IXL skill plan | 6th grade plan for StudySync ELA Florida

Skill plan for StudySync ELA Florida - 6th grade

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1	Unit 1 Testing Our Limits
Reading and Writing
Eleven		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories Textual evidence 2. Draw inferences from a text Figurative language 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Eleven
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories Textual evidence 2. Draw inferences from a text Figurative language 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

The Mighty Miss Malone		Literary elements 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words
The Mighty Miss Malone
Literary elements 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words

Scout's Honor		1. Read historical fiction
Scout's Honor
1. Read historical fiction

How Malcolm Learned to Read		1. Identify the narrative point of view
How Malcolm Learned to Read
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: Red Scarf Girl and Hatchet		1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Summarize a story
Paired Readings: Red Scarf Girl and Hatchet
1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Summarize a story

The Magic Marker Mystery		Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Find synonyms in context Rhetorical devices 3. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements
The Magic Marker Mystery
Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Find synonyms in context Rhetorical devices 3. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements

The Good Samaritan		1. Match the quotations with their themes
The Good Samaritan
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Paired Readings: Jabberwocky and A Wrinkle in Time		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reading comprehension 2. Compare information from two texts
Paired Readings: Jabberwocky and A Wrinkle in Time
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reading comprehension 2. Compare information from two texts
Narrative Writing Process
Plan		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Plan
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Draft		Adjectives 1. Order adjectives Adverbs 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
Draft
Adjectives 1. Order adjectives Adverbs 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs

Revise		1. Punctuating dialogue 2. Show character emotions and traits
Revise
1. Punctuating dialogue 2. Show character emotions and traits

Grammar		Personal pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Pronouns and antecedents 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Consistent pronoun use 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Grammar
Personal pronouns 1. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Pronouns and antecedents 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Consistent pronoun use 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

2	Unit 2 You and Me
Reading and Writing
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry		1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Determine the themes of short stories

Teenagers		1. Interpret figures of speech
Teenagers
1. Interpret figures of speech

Tableau		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Tableau
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Eulogy of the Dog		1. Trace an argument
Eulogy of the Dog
1. Trace an argument

Paired Readings: The Voice in My Head and We're on the Same Team		1. Identify the author's purpose
Paired Readings: The Voice in My Head and We're on the Same Team
1. Identify the author's purpose

The House on the Hill		1. Identify elements of poetry
The House on the Hill
1. Identify elements of poetry

The Treasure of Lemon Brown		1. Identify story elements
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
1. Identify story elements

Paired Readings: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, That Day, and A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Paired Readings: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, That Day, and A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
1. Compare two texts with different genres
Argumentative Writing Process
Plan		Organizing writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify counterclaims Reasons and evidence 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Plan
Organizing writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify counterclaims Reasons and evidence 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Draft		Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose the best concluding sentence 2. Choose the best topic sentence Transitions 3. Choose the best transition Sources and citations 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify and correct plagiarism
Draft
Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose the best concluding sentence 2. Choose the best topic sentence Transitions 3. Choose the best transition Sources and citations 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify and correct plagiarism

Revise		Word choice 1. Which sentence is more formal? Sentence variety 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Revise
Word choice 1. Which sentence is more formal? Sentence variety 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Grammar		Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words Possessive pronouns 3. Use possessive pronouns Participles 4. Use the progressive verb tenses 5. Use the perfect verb tenses
Grammar
Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with frequently confused words Possessive pronouns 3. Use possessive pronouns Participles 4. Use the progressive verb tenses 5. Use the perfect verb tenses

3	Unit 3 In the Dark
Reading and Writing
Life Doesn't Frighten Me		1. Classify figures of speech
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
1. Classify figures of speech

Elena		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Elena
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself		Main idea and supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Greek and Latin roots and affixes 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Context clues 5. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself
Main idea and supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Greek and Latin roots and affixes 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 4. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Context clues 5. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Paired Readings: The Lightning Thief and Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus		Reference materials 1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use dictionary definitions Comparing texts 4. Compare information from two texts Character 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
Paired Readings: The Lightning Thief and Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus
Reference materials 1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use dictionary definitions Comparing texts 4. Compare information from two texts Character 5. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Yet Do I Marvel		1. Read poetry
Yet Do I Marvel
1. Read poetry

I, Too		1. Identify elements of poetry
I, Too
1. Identify elements of poetry

Paired Readings: Donna O'Meara: The Volcano Lady, Dare to be Creative!, and Margaret Bourke-White: Fearless Photographer		Print and graphic features 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers Inferences 3. Draw inferences from a text
Paired Readings: Donna O'Meara: The Volcano Lady, Dare to be Creative!, and Margaret Bourke-White: Fearless Photographer
Print and graphic features 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers Inferences 3. Draw inferences from a text

Everybody Jump (from "What If?")		Text structures 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts Figurative language 4. Interpret figures of speech
Everybody Jump (from "What If?")
Text structures 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Match problems with their solutions 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts Figurative language 4. Interpret figures of speech
Informative Writing Process
Plan		Organizing writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Thesis statements 2. Which is a thesis statement? Supporting details 3. Choose evidence to support a claim
Plan
Organizing writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Thesis statements 2. Which is a thesis statement? Supporting details 3. Choose evidence to support a claim

