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| MCHCS
Standards Checklist - Language
Arts
- Sixth Grade |
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language arts content standards describe skills, knowledge,
and abilities all students should be able to master at
specific grade levels. Language skills are essential tools
because they serve as the basis for future learning and
career development. They enrich, foster responsible citizenship,
and secure our collective wisdom as a nation. |
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Literature |
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Read a minimum of 12 grade level books of
various genres, including 4-6 from the approved
list. |
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Word
Analysis, Fluency, And Systematic Vocabulary
Development |
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Read aloud narrative and expository text fluently,
accurately, and with appropriate pacing, intonation,
and expression.
Identify and interpret figurative language
and words with multiple meaning.
Recognize the origins and meanings of frequently
used foreign words and use them accurately.
Understand and use "shades of meaning"
between related words (e.g., hear and listen). |
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Reading
Comprehension |
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Watch a TV, radio, or film production, describe
the role of media in everyday life.
Identify the structural features of popular
media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and online
information) and use to obtain information.
Describe the ways advertisements persuade
us to buy.
Evaluate the role of the media in focusing
attention and forming opinion.
Decide whether a given program is entertainment
or information.
Identify text that uses compare-and-contrast
organizational pattern:
Respond to a public speech.
Take notes.
Summarize key points.
Discuss the ways you agree or disagree. |
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Comprehension
and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text |
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Clarify an understanding of texts by creating:
Outlines.
Logical notes.
Summaries.
Reports.
Follow multi-step instructions for preparing
applications:
Read and follow directions.
Complete an application or order form (library
card, bank savings account, sports club, or
league membership).
Make reasonable assertions about a text through
accurate, supporting citations.
Summarize.
Identify main idea.
Understand and avoid plagiarism.
Define vocabulary. |
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Literary
Response and Analysis |
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Identify the forms of fiction and describe
the major characteristics of each form.
Respond to different forms of fiction using
critical thinking skills:
Find the central theme.
Identify the motivation for a character's
actions.
Note inferences and draw conclusions about
events, characters, and settings.
Identify the point of view. |
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Writing
Strategies and Skills |
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Use the writing process to create a 350-500
words compositions with:
An introduction that engages the reader's
interest and expresses a clear purpose.
Three or more support paragraphs.
A conclusion that summarizes main points and
creates a link with the purpose and main idea
stated in the introduction.
A variety of organizational patterns (categories,
spatial order, order of importance, climactic
order).
Compound/complex sentence patterns.
Format documents correctly. |
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Writing
Applications |
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Write responses to literature.
Write summaries.
Write narrative stories that use literary
devices (e.g., dialogue, suspense).
Write persuasive compositions in which the
concerns and counter arguments of the reader
are anticipated and addressed.
Write expository compositions with a thesis
statement in the introductory paragraph that
expresses the main idea of the essay in one
or two sentences.
Write research reports that:
Narrow the scope of the topic sufficiently
to develop it in detail.
Use three or more sources.
Be able to explain how the sources are authoritative.
Include a bibliography using correct format.
Write responses to literature that:
Develop an interpretation showing careful
reading, understanding, and insight.
Support interpretations, opinions, and conclusions
with examples and evidence from the text. |
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Writing
Conventions |
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Make indefinite pronoun and compound word
subjects agree with verbs.
Use perfect tenses correctly.
Use a colon after the salutation in business
letters.
Use a semicolon when appropriate between independent
clauses.
Use a comma after an introductory subordinate
clause.
Spell homophones, irregular plurals, and frequently
misspelled words correctly. |
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Listening
and Speaking |
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Restate and execute multiple-step oral instructions
and directions.
Identify the tone, mood, and emotion conveyed
in oral communication.
Select a focus, organizational structure,
and a point of view, matching the purpose,
message, occasion, and vocal modulation to
the audience.
Identify persuasive and propaganda techniques
used in television and identify false misleading
information.
Deliver one of the following a narrative presentation,
an informative presentation, an oral response
to literature, a persuasive presentation,
or a presentation on a problem and solution.
Deliver an oral presentation.
Choose and appropriate theme.
Introduce yourself and topic.
Speak clearly and slowly.
Use hand gestures.
Make eye contact.
Use notes/memory aids. |
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