Letcher County Schools Curricular Map and Pacing Guide ELA GRADE: __6__ Unit 1 Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 1: A Key Ideas and Details in Informational text Determining central idea and details. CCR: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Standard: RI.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.2 SL.6.2 Identify a statement from the text that best states the central idea. Determine the central idea of a text when it is implied (not directly stated in the text). Identify details that support the central idea. Explain how details support the central idea. Explain how a central idea is conveyed through particular details. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (6-8 days) Unit 1: B Key Ideas and Details in Informational text Summarizing informational text. CCR: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Standard: RI.6.2 Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.2 SL.6.2 Distinguish between facts and opinions. Choose a sentence that best summarizes a text. Identify irrelevant details in a summary. Use main idea and key details to summarize a paragraph of a text. Summarize an entire text. Summarize a text without introducing opinions or judgments.
Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (6-8 days) Unit 1: C Key Ideas and Details in Informational text Citing evidence to make inferences. CCR: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logically and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text Standard: RI. 6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from text. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.2 SL.6.2 Explain what a text explicitly (obviously) states. Cite (quote) evidence from the text to support what the text explicitly states. Explain how evidence from the text supports what the text explicitly states. Use supporting details and examples to make inferences about the text. Cite (quote) evidence from the text to support inferences I have made from the text. Explain how evidence from the text supports the inferences I make. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (4-6 days) Unit 1: D Key Ideas and Details in Informational text Analyzing key ideas in a text. CCR: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text Standard: RI. 6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.2 SL.6.2 Distinguish between facts, examples, and anecdotes. Analyze how an author introduces, illustrates, and elaborates a key individual in an informational text through facts, examples, and anecdotes. Analyze how an author introduces, illustrates, and elaborates a key event in an informational text through facts, examples, and anecdotes. Analyze how an author introduces, illustrates, and elaborates a key idea in an informational text through facts, examples, and anecdotes.
Unit 2 Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (6-8 days) Unit 2: A Key Ideas and Details in Literature Citing Evidence to Make Inferences CCR: : Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it, cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Standard: RL.6.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Standard: W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. L.6.1 SL.6.1 Explain what a text explicitly (obviously) states about a character. Cite (quote) evidence from the text to support what the text explicitly states about a character. Explain how evidence from the text supports what the text explicitly states about a character. Use explicitly stated details and background knowledge to make inferences about a character. Cite (quote) evidence from the text to support inferences I have made about a character. Explain how evidence from the text supports the inferences I make about a character. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 2: B Key Ideas and Details in Literature Describing Plot CCR: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Standard: 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. Standard: W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective L.6.1 SL.6.1 Describe the exposition (beginning) of a story or drama. Describe the rising action of a story or drama. Describe the climax of a story or drama. Describe the falling action of a story or drama. Describe the resolution of a story or drama.
Unit 3 Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 3: A Craft and Structure in Informational Text Determining Word Meanings: Figurative, Connotative, Technical CCR: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Standard: RI.6.4 Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. Standard: W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. L.6.4 SL.6.1 SL.6.4 Distinguish between the denotative, connotative, figurative, and technical meanings of words and phrases. Determine the denotative meaning of a word or phrase in a text. Analyze context to determine the connotative meaning of a word or phrase in a text. Analyze context to determine the figurative meaning of a word or phrase in a text. Analyze context to determine the technical meaning of a word or phrase in a text. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 3: B Craft and Structure in Informational Text Analyzing Text Structures CCR: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Standard: 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. Standard: W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. L.6.4 SL.6.1 SL.6.4 Identify the four different types of text structure (problem and solution, chronology, compare and contrast, and cause and effect). Analyze the function of a particular sentence within a paragraph. Analyze how a particular sentence contributes to the overall development of ideas in a paragraph. Analyze the function of a particular paragraph, chapter, or section within a whole text. Analyze how a particular paragraph, chapter, or section contributes to the development of ideas in a whole text.
Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (6-8 days) Unit 3: C Craft and Structure in Informational Text Determining Point of View in Informational Text CCR: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Standard: RI.6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. Standard: W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. L.6.4 SL.6.1 SL.6.4 Identify the three main author’s purposes (persuade, inform, and entertain). Determine an author’s purpose for writing informational text. Cite evidence to explain how the author’s purpose is conveyed in the text. Explain what author’s point of view means when reading informational text. Determine an author’s point of view about the topic of an informational text. Cite evidence to explain how the author’s point of view is conveyed in a text. Unit 4 Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (4-6 days) Unit 4: A Craft and Structure in Literature Determining Word Meaning: Figurative and Connotative CCR: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Standard: 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 or tone. Standard: W.6.2 L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Identify different types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification) in a literary text. Determine the meaning of figurative words and phrases in a literary text. Distinguish between the connotative and denotative meanings of words. Determine the connotative meaning of words and phrases in a literary text.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (4-6 days) Unit 4: B Craft and Structure in Literature Analyzing Word Choice CCR: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Standard: 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 or tone. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Explain the meaning of the words tone and mood when reading a literary text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impacts the meaning of a text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impacts the tone of a text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impact the mood of a text. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 4: C Craft and Structure in Literature Analyzing the Structure of a Poem CCR: Analyze the structure of text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g. a section, chapter, scene or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Standard: RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. (Analyzing the structure of a poem) Standard: W.6.2 L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Identify the theme of a poem. Analyze how a particular line fits into the overall structure of a poem. Analyze how a particular line contributes to the overall development of the theme of a poem. Analyze how a particular stanza fits into the overall structure of a poem. Analyze how a particular stanza contributes to the overall
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. development of the theme of a poem. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 4: D Craft and Structure in Literature Analyzing the Structure of Stories CCR: Analyze the structure of text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g. a section, chapter, scene or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Standard: RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. (Analyzing the structure of stories) Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Identify the theme, setting, and plot of a story. Analyze how a particular sentence fits into the overall structure of a story. Analyze how a particular sentence contributes to the overall development of the theme, setting, and plot of a story. Analyze how a particular chapter or scene fits into the overall structure of a story. Analyze how a particular chapter or scene contributes to the overall development of the theme, setting, and plot of a story. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (6-8 days) Unit 4: E Craft and Structure in Literature Explaining Point of View CCR: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes content and style. Standard: RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Explain the concept of point of view when reading a literary text. Identify the narrator or speaker in a literary text. Explain a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view in a story. Cite textual evidence that shows how the author developed a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view. Explain how the description of events in a story are influenced by
information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. the narrator’s or speaker’s point of view. Explain how differing points of view can affect the reader’s understanding of the events in a story. Unit 5 Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (9-11 days) Unit 5: A Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text Evaluating an Argument CCR: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Standard: 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. Standard: Standard: W.6.1 L.6.3 SL.6.3 Explain what an argument is. Determine an author’s argument in a text. Explain what a claim is. Determine an author’s specific claims in an argument. Trace an author’s argument in a text. Distinguish between reasons and evidence. Distinguish between claims that are supported by reasons and