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 |
|---|---|
| Buyer Beware | 57-58 |
| Better to Give | 59-60 |
| The Cover | 61-62 |
| Who You Are | 63-64 |
| The Best Policy | 65-66 |
| I Am Serious | 67-68 |
| Yankee Fever | 69-70 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Women’s Suffrage | 73-74 |
| Dust off the Memories | 75-76 |
| Timber! | 77-78 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| Dramatic Things | 81-82 |
| Buying Time | 83-84 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| Surprise Attack | 87-88 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Fresh Air | 91-92 |
| Canoe Crisis | 93-94 |
| Bee Ware! | 95-96 |
| Boot Camp | 97-98 |
| Nocturnal Neighbors | 99-100 |
| The Spell | 101-102 |
| The Virus | 103-104 |
| Dental Work | 105-106 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Buyer Beware | 57-58 |
| Better to Give | 59-60 |
| The Cover | 61-62 |
| Who You Are | 63-64 |
| The Best Policy | 65-66 |
| I Am Serious | 67-68 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Women’s Suffrage | 73-74 |
| Dust off the Memories | 75-76 |
| Timber! | 77-78 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| Dramatic Things | 81-82 |
| Buying Time | 83-84 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| Surprise Attack | 87-88 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Fresh Air | 91-92 |
| Canoe Crisis | 93-94 |
| Bee Ware! | 95-96 |
| Boot Camp | 97-98 |
| Nocturnal Neighbors | 99-100 |
| The Spell | 101-102 |
| The Virus | 103-104 |
| Dental Work | 105-106 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Buyer Beware | 57-58 |
| Better to Give | 59-60 |
| The Cover | 61-62 |
| Who You Are | 63-64 |
| The Best Policy | 65-66 |
| I Am Serious | 67-68 |
| Yankee Fever | 69-70 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Women’s Suffrage | 73-74 |
| Dust off the Memories | 75-76 |
| Timber! | 77-78 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| Dramatic Things | 81-82 |
| Buying Time | 83-84 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| Surprise Attack | 87-88 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Fresh Air | 91-92 |
| Canoe Crisis | 93-94 |
| Bee Ware! | 95-96 |
| Boot Camp | 97-98 |
| Nocturnal Neighbors | 99-100 |
| The Spell | 101-102 |
| The Virus | 103-104 |
| Dental Work | 105-106 |
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 Cover | 61-62 |
| Yankee Fever | 69-70 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Women’s Suffrage | 73-74 |
| Dust off the Memories | 75-76 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| Dramatic Things | 81-82 |
| Buying Time | 83-84 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| Surprise Attack | 87-88 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Canoe Crisis | 93-94 |
| Bee Ware! | 95-96 |
| The Spell | 101-102 |
| The Virus | 103-104 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RL.6.6: Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| Buyer Beware | 57-58 |
| Better to Give | 59-60 |
| The Cover | 61-62 |
| Yankee Fever | 69-70 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Fresh Air | 91-92 |
| Dental Work | 105-106 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Buyer Beware | 57-58 |
| Better to Give | 59-60 |
| The Cover | 61-62 |
| Who You Are | 63-64 |
| The Best Policy | 65-66 |
| I Am Serious | 67-68 |
| Dream Big | 71-72 |
| Women’s Suffrage | 73-74 |
| Dust off the Memories | 75-76 |
| Timber! | 77-78 |
| Big Brother | 79-80 |
| Dramatic Things | 81-82 |
| Buying Time | 83-84 |
| The Brief Report | 85-86 |
| Surprise Attack | 87-88 |
| An Apple a Day | 89-90 |
| Fresh Air | 91-92 |
| Canoe Crisis | 93-94 |
| Bee Ware! | 95-96 |
| Boot Camp | 97-98 |
| Nocturnal Neighbors | 99-100 |
| The Spell | 101-102 |
| The Virus | 103-104 |
| Dental Work | 105-106 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wait Until 2061 | 1-2 |
| Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | 3-4 |
| The Taj Mahal | 5-6 |
| Krakatoa | 7-8 |
| The Coastal Redwoods | 9-10 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 11-12 |
| The Lost Planet | 13-14 |
| Decibel Levels | 15-16 |
| Dangerous African Mammals | 17-18 |
| Tide Pools | 19-20 |
| The Human Brain | 21-22 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 23-24 |
| The Invention of Basketball | 25-26 |
