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Standards

• 6.C.3.A - Use media and visual literacy skills to select, organize, and create multimodal content that articulates the purpose of the presentation, using two or more communication modes to make meaning (e.g., still or moving images, gestures, spoken language, and written language).
• 6.DSR.B - Proficiently read and comprehend a variety of literary and informational texts that exhibit complexity at the lower range of the grade 6-8 band (See the Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis chart for determining complexity in the Appendix.) (Text Complexity, 2-12).
• 6.W.3.A - Revise writing for clarity of content, word choice, sentence variety, and transition among paragraphs.
• 6.W.3.B - Self-and peer-edit for capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing, and Standard English (See Language Usage for grade level expectations).
• 6.W.2.A - Generate and organize ideas using the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing) to develop multi-paragraph texts. This includes: (i) composing a thesis statement that focuses the topic and introduces the piece clearly, (ii) establishing a central idea incorporating evidence and maintaining an organized structure to fit the form and topic, (iii) elaborating and supporting ideas, using relevant facts, definitions, details, quotations, and/or examples, (iv) using transitions to show relationships between ideas, signal a shift or change in the writer's thoughts, and make sentences clearer, (v) selecting vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone, and voice, (vi) expanding and embedding ideas to create sentence variety, and (vii) providing a concluding statement or section.
• 6.W.1.A - Write narratives to entertain, to share a personal experience, or to alter an existing story that uses narrative techniques to develop the characters, event(s), and experience(s).
• 6.RV.1.H - Use newly learned words and phrases in multiple contexts, including in students’ discussions and speaking and writing activities.
• 6.RV.1.G - Use general and specialized word-reference materials, print and digital, to identify word origins, derivations, and pronunciations.
• 6.RV.1.F - Clarify the meaning of an unknown word or select the applicable definition of a word from a text by using word reference materials.
• 6.RV.1.E - Explain the construction and meaning of figurative language, including simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and personification.
• 6.RV.1.C - Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to predict the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• 6.RV.1.D - Use the relationship between particular words, including synonyms and antonyms to better understand each word.
• 6.RV.1.B - Use context and sentence structure to determine multiple meanings of words and clarify the meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases.
• 6.RV.1.A - Develop and accurately use general academic language and content-specific vocabulary by listening to, reading, and discussing a variety of grade-six texts and topics.
• 6.RL.3.B - Compare and contrast details in two or more paired literary fiction and nonfiction texts on the same topic or with similar themes, including how chapters, scenes, or stanzas work together to provide the overall structure of each text.
• 6.RL.3.A - Describe how the interactions between individuals, settings, events, and ideas within a text influence one another.
• 6.RL.2.C - Explain how an author develops the point of view (e.g., first-person, third person limited, third-person omniscient) of the narrator or speaker in a text and influences how events are described in stories, plays, or poems.
• 6.RL.2.B - Explain elements of author’s style as purposeful choices (e.g., imagery, figurative language, and word choice) to develop tone.
• 6.RL.2.A - Describe the poetic elements in prose and poetry (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia) and their intended impact on the reader.
• 6.RL.1.E - Explain the role of the protagonist and antagonist on plot events.
• 6.RL.1.D - Explain how static and dynamic characters impact the plot.
• 6.RL.1.C - Differentiate between internal and external conflicts (e.g., individual vs. Individual, individual vs. Nature, individual vs. Society, individual vs. Technology, and individual vs. Self) and explain how they impact character development and plot.
• 6.RL.1.B - Describe plot developments in stories and dramas by examining the exposition, initiating event, central conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
• 6.RL.1.A - Summarize texts, including determining the central theme of stories, plays, or poems, and how they are conveyed through specific details.
• 6.LU.2.C - Recognize and consistently spell frequently used words accurately.
• 6.LU.2.A - Construct complete sentences with appropriate punctuation, avoiding comma splices and run-ons in writing.
• 6.LU.1.A - Construct simple, compound, and complex sentences to communicate ideas clearly and add variety to writing.

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