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  6   Writing, Listening and Speaking

Grade 6

Vocabulary and Concept Development

Blue Print 13 (17%)

 

Key Standard

1.2 5   Identify and interpret figurative language and words with multiple meanings.

Teach Practice Assess

Drag and Drop Metaphors

Quia Flashcards

Fling The Teacher
Jeopardy

Describe Simile
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Multiple Meanings

  
     

1.3 2   Recognize the origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English and use
these words accurately in speaking and writing.

 

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Race to Ramses

 
 

Go for the  Gold

 

1.4 3   Monitor expository text for unknown words or words with novel meanings by using
word, sentence, and paragraph clues to determine meaning.

 

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Short Curcuit

Flip a Chip

Escape From Planet Zug

1.5 3   Understand and explain “shades of meaning” in related words (e.g., softly and quietly.

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Grade 6

Reading Comprehension

 

2.1 2  Identify the structural features of popular media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, online
information) and use the features to obtain information.

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Looking for the Fine Print

Types of Text

  

 

What Are They Selling?

BBC Text Type review

  

2.2 1   Analyze text that uses the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern.

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Key Standard

2.34  Connect and clarify main ideas by identifying their relationships to other sources and related topics.

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Truth In  Advertising

  

2.4 1   Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports.

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Grade 6

 

Literary Response

 

blueprint 16%

3.11.  Identify the forms of fiction and describe the major characteristics of each form.

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3.2 2  Analyze the effect of the qualities of the character (e.g., courage or cowardice, ambition
or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.

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3.31  Analyze the influence of setting on the problem and its resolution.

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3.4 3  Define how tone or meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative
language, sentence structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme.

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3.5 1  Identify the speaker and recognize the difference between first- and third-person narration
(e.g., autobiography compared with biography).

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3.6 1   Identify and analyze features of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images.

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3.7 2  Explain the effects of common literary devices (e.g., symbolism, imagery, metaphor) in a
variety of fictional and nonfictional texts.

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3.8 1  Critique the credibility of characterization and the degree to which a plot is contrived or
realistic (e.g., compare use of fact and fantasy in historical fiction).

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