6th Grade ELA (Oregon Common Core)

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• ELA.6.RF.1 Read grade-level text fluently, with accuracy, good pace and expression, so that it is understood.
  • a. Read with a clear purpose and understanding.
  • b. Read aloud accurately, at a suitable pace and with expression.
  • c. Use context to confirm or fix word reading and meaning, rereading when needed.

Reading Literature (RL)

• ELA.6.RL.1 Analyze what a literary text says directly and implies, supported by text evidence.
• ELA.6.RL.2 Analyze how a theme comes through, using specific details or an objective summary.
• ELA.6.RL.3 Explain how a plot unfolds through events and how characters respond or change as it moves to a resolution.
• ELA.6.RL.4 Work out figurative, connotative and technical meanings of words and analyze how word choice affects meaning and tone.
• ELA.6.RL.5 Analyze how a sentence, chapter, scene or stanza fits the whole and builds theme, setting or plot.
• ELA.6.RL.6 Explain how an author develops a narrator's or speaker's point of view.
• ELA.6.RL.7 Compare reading a story, play or poem with listening to or watching a version of it.
• ELA.6.RL.9 Compare texts in different forms or genres on similar themes, including the author's viewpoint or bias.
• ELA.6.RL.10 Use decoding and comprehension strategies flexibly, including for long words, to read and analyze complex literature.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• ELA.6.RI.1 Analyze what an informational text says directly and implies, citing evidence and judging how well ideas are supported.
• ELA.6.RI.2 Analyze how central ideas come through, using details or an objective summary free of bias or outside knowledge.
• ELA.6.RI.3 Analyze in depth how a key person, event or idea is introduced, illustrated and developed.
• ELA.6.RI.4 Work out figurative, connotative and subject-specific technical meanings of words and phrases.
• ELA.6.RI.5 Analyze how a sentence, paragraph, chapter or section organizes ideas and builds understanding.
• ELA.6.RI.6 Identify an author's background, viewpoint or purpose and explain the techniques used to get it across.
• ELA.6.RI.7 Combine information from different media and formats, including text, into a clear understanding of a topic.
• ELA.6.RI.8 Trace and evaluate an argument, separating claims backed by evidence from those that are not.
• ELA.6.RI.9 Compare how two authors present the same events.
• ELA.6.RI.10 Use decoding and comprehension strategies flexibly, including for long words, to read and analyze complex informational texts.

Writing (W)

• ELA.6.W.1 Write arguments that back claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
  • a. Introduce claims and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
  • b. Support claims with clear reasons and credible sources, recognize opposing claims and show understanding of the topic.
  • a (2nd). Use linking words to make clear how claims and reasons relate. (being checked)
  • b (2nd). Use a style that suits the content, purpose and audience. (being checked)
  • c. Write a conclusion that follows from the argument.
• ELA.6.W.2 Write informative or explanatory texts that examine a topic with relevant, well-organized and analyzed content.
  • a. Preview the topic, organize ideas with strategies such as definition or comparison and add visuals when useful.
  • b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations or examples.
  • c. Use linking words to make clear how ideas and concepts relate.
  • d. Use precise language and subject vocabulary to explain the topic.
  • e. Keep a style that suits the content, purpose and audience.
  • f. Write a conclusion that follows from the information given.
• ELA.6.W.3 Write narratives of real or imagined experiences with techniques, descriptive details and well-ordered events.
  • a. Set the context, introduce a narrator or characters and order events naturally and logically.
  • b. Bring experiences, events and characters to life with dialogue, pacing and description.
  • c. Use a range of linking words to show order and shifts in time or setting.
  • d. Convey experiences with exact words, description and sensory language.
  • e. Write an ending that follows from the events.
• ELA.6.W.4 Produce clear, connected writing whose development, organization and style suit the task, purpose and audience.
• ELA.6.W.5 With some guidance, develop and improve writing by planning, drafting, revising, editing or trying a new approach.
• ELA.6.W.6 Use digital tools and handwriting to produce and publish writing, work with others and cite sources consistently.
• ELA.6.W.7 Carry out short research projects on a question, which may be their own, using several sources and refocusing when needed.
• ELA.6.W.8 Gather relevant information from several sources, judge credibility, paraphrase or quote accurately and cite sources.
• ELA.6.W.9 Draw evidence from literature or informational texts as support for analysis, reflection and research.
• ELA.6.W.10 Write often, over long and short stretches of time, for many tasks, purposes and readers.

Language (L)

• ELA.6.L.1 Use standard English grammar and usage correctly in writing and speech.
  • a. Spot vague pronouns and fix pronoun errors, including subject, object, possessive and intensive forms.
  • b. Recognize non-standard usage and use strategies to make expression more conventional.
• ELA.6.L.2 Show control of capital letters, punctuation and spelling when writing.
  • a. Use commas, parentheses and dashes correctly to set off non-essential or added information.
  • b. Use strategies to find and fix spelling errors.
• ELA.6.L.3 Apply what they know about how English works whenever they write, speak, read or listen.
  • a. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, interest and style.
  • b. Keep style and tone consistent.
• ELA.6.L.4 Use strategies flexibly to work out unknown and multiple-meaning words in grade 6 reading and content.
  • a. Use context as a clue to meaning.
  • b. Use Greek and Latin roots and affixes suited to grade 6 as hints to meaning.
  • c. Use dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses and other tools for pronunciation and exact meaning.
• ELA.6.L.5 Understand figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning.
  • a. Interpret figurative language such as personification and alliteration in context.
  • b. Explain common idioms, adages and proverbs.
  • c. Tell apart the associations (connotations) of words with similar dictionary meanings.
• ELA.6.L.6 Learn and use correctly academic and subject words for grade 6, looking up important unfamiliar words.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• ELA.6.SL.1 Express ideas clearly in group discussions with varied partners, building on their own reflection and others' ideas.
  • a. Come ready, citing evidence from assigned material to probe and reflect on ideas.
  • b. Follow discussion rules, set goals and deadlines and define roles as needed.
  • c. Ask and answer specific questions, adding detail that moves the discussion forward.
  • d. Sum up key ideas and show understanding of different viewpoints by paraphrasing.
  • e. Judge how well the discussion worked.
• ELA.6.SL.2 Interpret information from different media and formats and explain how it adds to the topic.
• ELA.6.SL.3 Identify a speaker's argument and claims, telling supported claims from unsupported ones.
• ELA.6.SL.4 Present claims or findings in a logical order with relevant details, using eye contact, good volume and clear speech.
• ELA.6.SL.5 Add media and visuals to presentations to make information clearer.
• ELA.6.SL.6 Adapt speech to different settings and tasks, using grade 6 language conventions when suitable.