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Ready Reading Grade 6

Unit 1: Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text

Lesson

Learning Target

Additional Resources

Language Lesson

Academic Talk

1-Determining Central Ideas and Details

Supporting standard

RI.6.2

Genre: Scientific Accounts (Informational)

I can determine the central idea of a text, and how the central idea is conveyed through supporting details.

How Does A Venus Flytrap Work? animated Colossal Questions 2:53

What’s Inside A Venus Flytrap? Science Insider 3:56

The Corpse Flower: Behind the Stink Nat Geo 3:11

Corpse Flower Timelapse Video Chicago Botanic Garden 2:24 music

Food Chain-Food Web animated 3:52

BrainPOP Food Chains

www.sheppardsoftware.com food chain game

Lesson 11: Using Context Clues

  • Central Idea
  • Supporting Details

2-Summarizing Informational Texts

Supporting standard

RI.6.2

Genre: Scientific Accounts

I can identify the main idea and key details in a text, and I can summarize a text to show my understanding.

Get Epic Books: Literature: Unit 2

Lesson 12: Greek and Latin Word Parts

  • Central idea
  • Key detail
  • summarize

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Learning Target

Resources

Language Lesson

Academic Talk

3-Citing Evidence to Make Inference

ESSENTIAL standard

RI.6.1

Genre: Scientific Accounts

I can cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Could Bigfoot Be Real? animated Colossal Mysteries 2:53

What is El Chupacabra? animated Colossal Mysteries 4:12

Does the Loch Ness Monster Exist? animated Colossal Mysteries 3:51

Get Epic Books: Collection-Unexplained Mysteries

BrainPop Making Inferences

Lesson 13: Using a Dictionary or Glossary

  • Inferences
  • Text Evidence

4-Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text

Supporting standard:

RI.6.3

Genre: Historical Accounts

I can analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text.

(ex: examples or anecdotes)

Get Epic Books: Collection-Lost Cities

Lesson 14: Using a Thesaurus

Good practice before Narrative Writing Unit during Unit 2 Lesson 6

  • Facts
  • Examples
  • Anecdotes

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Ready Reading Grade 6

Unit 2: Key Ideas and Details in Literature

Lesson

Learning Target

Resources

Language Lesson

Academic Talk

5-Citing Evidence to Make Inferences

Essential Standard

RL.6.1

Genre: Myth

I can understand how characters in a drama move the story along when I compare what the characters do and say.

** from Lesson 7, teach now for narrative writing during Lesson 6

Lesson 9: Varying Sentence Structure

  • Inference
  • Cite

6-Describing Plot

Supporting Standard

RL.6.3

Genre:

Historical Fiction

I can use details to compare and contrast settings or events in a story to better understand what the story is about.

Pixar Short Films Plot Elements PDF

ReadWorks “Summer at the Polka Dot Cafe”

Plot Diagram printable

WRITING UNIT:

Essential Standard

W.6.4/W.6.3

Turn the drama into a narrative story.

Rubric

Rough Draft

Plot Diagram

  • Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
  • Conflict

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Learning Target

Resources

Language Lesson

Academic Talk

7-Analyzing Character Development

Supporting standard:

RL.6.3

Genre: Drama

I can analyze characters and how they respond to challenges in stories and dramas, to better understand the themes of the passage.

BrainPOP: Characters

(Completed during Lesson 5)

Lesson 9: Varying Sentence Structure

  • Motivation
  • Attitudes

8-Determining Theme or Central Idea

Supporting Standard:

RL.6.2

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Disney Top 10 Pixar Life Lessons (short but cute…not super academic) 3:18

Teaching Themes 2:15 (good one-theme vs topic)

BrainPOP: Theme

Lesson 10: Consistent Tone and Style

  • Theme
  • Central Idea
  • Detail

9-Summarizing Literary Texts

Supporting Standard:

RL.6.2

Genre: Mystery

I can develop a deeper understanding of a literary text by identifying and summarizing key details from the text.

No Lesson

  • Summary
  • Opinions
  • Judgement