IXL skill plan | 6th grade plan for the Indiana’s Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network

Skill plan for the Indiana’s Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network - 6th grade

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Key Ideas and Textual Support/Vocabulary
Structural Elements and Organization/Connection of Ideas/Media Literacy
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Key Ideas and Textual Support/Vocabulary
Key Ideas and Textual Support
Literature		Analyze literature 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 Inference 3. Draw inferences from literary texts Summary 4. Summarize a story Theme 5. Determine the themes of short stories Analyze characters 6. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
Literature
Analyze literature 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 Inference 3. Draw inferences from literary texts Summary 4. Summarize a story Theme 5. Determine the themes of short stories Analyze characters 6. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Nonfiction		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1 Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Compare and contrast 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts Cause and effect 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts Problem and solution 7. Match problems with their solutions
Nonfiction
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature 2. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1 Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Compare and contrast 5. Compare and contrast in informational texts Cause and effect 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts Problem and solution 7. Match problems with their solutions
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Building		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Shades of meaning 3. Positive and negative connotation Multiple-meaning words 4. Which definition matches the sentence?
Vocabulary Building
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Shades of meaning 3. Positive and negative connotation Multiple-meaning words 4. Which definition matches the sentence?

Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts		Academic vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Tone 5. Compare passages for tone
Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts
Academic vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Tone 5. Compare passages for tone

Structural Elements and Organization/Connection of Ideas/Media Literacy
Structural Elements and Organization
Literature		Literary text structures 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Point of view 4. Determine the author's point of view
Literature
Literary text structures 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Point of view 4. Determine the author's point of view

Nonfiction		Development of ideas in nonfiction books 1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1 Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose Informational text structures 3. Identify text structures
Nonfiction
Development of ideas in nonfiction books 1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1 Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose Informational text structures 3. Identify text structures
Synthesis and Connection of Ideas
Nonfiction		Compare texts 1. Compare information from two texts Trace an argument 2. Trace an argument
Nonfiction
Compare texts 1. Compare information from two texts Trace an argument 2. Trace an argument

Across Genres		Compare texts 1. Compare two texts with different genres Visual elements 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 3. Read graphic organizers
Across Genres
Compare texts 1. Compare two texts with different genres Visual elements 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 3. Read graphic organizers
Media Literacy
Media Literacy		Persuasive strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements Bias 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Relevance 3. Identify relevant sources
Media Literacy
Persuasive strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements Bias 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Relevance 3. Identify relevant sources

Writing
Writing Genres
Argumentative		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements
Argumentative
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements

Informative		Organization 1. Organize information by main idea 2. Which is a thesis statement? 3. Choose the best topic sentence 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Development and support 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Tone and style 6. Which sentence is more formal?
Informative
Organization 1. Organize information by main idea 2. Which is a thesis statement? 3. Choose the best topic sentence 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Development and support 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts Tone and style 6. Which sentence is more formal?

Narrative		1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Use personification
Narrative
1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Use personification
Writing Process
Draft		Organize writing 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Choose the best transition
Draft
Organize writing 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Choose the best transition

Revise		1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Research Process
Research		1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify and correct plagiarism
Research
1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify and correct plagiarism
Conventions of Standard English
Grammar and Usage		Pronouns 1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Verb tense 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Complete sentences 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Grammar and Usage
Pronouns 1. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Verb tense 3. Correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Complete sentences 5. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses Spelling 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses Spelling 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words

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