identify the point of view in a literary text and explain how it is developed.
• 6R6 (RI) Explain how an author's location or culture shapes the author's viewpoint.
• 6R7 (RI&RL) Compare how different formats, including print and digital media, add to understanding of a subject.
• 6R8 (RI&RL) Trace and evaluate an argument, separating claims backed by relevant evidence from unsupported ones.
• 6R9 (RI&RL) Judge text quality with set criteria and link texts to ideas, cultures, eras and their own experience.

Writing

• 6W1 Write arguments that back claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
• 6W1a State a precise claim, set it apart from counterclaims and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
• 6W1b Back claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence from credible sources, showing understanding of the topic.
• 6W1c Argue with precise language and subject vocabulary.
• 6W1d Use suitable linking words to hold the argument together and show how ideas relate.
• 6W1e End with a statement or section explaining why the argument matters.
• 6W1f Keep a style and tone that suit the task.
• 6W2 Write informative or explanatory texts that examine a topic through chosen and organized content.
• 6W2a Introduce the topic clearly and organize ideas by definition, classification, comparison or cause and effect.
• 6W2b Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, details, quotations or examples, adding graphics or media when useful.
• 6W2c Explain the topic with precise language and subject vocabulary.
• 6W2d Use suitable linking words to hold the text together and show how ideas relate.
• 6W2e End with a statement explaining why the information matters.
• 6W2f Set and keep a style that suits the task.
• 6W3 Write narratives of real or imagined events with good technique, descriptive detail and clear order.
• 6W3a Draw the reader in by introducing a narrator or characters.
• 6W3b Use dialogue, description and other techniques to develop experiences, events and characters.
• 6W3c Use linking words and phrases to show order and changes of time or place.
• 6W3d Convey experiences and events with exact words, description and sensory language.
• 6W3e Finish with an ending that grows out of the events and reflects on them.
• 6W4 Respond creatively to a text, author, theme or personal experience, for example with a poem, story, play or artwork.
• 6W5 Use evidence from literature or informational texts as support for analysis, reflection and research.
• 6W6 Research questions, including their own, using several sources and refocusing as needed.
• 6W7 Gather information from several sources, judge credibility, paraphrase or quote correctly and cite sources.

Speaking and Listening

• 6SL1 Take part well in group discussions with varied partners, stating ideas clearly and building on others' ideas.
• 6SL1a Come ready and use evidence from the material to probe and reflect on ideas.
• 6SL1b Follow discussion norms, set goals and deadlines and define roles as needed.
• 6SL1c Ask and answer specific questions with detail, making comments that move the topic forward.
• 6SL1d Consider others' ideas and show understanding of different viewpoints by reflecting and paraphrasing.
• 6SL2 Interpret visual, numerical and spoken information and explain how it relates to the topic.
• 6SL3 Identify a speaker's argument and claims, telling supported claims from unsupported ones.
• 6SL4 Present claims and findings in a logical order with relevant details, using eye contact, good volume and clear speech.
• 6SL5 Add digital media or visuals that clarify information and stress central ideas.
• 6SL6 Adapt speech to different settings and tasks, using formal English when suitable.

Language

• 6L3 Apply what they know about how English works whenever they write, speak, read or listen.
• 6L3a Vary sentence patterns for meaning, interest and style.
• 6L3b Keep style and tone consistent.
• 6L4 Use a range of strategies flexibly to work out unknown and multiple-meaning words.
• 6L4a Use context, such as the sentence's meaning or a word's position, as a clue to meaning.
• 6L4b Use common Greek or Latin roots and affixes suited to grade 6 as hints to meaning.
• 6L4c Check pronunciation, exact meaning or part of speech in reference tools.
• 6L4d Check a first guess at a word's meaning in context or in a dictionary.
• 6L5 Understand figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
• 6L5a Interpret figurative language, including personification, in context.
• 6L5b Use relationships such as cause and effect, part and whole or item and category to understand words better.
• 6L5c Tell apart the associations (connotations) of words with similar dictionary meanings.
• 6L6 Learn and use correctly general academic and subject words, using them to understand and express ideas.