Standards+of+Learning



**The Standards of Enlgish for 6th grade can be viewed below.[[image:images.jpg width="212" height="140" align="right"]]**
The curriculum framework can be viewed as a pdf file and is included after the SOLs.

**Grade Six**
The sixth-grade student will be an active participant in classroom discussions. The student will present personal opinions, understand differing viewpoints, distinguish between fact and opinion, and analyze the effectiveness of group communication. The student will begin the study of word origins and continue vocabulary development. The student will read independently a variety of fiction and nonfiction, including a significant number of classic works, for appreciation and comprehension. The student will also plan, draft, revise, and edit narratives, descriptions, and explanations, with attention to composition and style as well as sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. The student will also demonstrate correct use of language, spelling, and mechanics by applying grammatical conventions in writing and speaking. In addition, reading and writing will be used as tools for learning academic concepts, and available technology will be used as appropriate.

Oral Language
6.1 The student will analyze oral participation in small-group activities. a) Communicate as leader and contributor. b) Evaluate own contributions to discussions. c) Summarize and evaluate group activities. d) Analyze the effectiveness of participant interactions.

6.2 The student will listen critically and express opinions in oral presentations. a) Distinguish between fact and opinion. b) Compare and contrast viewpoints. c) Present a convincing argument. d) Paraphrase what is heard. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e) Summarize what is heard. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> f) Use grammatically correct language and vocabulary appropriate to audience, topic, and purpose.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.3 The student will read and learn the meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a) Identify word origins, derivations, and inflections. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b) Identify analogies and figurative language. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c) Use context and sentence structure to determine meanings and differentiate among multiple meanings of words. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">d) Use word-reference materials.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.4 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a) Identify the elements of narrative structure, including setting, character, plot, conflict, and theme. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b) Use knowledge of narrative and poetic structures to aid comprehension and predict outcomes. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c) Describe the images created by language. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">d) Describe how word choice and imagery contribute to the meaning of a text. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e) Describe cause-effect relationships and their impact on plot. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">f) Use information stated explicitly in the text to draw conclusions and make inferences. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">g) Explain how character and plot development are used in a selection to support a central conflict or story line. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">h) Paraphrase and summarize the main points in the text.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of informational selections. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a) Identify questions to be answered. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b) Make, confirm, or revise predictions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c) Use context to determine meanings of unfamiliar words and technical vocabulary. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">d) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on explicit and implied information. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e) Organize the main idea and details to form a summary. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">f) Compare and contrast information about one topic contained in different selections. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">g) Select informational sources appropriate for a given purpose.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.6 The student will write narratives, descriptions, and explanations. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a) Use a variety of planning strategies to generate and organize ideas. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b) Establish central idea, organization, elaboration, and unity. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c) Select vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone, and voice. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">d) Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard coordination, and subordination in complete sentences. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e) Revise writing for clarity.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6.7 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve sentence formation and paragraph structure. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b) Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c) Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include indefinite pronouns. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">d) Maintain consistent tense inflections across paragraphs. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">e) Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">f) Use correct spelling for frequently used words.