6th Grade ELA (Ohio's Learning Standards)

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says and inferences drawn.
• RL.6.2 Analyze how a theme develops through details and summarize the text objectively.
  • a. Find the theme and how details convey it.
  • b. Write an objective summary with theme and details.
• RL.6.3 Describe how a plot unfolds in episodes and how characters change as it moves to resolution.
• RL.6.4 Work out figurative and connotative meanings and analyze how word choice affects tone.
• RL.6.5 Analyze how a passage fits the text's structure and develops theme, setting or plot.
• RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker.
• RL.6.7 Compare reading a text with listening to or watching a performance of it.
• RL.6.9 Compare how texts in different forms, such as stories and poems, treat similar themes.
• RL.6.10 Read grades 6–8 literature proficiently, making connections that deepen understanding.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• RI.6.1 Cite evidence to support analysis of what the text says and inferences.
• RI.6.2 Analyze how a central idea develops through details and summarize objectively.
  • a. Find the central idea and how details convey it.
  • b. Write an objective summary.
• RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event or idea is introduced and developed.
• RI.6.4 Work out figurative, connotative and technical meanings of words and phrases.
• RI.6.5 Analyze how a sentence, paragraph or section fits the structure and develops ideas.
• RI.6.6 Determine the author's point of view or purpose and explain how it is conveyed.
• RI.6.7 Combine information from different media and formats with text to build understanding.
• RI.6.8 Trace and evaluate an argument, telling supported claims from unsupported ones.
• RI.6.9 Compare two authors' presentations of the same events, e.g. memoir and biography.
• RI.6.10 Read grades 6–8 literary nonfiction proficiently, with support at the high end.

Writing (W)

• W.6.1 Write arguments that support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
  • a. Write a thesis statement for the argument.
  • b. Introduce claims and organize reasons and evidence.
  • c. Support claims with reasons and credible sources.
  • d. Use transitions to clarify relationships.
  • e. Keep a formal style.
  • f. End with a conclusion that follows from the argument.
• W.6.2 Write informative texts that examine a topic by selecting, organizing and analyzing relevant content.
  • a. Write a thesis statement.
  • b. Introduce the topic and organize ideas, with formatting and graphics.
  • c. Develop with facts, definitions and examples.
  • d. Use transitions to clarify relationships.
  • e. Use precise, subject-specific words.
  • f. Keep a formal style.
  • g. End with a conclusion that follows from the information.
• W.6.3 Write real or imagined narratives with effective technique, relevant details and clear sequence.
  • a. Set context, characters and a logical order.
  • b. Use dialogue, pacing and description.
  • c. Use transitions for sequence and shifts.
  • d. Use precise words, details and sensory language.
  • e. End with a conclusion that follows from the events.
• W.6.4 Produce clear, coherent writing suited to task, purpose and audience.
• W.6.5 With some support, strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or a new approach.
• W.6.6 Use technology, including the internet, to publish writing, collaborate and keyboard fluently.
• W.6.7 Do short research projects to answer a question using several sources, refocusing as needed.
• W.6.8 Gather information from several sources, judge credibility and avoid plagiarism.
• W.6.9 Draw evidence from texts to support analysis, reflection and research.
  • a. Compare texts in different genres on similar themes.
  • b. Evaluate nonfiction arguments and their support.
• W.6.10 Write routinely over short and extended time frames for varied tasks and audiences.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.6.1 Take part in a range of discussions, building on others' ideas and stating own views clearly.
  • a. Come prepared and refer to evidence.
  • b. Follow rules, set goals and deadlines, define roles.
  • c. Ask and answer detailed questions that move the topic forward.
  • d. Review key ideas and paraphrase other perspectives.
• SL.6.2 Interpret information in different media and formats and explain how it adds to a topic.
• SL.6.3 Identify a speaker's argument and claims, telling supported claims from unsupported ones.
• SL.6.4 Present claims in a logical order with relevant details, eye contact, volume and clear speech.
• SL.6.5 Add multimedia and visuals to presentations to clarify information.
• SL.6.6 Adapt speech to contexts and tasks, using formal English when suitable.

Language (L)

• L.6.1 Use correct pronoun case and intensive pronouns and fix vague or shifting pronouns.
  • a. Use subjective, objective and possessive case.
  • b. Use intensive pronouns.
  • c. Fix shifts in pronoun number and person.
  • d. Fix unclear or ambiguous pronouns.
  • e. Spot nonstandard English and improve expression.
• L.6.2 Use commas, parentheses and dashes for nonrestrictive elements and spell correctly.
  • a. Set off nonrestrictive elements.
  • b. Spell correctly.
• L.6.3 Vary sentence patterns and keep style and tone consistent.
  • a. Vary sentence patterns for interest.
  • b. Keep style and tone consistent.
• L.6.4 Work out word meanings using context, Greek or Latin roots, references and checking.
  • a. Use context clues.
  • b. Use Greek or Latin affixes and roots.
  • c. Consult reference materials.
  • d. Verify a guessed meaning.
• L.6.5 Interpret figures of speech and use word relationships and connotations.
  • a. Interpret figures such as personification.
  • b. Use relationships such as cause/effect.
  • c. Tell apart connotations of similar words.
• L.6.6 Learn and use grade 6 academic and subject words and gather word knowledge independently.