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What do the Standards Cover?
There are six Common Core State Standards for grade 6 ELA instruction, which are grouped into three main areas:
Conventions of Standard English
2 standards
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- Ensuring pronouns are the in the proper case
- Using intensive pronouns
- Correcting inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
- Correcting vague pronouns
- Recognizing variations from standard English in writing and speaking
- Improving expression in conventional language
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Using punctuation to set off parenthetical or nonrestrictive elements
- Using correct spelling
Knowledge of Language
1 standard
- Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- Varying sentence patterns for meaning, style, and interest of the reader or listener
- Maintaining consistency in tone and style
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
3 standards
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- Determining the meaning of words and phrases using context
- Determining the meaning of words and phrases using common Greek and Latin affixes and roots
- Finding the pronunciation of a word using reference materials, both print and digital
- Determining/clarifying the precise meaning or part of speech of a word
- Verifying the definition of a word or phrase
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- Interpreting figures of speech using context
- Understanding words better by examining the relationship between them
- Distinguishing among the connotations of words with similar definitions
- Acquire and use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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