1.+ELA+Standards

 =Sixth Grade ELA Standards =



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//A1 Interconnected Elements: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Alphabetics, Fluency// Students will read and make generalizations from text by applying their knowledge and strategies of comprehension, vocabulary, alphabetics, and fluency.

//A2 Literary Elements// Students read fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, and analyze their characteristics (character, plot, conflict, resolution, theme, simile, metaphor, figurative language, alliteration, rhythm and rhyme).

//A3 Informational Texts// Students read various informational texts, making decisions about usefulness based on purpose, noting how the text structures affect the information presented.

//A4 Persuasive Texts// Students evaluate the information in persuasive texts, noting how the structural features and rhetorical devices affect the information presented in these texts.


//B1 Interconnected Elements// Students use a writing process (prewriting, draft, revise, edit, publish) to communicate for a variety of audiences and purposes.

//B2 Narrative// Students write narratives that convey complex ideas, observations, events, or reflections.

//B3 Argument/Analysis// Students write academic essays that state a clear position, supporting the position with relevant evidence.

//B4 Persuasive// Students write persuasive essays addressed to a specific audience for a particular purpose.

//B5 Practical Application// Students write simple business letter and documents related to career development.


//C1 Research// Students propose and revise research questions, collect information from a wide variety of sources and follow the conventions of documentation to communicate findings.


//D1 Grammar and Usage// Students manipulate the parts of speech effectively and employ a variety of sentence structures to communicate.

//D2 Mechanics// Students apply the rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling to communicate effectively.


//E1 Listening// Students adjust listening strategies to understand formal and informal discussion, debates or presentations and then apply the information,

//E2 Speaking// Students adjust speaking strategies for formal and informal discussions, debates, or presentation appropriate to the audience and purpose.


//F1 Analysis of Media// Students identify the various purposes, techniques, and/or effects used to communicate auditory, visual, and written information found in different forms of media.