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 |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
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 |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
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 |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
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 |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
Knowledge of Language
ELA.L.6.3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Count to One Billion | 62-63 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 82-83 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
True Snake Tales | 96-97 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
The Water Cycle | 104-105 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 106-107 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Count to One Billion | 62-63 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 82-83 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
True Snake Tales | 96-97 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
The Water Cycle | 104-105 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 106-107 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Agree to Disagree | 6-7 |
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
The Cryptozoologist and the Tracks | 14-15 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
The Means of Survival | 28-29 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
The Sounds of Nature | 38-39 |
Stay Away from Sammy's! | 40-41 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
The To-Do List | 44-45 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Vacationing on Earth | 48-49 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Count to One Billion | 62-63 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 82-83 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
True Snake Tales | 96-97 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
The Water Cycle | 104-105 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 106-107 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.6.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Auntie Barbara's Feral Cat | 8-9 |
Bad Hair Day | 10-11 |
The Colossal Cat | 12-13 |
Doctor Ants | 16-17 |
The Dragon | 18-19 |
A Gentle Reminder | 20-21 |
The G.O.A.T. | 22-23 |
The Good Excuse | 24-25 |
The Humming of the Hives | 26-27 |
Never Before Seen | 30-31 |
No Lolling | 32-33 |
The Noisiest of Neighbors | 34-35 |
Romeo's Broken Leg? | 36-37 |
Strange Weather | 42-43 |
Touchdown! | 46-47 |
Where Rattlesnakes Slither | 50-51 |
Why Nurses Jumped | 52-53 |
The Winning Ticket | 54-55 |
Xavier's Amazing Family | 56-57 |
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
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 |
---|---|
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
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 |
---|---|
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
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 |
---|---|
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Count to One Billion | 62-63 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 82-83 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
True Snake Tales | 96-97 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
The Water Cycle | 104-105 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 106-107 |
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 |
---|---|
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
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 |
---|---|
Be a Better Speller | 58-59 |
Beatrix Potter | 60-61 |
Count to One Billion | 62-63 |
Dangerous African Mammals | 64-65 |
Diamonds | 66-67 |
The Female Paul Revere | 68-69 |
Frozen Food | 70-71 |
In a Minute | 72-73 |
Let There Be Light! | 74-75 |
The Liberty Bell | 76-77 |
Making Crayons | 78-79 |
Marine Biologist | 80-81 |
One of the Modern Wonders | 82-83 |
Paper Folding | 84-85 |
Revolutionary Spy | 86-87 |
Satellites | 88-89 |
Sleeping on Nails | 90-91 |
Space Animals | 92-93 |
To the Egress | 94-95 |
True Snake Tales | 96-97 |
Tsunamis | 98-99 |
The Uneven Steps | 100-101 |
Unrecognized Discovery | 102-103 |
The Water Cycle | 104-105 |
A Weapon Not Often Used | 106-107 |
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