Draft		Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Transitions 1. Choose the best transition Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Choose the synonym 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Revise
1. Choose the synonym 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Grammar		Spelling 1. Form and use the regular past tense Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Grammar
Spelling 1. Form and use the regular past tense Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

4	Unit 4 Personal Best
Reading and Writing
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban		1. Identify text structures
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
1. Identify text structures

Malala Yousafzai– Nobel Lecture		1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements
Malala Yousafzai– Nobel Lecture
1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements

Paired Readings: Priscilla and the Wimps, Letter to Xavier High School, and All Summer in a Day		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Identify story elements
Paired Readings: Priscilla and the Wimps, Letter to Xavier High School, and All Summer in a Day
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Identify story elements

Bullying in Schools		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Bullying in Schools
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

Paired Readings: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad		1. Identify the author's purpose
Paired Readings: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
1. Identify the author's purpose

Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Celebrities as Heroes		1. Trace an argument
Celebrities as Heroes
1. Trace an argument

Famous		1. Read poetry
Famous
1. Read poetry
Literary Analysis Writing Process
Plan		1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Distinguish facts from opinions
Plan
1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Distinguish facts from opinions

Draft		Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use coordinating conjunctions Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Use coordinating conjunctions Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives Pronouns 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Grammar
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Comparative and superlative adjectives 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives Pronouns 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents

5	Unit 5 Making Your Mark
Reading and Writing
Speech to the National Council of Negro Women		1. Choose evidence to support a claim
Speech to the National Council of Negro Women
1. Choose evidence to support a claim

Warriors Don't Cry		1. Read about history
Warriors Don't Cry
1. Read about history

Damon and Pythias		1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements
Damon and Pythias
1. Identify appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos in advertisements

Amigo Brothers		Greek and Latin Roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Reading comprehension 4. Analyze short stories
Amigo Brothers
Greek and Latin Roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Reading comprehension 4. Analyze short stories

Listen, Slowly		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Listen, Slowly
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Charles		1. Read realistic fiction
Charles
1. Read realistic fiction

Paired Readings: Saying Yes and The All American Slurp		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Paired Readings: Saying Yes and The All American Slurp
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Paired Readings: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (Chapter IV), and The Miracle Worker		1. Read drama 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Paired Readings: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (Chapter IV), and The Miracle Worker
1. Read drama 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Oral Presentation Process
Plan		1. Identify the author's purpose
Plan
1. Identify the author's purpose

Draft		Narrative techniques 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Integrating media 2. Read graphic organizers
Draft
Narrative techniques 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Integrating media 2. Read graphic organizers

Revise		Action verbs 1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Conjunctions 2. Use coordinating conjunctions Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
Action verbs 1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Conjunctions 2. Use coordinating conjunctions Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		Sentence variety 1. Create varied sentences based on models Modifiers 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Grammar
Sentence variety 1. Create varied sentences based on models Modifiers 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

6	Unit 6 True to Yourself
Reading and Writing
Bronx Masquerade		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Bronx Masquerade
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: A BEACON of Hope: The Story of Hannah Herbst and Shree Bose: Never Too Young to Change the World		Reference materials 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Use dictionary definitions Shades of meaning 4. Describe the difference between related words Text features 5. Select and use text features
Paired Readings: A BEACON of Hope: The Story of Hannah Herbst and Shree Bose: Never Too Young to Change the World
Reference materials 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? 3. Use dictionary definitions Shades of meaning 4. Describe the difference between related words Text features 5. Select and use text features

Letter to His Daughter		1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition?
Letter to His Daughter
1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition?

Paired Readings: The Story Behind the Bus, Rosa, and Rosa Parks: My Story		Connotation and denotation 1. Positive and negative connotation Author's purpose and perspective 2. Identify the author's purpose 3. Compare and contrast points of view Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Paired Readings: The Story Behind the Bus, Rosa, and Rosa Parks: My Story
Connotation and denotation 1. Positive and negative connotation Author's purpose and perspective 2. Identify the author's purpose 3. Compare and contrast points of view Supporting details 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Brave		1. Show character emotions and traits
Brave
1. Show character emotions and traits

I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Touching Spirit Bear		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Touching Spirit Bear
1. Match the quotations with their themes
Research Writing Process
Plan		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Plan
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Draft		Paraphrasing 1. Identify and correct plagiarism Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 3. Read graphic organizers
Draft
Paraphrasing 1. Identify and correct plagiarism Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 3. Read graphic organizers

Revise		1. Remove the sentence that does not belong 2. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
1. Remove the sentence that does not belong 2. Remove redundant words or phrases

Grammar		Dashes and hyphens 1. Use dashes 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Gerunds 3. Identify gerunds and their functions
Grammar
Dashes and hyphens 1. Use dashes 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Gerunds 3. Identify gerunds and their functions

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