Sixth+Grade+Content+Standards

__**Acquisition of Vocabulary **__ 1. Define the meaning of unknown words by using context clues and the author’s use of definition, restatement and example.. 2. Apply knowledge of connotation and denotation to determine the meaning of words. 3. Identify analogies and other word relationships, including synonyms and antonyms, to determine the meaning of words. 4. Interpret metaphors and similes to understand new uses of words and phrases in text. 5. Recognize and use words from other languages that have been adopted into the English language. 6. Apply the knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and roots and their various inflections to analyze the meanings of words. 7. Identify symbols and acronyms and connect them to whole words. 8. Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars. 

__**Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies**__  1. Establish and adjust purposes for reading, including to find out, to understand, to interpret, to enjoy and to solve problems. 2. Predict or hypothesize as appropriate from information in the text, substantiating with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely separated sections of text. 3. Make critical comparisons across texts, noting author’s style as well as literal and implied content of text. 4. Summarize the information in texts, recognizing important ideas and supporting details, and noting gaps or contradictions. 5. Select, create and use graphic organizers to interpret textual information. 6. Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. 7. Monitor own comprehension by adjusting speed to fit the purpose, or by skimming, scanning, reading on, looking back, note taking or summarizing what has been read so far in text. 8. List questions and search for answers within the text to construct meaning. 9. Use criteria to choose independent reading materials (e.g., personal interest, knowledge of authors and genres, or recommendations from others). 10. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task).  __**Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text**__  1. Use text features, such as chapter titles, headings and subheading; parts of books, including index, appendix, table of contents and online tools (search engines) to locate information. 2. Analyze examples of cause and effect and fact and opinion. 3. Compare and contrast important details about a topic, using different sources of information, including books, magazines,newspapers and online resources 4. Compare original text to a summary to determine the extent to which the summary adequately reflects the main ideas and critical details of the original text. 5. Analyze information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams and cutaways. 6. Identify an author’s argument or viewpoint and assess the adequacy and accuracy of details used. 7. Identify and understand an author’s purpose for writing, including to explain, entertain, persuade or inform. 8. Summarize information from informational text, identifying the treatment, scope and organization of ideas.

__**Reading Applications: Literary Text **__  1. Analyze the techniques authors use to describe characters, including narrator or other characters’ point of view; character’s own thoughts, words or actions. 2. Identify the features of setting and explain their importance in literary text. 3. Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each incident gives rise to the next. 4. Explain first, third and omniscient points of view, and explain how voice affects the text. 5. Identify recurring themes, patterns and symbols found in literature from different eras and cultures. 6. Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, fiction and non-fiction. 7. Distinguish how an author establishes mood and meaning through word choice, figurative language and syntax.