IXL skill plan | 6th grade plan for EngageNY ELA Common Core Curriculum

1	Module 1 Myths: Not Just Long Ago
Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero's Journey		Reading 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Use key details to determine the main idea 5. Match the quotations with their themes 6. Compare information from two texts 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Writing 8. Summarize a story 9. Create varied sentences based on models 10. Choose the best transition Vocabulary 11. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero's Journey
Reading 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Use key details to determine the main idea 5. Match the quotations with their themes 6. Compare information from two texts 7. Identify supporting details in literary texts Writing 8. Summarize a story 9. Create varied sentences based on models 10. Choose the best transition Vocabulary 11. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Unit 2: Elements and Theme of Mythology in The Lightning Thief		Reading 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 5. Compare and contrast characters Writing 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong 7. Choose the best topic sentence 8. Choose the best concluding sentence 9. Identify coordinating conjunctions 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses Grammar and conventions 11. Identify common and proper nouns 12. Form the singular or plural possessive 13. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 14. Choose between subject and object pronouns 15. Use possessive pronouns 16. Use reflexive pronouns 17. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Vocabulary 18. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Unit 2: Elements and Theme of Mythology in The Lightning Thief
Reading 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 5. Compare and contrast characters Writing 6. Remove the sentence that does not belong 7. Choose the best topic sentence 8. Choose the best concluding sentence 9. Identify coordinating conjunctions 10. Identify dependent and independent clauses Grammar and conventions 11. Identify common and proper nouns 12. Form the singular or plural possessive 13. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 14. Choose between subject and object pronouns 15. Use possessive pronouns 16. Use reflexive pronouns 17. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Vocabulary 18. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Unit 3: My Hero's Journey Narrative		Reading 1. Read historical fiction 2. Identify sensory details 3. Identify story elements Writing 4. Identify prepositions 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Show character emotions and traits 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue Vocabulary 9. Describe the difference between related words
Unit 3: My Hero's Journey Narrative
Reading 1. Read historical fiction 2. Identify sensory details 3. Identify story elements Writing 4. Identify prepositions 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Show character emotions and traits 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue Vocabulary 9. Describe the difference between related words

2A	Module 2A Working with Evidence: Rules to Live By
Unit 1: Analyzing Figurative Language, Word Choice, Structure and Meaning: Bud, Not Buddy and Steve Jobs' Commencement Address		Reading 1. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 2. Identify similes and metaphors 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts 7. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Unit 1: Analyzing Figurative Language, Word Choice, Structure and Meaning: Bud, Not Buddy and Steve Jobs' Commencement Address
Reading 1. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 2. Identify similes and metaphors 3. Draw inferences from a text 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts 7. Identify an author's statement of opinion Vocabulary 8. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Unit 2: Analyzing Structure and Communicating Theme in Literature: "If" by Rudyard Kipling and Bud, Not Buddy		Reading 1. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Writing 6. Choose the best topic sentence 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Vocabulary 8. Find words using context
Unit 2: Analyzing Structure and Communicating Theme in Literature: "If" by Rudyard Kipling and Bud, Not Buddy
Reading 1. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Identify elements of poetry 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Writing 6. Choose the best topic sentence 7. Choose the best concluding sentence Vocabulary 8. Find words using context

Unit 3: Writing to Inform: "My Rule to Live By"		Reading 1. Identify text structures 2. Read about business and technology 3. Trace an argument Writing 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Put the sentences in order 8. Suggest appropriate revisions
Unit 3: Writing to Inform: "My Rule to Live By"
Reading 1. Identify text structures 2. Read about business and technology 3. Trace an argument Writing 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 5. Organize information by topic 6. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 7. Put the sentences in order 8. Suggest appropriate revisions

2B	Module 2B Voices of Adversity
Unit 1: Reading Closely and Writing to Learn: Adversities in Medieval Times		Reading 1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Read about famous places Writing 3. Organize information by topic 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Unit 1: Reading Closely and Writing to Learn: Adversities in Medieval Times
Reading 1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Read about famous places Writing 3. Organize information by topic 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Vocabulary 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Unit 2: Monologues, Language, and Literary Argument: Voices of Medieval Village		Reading 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Trace an argument Writing 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Vocabulary 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Unit 2: Monologues, Language, and Literary Argument: Voices of Medieval Village
Reading 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Determine the themes of short stories 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 5. Trace an argument Writing 6. Choose reasons to support an opinion 7. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Vocabulary 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Unit 3: Analyzing, Comparing, Sharing: Modern Voices of Adversity		Reading 1. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Writing 5. Identify sensory details 6. Suggest appropriate revisions 7. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and conventions 8. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 9. Commas with compound and complex sentences 10. Commas: review 11. Correct capitalization errors 12. Add imagery to stories
Unit 3: Analyzing, Comparing, Sharing: Modern Voices of Adversity
Reading 1. Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 1 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Use key details to determine the main idea Writing 5. Identify sensory details 6. Suggest appropriate revisions 7. Which sentence is more formal? Grammar and conventions 8. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 9. Commas with compound and complex sentences 10. Commas: review 11. Correct capitalization errors 12. Add imagery to stories

