6th grade ELA Curriculum Map

2013-2014

Month / Reading Standards / Comprehension Strategy/Skill/Vocabulary / Resource/Options / Notes
Aug./September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April/May / RL.6.3
RL 6.1
RI. 6.5
RI 6.1
L10/RI10
RL 6.3
RL 6.4
RI 6.4
RI 6.2
RI 6.2 (continued from October)
RL 6.8
RL 6.4/L6.5
RI 6.4/L6.5
RL 6.2
RL6.5
RL 6.6
RI 6.6
RI 6.5
RI 6.3
RL 6.4
RI 6.4
RI 6.8
RL 6.7
RI 6.7
RL6.9
RI6.9 / Plot
Setting
Characters
Effect of plot on character
Compare/contrast two or more characters, settings, or events
Analyze the meaning of text
Support analysis with explicit ideas from a text
Support analysis with inferences about a text
Text features
Overall structure of events
Chronological Order
Compare/Contrast structure of two or more texts
Analyze the meaning of a text
Support analysis with explicit ideas from a text
Support analysis with inferences about a text
Describes characters
Describe how characters respond or change
Explain how a character changes through the story
Analyze an author’s use of word choice to create meaning and tone
Identify and explain connotative language with textual support
Identify and explain connotative language with textual support
Identify and explain technical language with textual support
Summarize a text objectively
Explain how particular details work together to create a central idea within a text
Summarize a text objectively
Explain how particular details work together to create a central idea within a text
Odes, ballads, epic poetry, and science fiction
Identify and explain figurative language with textual support
Identify and explain figurative language with textual support
Summarize a text objectively
Explain how particular details work together to create a theme or central idea within a text
Analyze how parts of a text fit into the overall structure of a text
Analyze how parts of a text contribute to the development of theme, setting , or plot
Support thinking with textural evidence
Explain how an author develops point of view
Determine how an author develops point of view or purpose throughout a text
Determine how an author develops point of view or purpose throughout a text
Analyze how parts of a text fit in the overall structure of a text
Analyze how parts of a text contribute to the development of ideas
Support thinking with textual evidence
Analyze how an author introduces, illustrates, and elaborates on an individual, event, or idea
Support thinking with specific information from the text
Determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases based on how they are used in a text
Analyze an author’s use of word choice to create meaning and tone
Determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases based on how they are used in a text
Use features of a text to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases
Use a dictionary to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases
Trace an argument and claims through a text
Evaluate an argument and claims
Distinguish between claims that are supported by reasons and evidence and claims that are not.
Compare/contrast the experience of reading a story, drams, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live versions of the text
Contrast what they “see” and “hear” when reading to what they perceive when they listen or watch
Support thinking with examples from the test
Gather information presented in different media or formats
Synthesize information from multiple sources and formats
Develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue
Read two or more texts from different genres or forms
Use writing or speaking to compare/contrast their approaches to similar themes and topics
Compare and contrast how events are presented in a memoir and a biography about the same person / Harcourt Lesson 1
Harcourt Lesson 2
ALEX
ALEX
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 12
Harcourt Lesson 3
Harcourt Lesson 4
Reading Adventures
ALEX
Alex
ReadWorks
Comprehension Toolkit Cluster 6
Reading Adventures
Harcourt Lesson 6
Harcourt Lesson 7
ALEX
ALEX
ReadWorks
ALEX
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 10
Harcourt Lesson 8
Harcourt Lesson 9
ALEX
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 9
Readworks
Harcourt Lesson 8
Harcourt Lesson 9
ALEX
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 9
Readworks
ALEX
Readworks
Harcourt Lesson 11
Harcourt Lesson 12
Readworks
ALEX
Harcourt Lesson 13
Harcourt Lesson 14
ALEX
Harcourt 16
Harcourt 17
ALEX
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 20
Reading Adventures
Harcourt Lesson 22
Alex
Reading Adventures
ALEX
Reading Adventures
ALEX
ALEX
Readworks
Comprehension Toolkit 10
ALEX
Reading Adventures
Novel Units and their films , plays and their live versions
Comprehension Toolkit Lesson 4
Reading Adventure
Readworks
ALEX
Speeches
Comprehension Toolkit
ALEX
Readworks
ALEX
Reading Adventures