Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Sixth Grade

6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. 
6.3
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. 
6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. 
6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. 
6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. 
6.9
Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. 

Language Arts Standards Language Sixth Grade

6.3
Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. 
6.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. 
6.4A
Use context (e.g.,the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
6.4B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
6.4D
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
6.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 
6.5A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
6.5B
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words. 
6.5C
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty). 
6.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. 

Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Sixth Grade

6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
6.2
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). 
6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. 
6.6
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
6.9
Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).