EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES

Language Arts - Grade 6 Reading

Language Arts

The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework is designed to guide local school district personnel in the development of effective English language arts curricula. Learning in English language arts is recursive. That is, students at every grade level apply similar language skills and concepts as they use increasingly more complex materials. In this way, students build upon and refine their knowledge, gaining sophistication and independence as they grow. Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, and Media are interdependent. Each strand intertwines with and supports the others. Students might at any time read and write, view and discuss, or interpret and perform in order to understand and communicate meaning. Thus, at all grade levels, effective English language arts curriculum units weave together skills and concepts from several strands to support student learning.

Grade 6 Reading

The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework provides learning standards for students in grade 6.


Reading Operations
The Reading Operations Unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications)

    Structure: Recognize/Analyze/Apply
The learner will be able to recognize, analyze, and apply his/her knowledge of the structure and elements in fictional material and support his/her answers with evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Structure Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 12
  
    Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify main ideas from reading passages.
Strand Scope Source
Main Idea Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8, 8.22, 13.17
  
    Main Idea: Examine
The learner will be able to examine main ideas in reading materials.
Strand Scope Source
Main Idea Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.22
  
    Main Idea: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze literary selections for a main idea.
Strand Scope Source
Main Idea Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 13.17
  
    Theme: Main Idea/Refer
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of theme as it refers to the main idea in a reading selection.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 11.3
  
    Theme: Main Idea/Implied/Refer
The learner will be able to apply an understanding of theme as it refers to the implied main idea in a reading selection.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 11.3
  
    Theme: Identify/Support From Text
The learner will be able to identify themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 11
  
    Theme: Apply/Support From Text
The learner will be able to apply themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 11
  
    Figurative Language: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the use of figurative language in reading materials.
Strand Scope Source
Figurative Language Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.19
  
    Compare/Contrast: Narrative/Film/Play
The learner will be able to compare and contrast a narrative text with its film or play versions.
Strand Scope Source
Compare/Contrast Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 17.4
  
    Strategies: Vocabulary/Using
The learner will be able to use vocabulary to understand what is read.
Strand Scope Source
Reading Strategies Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 4
  
    Interpretation: Facts/Main Ideas/Apply
The learner will be able to apply facts and main ideas as the basis for interpretation.
Strand Scope Source
Interpretation Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8
  
    Support: Identify/Variety
The learner will be able to identify supporting ideas in a variety of texts.
Strand Scope Source
Support Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.22, 13.17
  
    Support: Ideas/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze supporting ideas.
Strand Scope Source
Support Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.22, 13.17
  
    Dialogue: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze dialogue in reading materials.
Strand Scope Source
Dialogue Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.20
  
    Describe: Details/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze descriptive details in a reading passage.
Strand Scope Source
Description Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.20
  
    Evaluating: Value/Informational
The learner will be able to evaluate text for informational value.
Strand Scope Source
Evaluating Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 24
  
    Analyzing: Value/Informational
The learner will be able to analyze text for informational value.
Strand Scope Source
Analyzing Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 24
  
    Rhythm: Language/Flow/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the flow of language in reading materials.
Strand Scope Source
Literary Device: Rhythm Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 15.3
  
    Rhythm: Identify
The learner will be able to identify rhythm in written material.
Strand Scope Source
Literary Device: Rhythm Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 15.3
  
    Details: Main Idea/Support
The learner will be able to identify details which support a main idea in a given reading selection.
Strand Scope Source
Support: Detail Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.22, 13.17
  
    Details: Supportive/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze supportive details.
Strand Scope Source
Support: Detail Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 8.22, 13.17
  
    Analyze: Support
The learner will be able to analyze themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Themes: Analyze Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 11
  

Speaking
The Speaking Unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication.

    Language Conventions: Dramatic Effect
The learner will be able to use language to produce a dramatic effect in oral presentations.
Strand Scope Source
Language Conventions Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 3.8
  
    Interview: Collect Information/Research
The learner will be able to use interview techniques to collect information for a research project.
Strand Scope Source
Interview Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 2.3
  
    Character: Develop/Use
The learner will be able to use dramatic skills to develop characters.
Strand Scope Source
Drama: Character Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 18.3
  

Writing
The Writing Unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are expository, narrative, poetry, and drama.

    Purposes: Interviews/Find/Information
The learner will be able to use interviews to find information.
Strand Scope Source
Writing Purposes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 2.3
  
    Script: Story Elements/Use
The learner will be able to compose a script using story elements.
Strand Scope Source
Drama: Script Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 6, 19.14
  

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