| A Number Challenge | 27-28 |
| Presidential Pets | 29-30 |
| The Iceman | 31-32 |
| Lincoln’s Man | 33-34 |
| The Compass in Your Nose | 35-36 |
| Your Hair Is Dead | 37-38 |
| How Big Is a Googol? | 39-40 |
| The Latin in Your English | 41-42 |
| Birthday Odds | 43-44 |
| He Mailed Himself to Freedom | 45-46 |
| The Most Important Woman in America | 47-48 |
| First Emperor of the United States | 49-50 |
| Galileo Galilei | 51-52 |
| The One-Armed Explorer | 53-54 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 55-56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wait Until 2061 | 1-2 |
| Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | 3-4 |
| The Taj Mahal | 5-6 |
| Krakatoa | 7-8 |
| The Coastal Redwoods | 9-10 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 11-12 |
| The Lost Planet | 13-14 |
| Decibel Levels | 15-16 |
| Dangerous African Mammals | 17-18 |
| Tide Pools | 19-20 |
| The Human Brain | 21-22 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 23-24 |
| The Invention of Basketball | 25-26 |
| A Number Challenge | 27-28 |
| Presidential Pets | 29-30 |
| The Iceman | 31-32 |
| Lincoln’s Man | 33-34 |
| The Compass in Your Nose | 35-36 |
| Your Hair Is Dead | 37-38 |
| How Big Is a Googol? | 39-40 |
| The Latin in Your English | 41-42 |
| Birthday Odds | 43-44 |
| He Mailed Himself to Freedom | 45-46 |
| The Most Important Woman in America | 47-48 |
| First Emperor of the United States | 49-50 |
| Galileo Galilei | 51-52 |
| The One-Armed Explorer | 53-54 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 55-56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wait Until 2061 | 1-2 |
| Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | 3-4 |
| The Taj Mahal | 5-6 |
| Krakatoa | 7-8 |
| The Coastal Redwoods | 9-10 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 11-12 |
| The Lost Planet | 13-14 |
| Decibel Levels | 15-16 |
| Dangerous African Mammals | 17-18 |
| Tide Pools | 19-20 |
| The Human Brain | 21-22 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 23-24 |
| The Invention of Basketball | 25-26 |
| A Number Challenge | 27-28 |
| Presidential Pets | 29-30 |
| The Iceman | 31-32 |
| Lincoln’s Man | 33-34 |
| The Compass in Your Nose | 35-36 |
| Your Hair Is Dead | 37-38 |
| How Big Is a Googol? | 39-40 |
| The Latin in Your English | 41-42 |
| Birthday Odds | 43-44 |
| He Mailed Himself to Freedom | 45-46 |
| The Most Important Woman in America | 47-48 |
| First Emperor of the United States | 49-50 |
| Galileo Galilei | 51-52 |
| The One-Armed Explorer | 53-54 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 55-56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wait Until 2061 | 1-2 |
| Krakatoa | 7-8 |
| The Human Brain | 21-22 |
| A Number Challenge | 27-28 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | 3-4 |
| The Coastal Redwoods | 9-10 |
| The Lost Planet | 13-14 |
| Tide Pools | 19-20 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 23-24 |
| Presidential Pets | 29-30 |
| Lincoln’s Man | 33-34 |
| Your Hair Is Dead | 37-38 |
| Birthday Odds | 43-44 |
| He Mailed Himself to Freedom | 45-46 |
| The Most Important Woman in America | 47-48 |
| Galileo Galilei | 51-52 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 55-56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wait Until 2061 | 1-2 |
| Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | 3-4 |
| The Taj Mahal | 5-6 |
| Krakatoa | 7-8 |
| The Coastal Redwoods | 9-10 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 11-12 |
| The Lost Planet | 13-14 |
| Decibel Levels | 15-16 |
| Dangerous African Mammals | 17-18 |
| Tide Pools | 19-20 |
| The Human Brain | 21-22 |
| The Rosetta Stone | 23-24 |
| The Invention of Basketball | 25-26 |
| A Number Challenge | 27-28 |
| Presidential Pets | 29-30 |
| The Iceman | 31-32 |
| Lincoln’s Man | 33-34 |
| The Compass in Your Nose | 35-36 |
| Your Hair Is Dead | 37-38 |
| How Big Is a Googol? | 39-40 |
| The Latin in Your English | 41-42 |
| Birthday Odds | 43-44 |
| He Mailed Himself to Freedom | 45-46 |
| The Most Important Woman in America | 47-48 |
| First Emperor of the United States | 49-50 |
| Galileo Galilei | 51-52 |
| The One-Armed Explorer | 53-54 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 55-56 |
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