3A	Module 3A Understanding Perspectives: The Land of the Golden Mountain
Unit 1: Narrator's Point of View and Evidence of Author's Perspective in Dragonwings		Reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Read historical fiction with illustrations Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. What does the punctuation suggest? Vocabulary 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation
Unit 1: Narrator's Point of View and Evidence of Author's Perspective in Dragonwings
Reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Read historical fiction with illustrations Writing 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. What does the punctuation suggest? Vocabulary 7. Describe the difference between related words 8. Positive and negative connotation

Unit 2: Comparing Varying Points of View of the Same Topic or Event		Reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Determine the author's point of view Writing 4. Organize information by topic 5. Distinguish facts from opinions 6. Create varied sentences based on models
Unit 2: Comparing Varying Points of View of the Same Topic or Event
Reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Determine the author's point of view Writing 4. Organize information by topic 5. Distinguish facts from opinions 6. Create varied sentences based on models

Unit 3: Writing a Newspaper Article about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fires		Reading 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Compare two texts with different genres Writing 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use coordinating conjunctions Vocabulary 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Unit 3: Writing a Newspaper Article about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fires
Reading 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Compare two texts with different genres Writing 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use coordinating conjunctions Vocabulary 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

3B	Module 3B Reading Closely and Writing to Learn: Point of View and Perspective
Unit 1: Author's Point of View and Idea Development in World without Fish		Reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the author's point of view 4. Read graphic organizers Writing 5. Choose evidence to support a claim
Unit 1: Author's Point of View and Idea Development in World without Fish
Reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Determine the author's point of view 4. Read graphic organizers Writing 5. Choose evidence to support a claim

Unit 2: Narrator's Point of View and Evidence of Author's Perspective in Flush		Reading 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Analyze short stories 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Identify the narrative point of view Writing 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 7. Use academic vocabulary in context 8. Positive and negative connotation
Unit 2: Narrator's Point of View and Evidence of Author's Perspective in Flush
Reading 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Analyze short stories 3. Compare information from two texts 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Identify the narrative point of view Writing 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 7. Use academic vocabulary in context 8. Positive and negative connotation

Unit 3: Researching and Interpreting Information: What You Need to Know When Buying Fish		Reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Read about animals Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? 5. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 6. Create varied sentences based on models 7. Identify subordinating conjunctions Vocabulary 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Unit 3: Researching and Interpreting Information: What You Need to Know When Buying Fish
Reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Read about animals Writing 4. Which sentence is more formal? 5. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 6. Create varied sentences based on models 7. Identify subordinating conjunctions Vocabulary 8. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

4	Module 4 Reading for Research and Writing an Argument: Insecticides: Costs vs. Benefits
Unit 1: Learning from Frightful's Perspective		Reading 1. Analyze short stories 2. Read about science and nature 3. Trace an argument 4. Read graphic organizers 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts Writing 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 7. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Unit 1: Learning from Frightful's Perspective
Reading 1. Analyze short stories 2. Read about science and nature 3. Trace an argument 4. Read graphic organizers 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts Writing 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Vocabulary 7. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Unit 2: Research: Do the benefits of DDT outweigh its harmful consequences?		Reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Identify text structures Writing 4. Identify counterclaims 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 7. Identify and correct plagiarism 8. Identify relevant sources Vocabulary 9. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Resources 11. Use dictionary entries 12. Use dictionary definitions 13. Use thesaurus entries
Unit 2: Research: Do the benefits of DDT outweigh its harmful consequences?
Reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Identify text structures Writing 4. Identify counterclaims 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 7. Identify and correct plagiarism 8. Identify relevant sources Vocabulary 9. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Resources 11. Use dictionary entries 12. Use dictionary definitions 13. Use thesaurus entries

Unit 3: Writing: Position Paper about the Use of DDT		Writing 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Correct errors in everyday use 5. Choose evidence to support a claim
Unit 3: Writing: Position Paper about the Use of DDT
Writing 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Correct errors in everyday use 5. Choose evidence to support a claim

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