Key Ideas and Details
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Cyclops | 9-11 |
What Came First | 13-15 |
The Means of Survival | 17-19 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 21-23 |
The Colossal Cat | 25-27 |
Inside the Mind of a Sculptor | 29-31 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 33-35 |
When Parched . . . | 37-39 |
Trivial Facts | 41-43 |
Vacation Journal: Ireland | 45-47 |
No Lolling | 49-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 53-55 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
A Fictional Interview Filled with Facts | 65-67 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Letter from St. Louis | 73-75 |
All My Riches | 77-79 |
Agreeing with a Wonder | 81-83 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
The Dragon | 89-91 |
Doctor Ants | 93-95 |
The Good Excuse | 97-99 |
Playful Insults | 101-103 |
One Food Only | 105-107 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Cyclops | 9-11 |
What Came First | 13-15 |
The Means of Survival | 17-19 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 21-23 |
The Colossal Cat | 25-27 |
Inside the Mind of a Sculptor | 29-31 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 33-35 |
When Parched . . . | 37-39 |
Trivial Facts | 41-43 |
Vacation Journal: Ireland | 45-47 |
No Lolling | 49-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 53-55 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
A Fictional Interview Filled with Facts | 65-67 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Letter from St. Louis | 73-75 |
All My Riches | 77-79 |
Agreeing with a Wonder | 81-83 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
The Dragon | 89-91 |
Doctor Ants | 93-95 |
The Good Excuse | 97-99 |
Playful Insults | 101-103 |
One Food Only | 105-107 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
When Parched . . . | 37-39 |
Trivial Facts | 41-43 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 53-55 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
The Dragon | 89-91 |
Doctor Ants | 93-95 |
The Good Excuse | 97-99 |
Playful Insults | 101-103 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Cyclops | 9-11 |
What Came First | 13-15 |
The Means of Survival | 17-19 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 21-23 |
The Colossal Cat | 25-27 |
Inside the Mind of a Sculptor | 29-31 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 33-35 |
When Parched . . . | 37-39 |
Trivial Facts | 41-43 |
Vacation Journal: Ireland | 45-47 |
No Lolling | 49-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 53-55 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
A Fictional Interview Filled with Facts | 65-67 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Letter from St. Louis | 73-75 |
All My Riches | 77-79 |
Agreeing with a Wonder | 81-83 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
The Dragon | 89-91 |
Doctor Ants | 93-95 |
The Good Excuse | 97-99 |
Playful Insults | 101-103 |
One Food Only | 105-107 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The Means of Survival | 17-19 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 21-23 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 33-35 |
Vacation Journal: Ireland | 45-47 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
A Fictional Interview Filled with Facts | 65-67 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Letter from St. Louis | 73-75 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Cyclops | 9-11 |
What Came First | 13-15 |
The Means of Survival | 17-19 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 21-23 |
The Colossal Cat | 25-27 |
Inside the Mind of a Sculptor | 29-31 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 33-35 |
When Parched . . . | 37-39 |
Trivial Facts | 41-43 |
Vacation Journal: Ireland | 45-47 |
No Lolling | 49-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 53-55 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 57-59 |
The Impossible Nap | 61-63 |
A Fictional Interview Filled with Facts | 65-67 |
Details that Don't Make Sense | 69-71 |
Letter from St. Louis | 73-75 |
All My Riches | 77-79 |
Agreeing with a Wonder | 81-83 |
Where No Person Has Gone Before | 85-87 |
The Dragon | 89-91 |
Doctor Ants | 93-95 |
The Good Excuse | 97-99 |
Playful Insults | 101-103 |
One Food Only | 105-107 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.6.3: Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 20-23 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
Revolutionary Spy | 28-31 |
The Abominable Snowman | 32-35 |
Only on the West | 36-39 |
The 900 | 40-43 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
In a Minute | 48-51 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
True Snake Tales | 56-59 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
Telltale Hair | 68-71 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
After 46 Years | 76-79 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 80-83 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 20-23 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
Revolutionary Spy | 28-31 |
The Abominable Snowman | 32-35 |
Only on the West | 36-39 |
The 900 | 40-43 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
In a Minute | 48-51 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
True Snake Tales | 56-59 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
Telltale Hair | 68-71 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
After 46 Years | 76-79 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 80-83 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 20-23 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
Revolutionary Spy | 28-31 |
The Abominable Snowman | 32-35 |
Only on the West | 36-39 |
The 900 | 40-43 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
In a Minute | 48-51 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
True Snake Tales | 56-59 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
Telltale Hair | 68-71 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
After 46 Years | 76-79 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 80-83 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.6.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 20-23 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
Revolutionary Spy | 28-31 |
The Abominable Snowman | 32-35 |
Only on the West | 36-39 |
The 900 | 40-43 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
In a Minute | 48-51 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
True Snake Tales | 56-59 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
Telltale Hair | 68-71 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
After 46 Years | 76-79 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 80-83 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.6.6: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
To the Egress | 8-11 |
Why a Lie Is a Falsehood | 12-15 |
Training on an Anthill | 16-19 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 20-23 |
What Happened in April | 24-27 |
Revolutionary Spy | 28-31 |
The Abominable Snowman | 32-35 |
Only on the West | 36-39 |
The 900 | 40-43 |
The Uneven Steps | 44-47 |
In a Minute | 48-51 |
Civil War Nurse | 52-55 |
True Snake Tales | 56-59 |
Sleeping on Nails | 60-63 |
The Disappearing Man | 64-67 |
Telltale Hair | 68-71 |
The Bald Chimpanzee | 72-75 |
After 46 Years | 76-79 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 80-83 |
A World Below | 84-87 |
Similar to Coasting on Snow | 88-91 |
The Decapitating Fly | 92-95 |
The Largest Country on the Continent | 96-99 |
Presidential Anecdotes | 100-103 |
The Problem with French Fries | 104-107 |
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