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 |
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Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Space Shuttle Disasters | 25-27 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
The Birth of Radio: The “Wireless” | 37-39 |
Henry Ford's Assembly Line | 40-42 |
Charles Lindbergh and the First Transatlantic Flight | 43-45 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
The U.S. Coast Guard | 58-60 |
The Man Who Slept Through His Own Presidency | 61-63 |
Scream Machines: The History of Roller Coasters | 64-66 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park | 70-72 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
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 |
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Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Space Shuttle Disasters | 25-27 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
The Birth of Radio: The “Wireless” | 37-39 |
Henry Ford's Assembly Line | 40-42 |
Charles Lindbergh and the First Transatlantic Flight | 43-45 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
The U.S. Coast Guard | 58-60 |
The Man Who Slept Through His Own Presidency | 61-63 |
Scream Machines: The History of Roller Coasters | 64-66 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park | 70-72 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
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 |
---|---|
Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Space Shuttle Disasters | 25-27 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
The Birth of Radio: The “Wireless” | 37-39 |
Henry Ford's Assembly Line | 40-42 |
Charles Lindbergh and the First Transatlantic Flight | 43-45 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
The U.S. Coast Guard | 58-60 |
The Man Who Slept Through His Own Presidency | 61-63 |
Scream Machines: The History of Roller Coasters | 64-66 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park | 70-72 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
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 |
---|---|
Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Space Shuttle Disasters | 25-27 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
The Birth of Radio: The “Wireless” | 37-39 |
Henry Ford's Assembly Line | 40-42 |
Charles Lindbergh and the First Transatlantic Flight | 43-45 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
The U.S. Coast Guard | 58-60 |
The Man Who Slept Through His Own Presidency | 61-63 |
Scream Machines: The History of Roller Coasters | 64-66 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park | 70-72 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
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 |
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Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.6.7: 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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.6.9: Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
Passage | Pages |
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The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
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 |
---|---|
Without Warning: The Destruction of Pompeii | 10-12 |
The Black Death | 13-15 |
Look Out Below! Here Comes the Snow | 16-18 |
Horror in Halifax | 19-21 |
The Hindenburg Tragedy | 22-24 |
Space Shuttle Disasters | 25-27 |
Waves that Shook the Planet: The 2004 Tsunami | 28-30 |
Prison Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary | 31-33 |
Civil War Battleship Crews: The First Integrated U.S. Armed Forces | 34-36 |
The Birth of Radio: The “Wireless” | 37-39 |
Henry Ford's Assembly Line | 40-42 |
Charles Lindbergh and the First Transatlantic Flight | 43-45 |
A Giant Leap for Mankind | 46-48 |
Executed for Espionage | 49-51 |
Mascots in the Military | 52-54 |
Destroying Ecosystems | 55-57 |
The U.S. Coast Guard | 58-60 |
The Man Who Slept Through His Own Presidency | 61-63 |
Scream Machines: The History of Roller Coasters | 64-66 |
Dorothea Dix, Champion for the Mentally Ill | 67-69 |
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park | 70-72 |
Mohandas Gandhi: A Man of Peaceful Action | 73-75 |
Amazing Courage: Irena Sendler’s Silence | 76-78 |
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice | 79-81 |
Mother Teresa: Greatest Humanitarian of the Twentieth Century | 82-84 |
At a Crossroads and in the Crosshairs: Afghanistan | 85-87 |
Antarctica: A Hidden Land | 88-90 |
The Land Down Under: Australia | 91-93 |
Bulgaria: A Balkan Nation | 94-96 |
The Cradle of Civilization: Iraq | 97-99 |
Jamaica, Jewel in the Caribbean Sea | 100-102 |
Swaziland, Land of a Single Culture | 103-105 |
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