Reading Literature
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
What is RL.6.6
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.
What is RI.6.8
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
What is L.6.5
A social media platform for creating, sharing and discovering short videos. The app is used by young people as an outlet to express themselves through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing, and allows users to create videos and share them across a community.
What is Tik Tok
Educators use this to evaluate students' knowledge and understanding of particular content and then to adjust instructional practices accordingly toward improving student achievement in that area
What is an assessment
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.
What is RL.6.2
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.
What is RI.6.5
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
What is W.6.3
A popular free social networking website that enables users to share information and photos and keep in touch with family and friends.
What is Facebook
Placing students with disabilities in regular classrooms.
What is inclusion
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.
What is RL.6.5
Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
RI.6.7
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.
What is L.6.4
A free social networking site where users broadcast short posts known as tweets. These tweets can contain text, videos, photos or links.
What is Twitter
Strategies or processes to address specific student learning needs or whole school improvement, i.e., before-school or afterschool programs or materials.
What is an intervention
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.
What is RL.6.9
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
What is RI.6.3
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
What is W.6.1
A popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they're viewed.
What is Snapchat
A student's mastery or ability to do something at grade level
What is proficient/proficiency
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
What is RL.6.4
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.
What is RI.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.
What is W.6.2
This social media outlet allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging.
What is Instagram
Offering several different learning experiences within one lesson to meet students' varied needs or learning styles, e.g. using different teaching methods for students with learning disabilities.
What is differentiated instruction
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.
What is RL.6.3
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
What is RI.6.4
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.
What is L.6.6
A social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information like recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration on the internet using images and, on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboards.
What is Pinterest
A written plan created for a student with learning disabilities by the student's teachers, parents or guardians, the school administrator, and other interested parties.
What is an IEP