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Grade 6

• Critical Literacy

  • 6.CL.1
  • 6.CL.2
  • 6.CL.3
  • 6.CL.4
  • 6.CL.5
  • 6.CL.6
  • 6.CL.7
  • 6.CL.7.a
  • 6.CL.7.b
  • 6.CL.7.c
  • 6.CL.8
  • 6.CL.9

• Digital Literacy

  • 6.DL.10
  • 6.DL.11
  • 6.DL.12
  • 6.DL.13
  • 6.DL.14

• Language Literacy

  • 6.LL.15
  • 6.LL.15.b
  • 6.LL.15.c
  • 6.LL.16
  • 6.LL.17
  • 6.LL.18
  • 6.LL.19
  • 6.LL.19.b
  • 6.LL.19.c

• Standards

  • 6.R1
  • 6.R2
  • 6.R3
  • 6.R4
  • 6.R5
  • 6.R6

• Research Literacy

  • 6.RL.21
  • 6.RL.22
  • 6.RL.24
  • 6.RL.25
  • 6.RL.26

• VL

  • 6.VL.27
  • 6.VL.28
  • 6.VL.29
  • 6.VL.30

Alabama ELA Standard: 6.CL.3

Explain how authors use setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view to contribute to the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing.

Summarize In Haiku: Power

Can your students fit a whole story into seventeen syllables? Now do it from inside a character’s head. Then once more, following the power.

Robot Writing: Volcano

Read three pieces of writing from three different robots about the same beautiful painting of a volcano. Who wrote it best?

Writing Sample: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Shrinking)

A passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: The Velveteen Rabbit (The Toys)

A passage from The Velveteen Rabbit to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: White Fang (The Wild)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: The Jungle Book (Bagheera)

A passage from The Jungle Book to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: The Wind in the Willows

A passage from The Wind in the Willows to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: Moby Dick

A passage from Moby Dick to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: Peter Pan

A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A passage from “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: Anne of Green Gables

An intriguing passage from Anne of Green Gables to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Anyone can say a character changed. Your students will prove it: four details from the beginning, four from the end, and the two traits those details point to.

Literary Technique: Juxtaposition

Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!