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Grade 6 · English language arts

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English language arts · 2017 framework

More reading and writing

  1. 01Write a discipline-specific argument from sources with a thesis, counterclaim and formal conclusionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Write informative texts that narrate a historical event and report a scientific procedureExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 03Produce writing suited to task, purpose and audience, revise it with feedback and publish it with technologyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 04Conduct a short research project with credible sources, honest citation and writing over long and short time framesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  5. 05Cite evidence from a primary and a secondary source and analyze how each develops its central ideasExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  6. 06Identify key steps in a process, determine domain vocabulary in context and describe how a history text presents informationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  7. 07Identify how loaded language and selected facts reveal an author's perspective, and distinguish fact, opinion and reasoned judgmentExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  8. 08Integrate a chart and a map with a history text, and read history texts in the grades 6-8 band independentlyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  9. 09Cite specific evidence and determine the central ideas of a science textExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  10. 10Follow a multistep measurement procedure precisely and decode its symbols and key termsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  11. 11Analyze how the sections of a technical text are organized and why the author explains, describes or discussesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  12. 12Integrate words with a graph, separate fact from judgment and speculation, and compare sources on one topicExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 13Read The Unfinished Label for evidence, theme and character changeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 14Compare narrator access, perspective and word choiceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 15Compare a poem, a drama and a live readingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 16Read and comprehend stories, dramas, poems and literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 6-8 band with support that fadesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 17Analyze an explanation using paragraphs, technical terms and a data displayExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 18Compare two authors’ purposes and evaluate their argumentsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 19Complete a six-week research, writing and publication workshopExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 20Write and revise an argument with a supported thesisExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 21Write an explanation with a thesis, structure and useful graphicsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 22Develop a narrative through deliberate scene choicesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 23Interpret spoken information and discuss claims with evidenceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 24Present findings clearly and adapt speech to contextExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 25Choose pronoun case and use intensive pronouns deliberatelyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 26Repair vague references and unintended pronoun shiftsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 27Punctuate added information and verify spellingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 28Vary sentence patterns while maintaining style and toneExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  5. 29Infer word meaning and verify it with context and referencesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  6. 30Interpret figures, connotations and relationships among wordsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

English language arts · 2026 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Decode and spell long words using roots, prefixes, suffixes, syllable types and spelling rulesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Read grade-level text fluently and write fluently and legibly for composition and notetakingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 03Quote or paraphrase text evidence to support what a story and a science article state and implyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 04Compare a historical fiction story and a fantasy story that develop a shared themeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 05Trace how a drama's plot develops scene by scene and how its characters respond and changeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 06Write objective summaries: a story with its theme and key details, an article with its central idea and relevant detailsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  5. 07Analyze how sensory word choices shape meaning and tone, then write a narrative with precise, sensory language and varied transitionsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 08Integrate a printed notice, a web page and a data table on one issue, and determine domain-specific word meaningsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 09Write an argument and an informative piece on one topic with credible sources, precise language and a clear structureExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 10Plan, draft, revise and edit with adult support that fades, in quick and extended writing for science, social studies and ELAExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 11Research a question with multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility of each source, and list basic bibliographic informationExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 12Interpret a letter, an audio interview, a video, a table and an infographic, then present findings clearlyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 13Come to a discussion prepared, use what you know, build on and draw conclusions from others' remarks, ask and answer clarifying questions, and paraphrase other perspectivesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 14Revise a presentation script into formal American English: pronouns, shifts, vague references and word choiceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 15Edit a newsletter for capitalization, set off nonrestrictive elements with commas, parentheses and dashes, and spell with phonics patterns and word partsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 16Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine a word's meaning, then consult a dictionary, glossary or thesaurus to check its pronunciation, precise meaning and part of speechExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers