This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9: Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3: Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.5: Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.9: Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A: Common Core Standard Definition: Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.B: Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.C: Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.D: Establish and maintain a formal style.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.E: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.A: Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.B: Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.C: Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.D: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.E: Establish and maintain a formal style.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.F: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.5: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 6 here.)

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9.A: Apply grade 6 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics").

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9.B: Apply grade 6 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not").

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.2: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.A: Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.B: Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.C: Pose and respond to specific questions with elaboration and detail by making comments that contribute to the topic, text, or issue under discussion.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.D: Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.3: Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.4: Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3.A: Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3.B: Maintain consistency in style and tone.*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.A: Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.B: Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.C: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.D: Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1.E: Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2.A: Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2.B: Spell correctly.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.A: Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.B: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.C: Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.D: Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.B: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.C: Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).

This unit contains materials aligned to the 6th grade ELA Common Core State Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.