6th grade language arts helps the student with: Reading and understanding different genres (plays, poems, and news articles) Support their answers by using details and facts from a text Use different sources (books, websites, articles) to do research Understand grammar rules, punctuation, capitalization Write a complete paragraph with topic sentence and supporting details
Reading: Identify, summarize, or explain the main idea of a text using supporting details Compare and contrast characters, settings, ideas, point of view, and/or plot Achieve comprehension by reading literature with an emphasis on vocabulary Use a variety of strategies to comprehend reading selections Use the reading comprehension process skills of summarizing, predicting, visualizing, questioning, and clarifying Expand their vocabulary and use them in discussions, reports and texts.
Writing: Create paragraphs and multiple-paragraph essays Create a fictional short story that includes dialogue Write letters for various situations, including business letters, e-mail messages, etc. Consistently apply rules of spelling Demonstrate increased vocabulary and enhanced language use
Grammar: Discriminate between transitive and intransitive verbs and direct and indirect objects Identify and use descriptive adjectives and adverbs to enhance writing Identify and correctly punctuate dependent and independent clauses Use commas in appositives and after introductory words and phrases, as well as with names in direct address Identify pronouns, demonstrate agreement between pronouns and antecedents
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