Moffat County School District RE-1

Literacy

Sixth Grade

Students will:

Comprehension

1. paraphrase, summarize, and synthesize main ideas and details in a variety of text and genre.*

2. infer and predict using information in a variety of text and genre.*

3. compare and contrast to understand ideas, story elements, and a variety of texts.*

4. understand sequential order in narrative and expository text.*

5. use text structure, such as cause and effect, to locate and recall information.*

6. use background knowledge of subject and text structure to make complex predictions of content and purpose of text.*

7. use word recognition skills to understand unfamiliar words (for example, letter-sound correspondence, language structures, and context).*

8. locate meanings, pronunciations, and derivations of unfamiliar words by using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources.*

9. evaluate their own research and raise new questions for further investigation.

Written and Oral

1. generate topics and develop ideas for a variety of writing and speaking purposes (for example, emphasizing expository and narrative forms).*

2. organize their writing so that there is an introduction, logical arrangement of ideas, and a conclusion, including attention to details and paragraphing.*

3. use a variety of transitions to link ideas.*

4. choose vocabulary that communicates their messages clearly and precisely; i.e. effectively express thoughts, ideas, descriptions, etc.*

*These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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5. edit drafts for conventions, standard usage, varied sentence structure, and appropriate word choice.*

6. revise drafts for coherence, progression, and logical support by adding, deleting, elaborating, combining, and rearranging text.*

7. create readable, self corrected documents with legible handwriting or word processing at the appropriate time.

Conventions

1. employ standard English usage (noun, verb, subject, predicate) in writing, emphasizing subject-verb agreement.*

2. write a variety of sentences such as simple, compound, and complex, using correct punctuation.*

3. use regular and irregular nouns and verbs correctly to clarify meaning.*

4. use adjectives and adverbs, homonyms and homophones appropriately to enhance voice and word choice.*

5. use correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and abbreviations.*

6. use correct pronoun case and referents.*

7. prepare final product.*

Strategies for Thinking

1. establish, monitor, and adjust purposes for reading comprehension, main ideas and key words, interpretation, enjoyment, and problem solving by rereading, using reference aids, and contextual information.*

2. determine the author's purpose.*

3. predict and draw conclusions about fiction and non-fiction.*

4. differentiate between fact and opinion in written and spoken forms.*

5. use reading, writing, speaking, and listening to define and solve problems.*

6. respond to written and oral presentations as a reader, listener, and articulate speaker.

*These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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7. use listening skills to understand directions.

Research

1. use organizational features of printed text and electronic media.*

2. frame questions to direct research, evaluate research, locate meanings and pronunciations, and raise new questions for further investigation.*

3. follow accepted formats for writing research, including documenting sources.*

4. organize prior knowledge about a topic in a variety of ways (for example, graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline).*

5. take notes from relevant and authoritative sources (for example, guest speakers, periodicals, on-line searches).*

6. summarize and organize ideas gained from multiple sources in useful ways (for example, outlines, conceptual maps, learning logs, timelines).*

7. find information to support ideas using a variety of referenced sources and present information in various forms using available technology.*

Literature

1. read, respond to, and discuss a variety of novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, plays, etc.*

2. identify the sound of poetry, including alliteration, assonance, and rhyme scheme.

3. read, respond to, and discuss literature that represents points of view from familiar and unfamiliar places, people, and events.*

4. understand and use literary terms (i.e.; figurative language, foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, symbolism, dialogue, scene, and flashback).*

5. identify and analyze characters, setting, problem/conflict, action/plot/events, resolution/solution, mood/tone, atmosphere, and sequence in literature.*

*These objectives will be tested on CSAP

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