IXL skill plan | Reading 6th grade plan for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments

Skill plan for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments - Reading 6th grade

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Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

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Key Ideas and Details
Literature		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 5. Determine the themes of short stories Summary 6. Summarize a story Inference 7. Draw inferences from literary texts
Literature
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories 2. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1 3. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1 Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in literary texts Theme 5. Determine the themes of short stories Summary 6. Summarize a story Inference 7. Draw inferences from literary texts

Informational text		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 two texts with different genres 6. Compare information from two texts
Informational text
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 two texts with different genres 6. Compare information from two texts

Craft and Structure
Literature		Literary passages 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 Literary text structures 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Elements of poetry 5. Identify elements of poetry
Literature
Literary passages 1. Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 2 2. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2 Literary text structures 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Elements of poetry 5. Identify elements of poetry

Informational text		Development of ideas 1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 2 Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose Point of view 3. Determine the author's point of view Informational text structures 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Identify text structures Academic vocabulary 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Domain-specific vocabulary 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Informational text
Development of ideas 1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 2 Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose Point of view 3. Determine the author's point of view Informational text structures 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions 7. Identify text structures Academic vocabulary 8. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Domain-specific vocabulary 9. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Across genres		Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Figurative language 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 6. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Shades of meaning 7. Positive and negative connotation 8. Describe the difference between related words Greek and Latin roots 9. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 10. Which definition matches the sentence? Visual elements 11. Read graphic organizers 12. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Across genres
Vocabulary in context 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Figurative language 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 6. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Shades of meaning 7. Positive and negative connotation 8. Describe the difference between related words Greek and Latin roots 9. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Multiple-meaning words 10. Which definition matches the sentence? Visual elements 11. Read graphic organizers 12. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Literature		Assessed at classroom level only
Literature
Assessed at classroom level only

Informational text		Trace and evaluate arguments 1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies Bias 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Relevancy 4. Identify relevant sources
Informational text
Trace and evaluate arguments 1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies Bias 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Relevancy 4. Identify relevant sources

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Literature and informational text		Assessed at classroom level only
Literature and informational text
Assessed at classroom level only

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