Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. Weeks/ Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Skills Assessed Length Standards of Unit Unit 4: B CCR: Interpret words and phrases as they are L.6.4 Explain the meaning of the words (4-6 days) Craft and Structure in used in a text including determining technical, L.6.5 tone and mood when reading a Literature connotative and figurative meanings and literary text. analyze how specific word choices shape SL.6.5 Analyze how the word author’s Analyzing Word meaning or tone. choice impacts the meaning of a Choice text. Standard: RL.6.4 Analyze how the word author’s Determine the meaning of words and phrases choice impacts the tone of a text. as they are used in a text including figurative Analyze how the word author’s and connotative meanings, analyze the impact choice impact the mood of a text. of a specific word choice on meaning or tone. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. Weeks/ Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Skills Assessed Length Standards of Unit Unit 4: C CCR: Analyze the structure of text, including L.6.4 Identify the theme of a poem. (5-7 days) Craft and Structure in how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger L.6.5 Analyze how a particular line fits Literature portions of the text (e.g. a section, chapter, into the overall structure of a scene or stanza) relate to each other and the SL.6.5 poem. Analyzing the whole. Analyze how a particular line Structure of a contributes to the overall Poem Standard: RL.6.5 development of the theme of a Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, poem. scene or stanza fits into the overall structure of Analyze how a particular stanza a text and contributes to the development of the fits into the overall structure of a theme, setting, or plot. (Analyzing the structure poem. of a poem) Analyze how a particular stanza contributes to the overall Standard: W.6.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (4-6 days) Unit 4: B Craft and Structure in Literature Analyzing Word Choice CCR: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Standard: 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 or tone. Standard: W.6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through text selection, organization and analysis of relevant concept. L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Explain the meaning of the words tone and mood when reading a literary text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impacts the meaning of a text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impacts the tone of a text. Analyze how the author’s word choice impact the mood of a text. Weeks/ Length of Unit Title/Content Primary Standards Supporting Standards Skills Assessed (5-7 days) Unit 4: C Craft and Structure in Literature Analyzing the Structure of a Poem CCR: Analyze the structure of text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g. a section, chapter, scene or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Standard: 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. (Analyzing the structure of a poem) Standard: W.6.2 L.6.4 L.6.5 SL.6.5 Identify the theme of a poem. Analyze how a particular line fits into the overall structure of a poem. Analyze how a particular line contributes to the overall development of the theme of a poem. Analyze how a particular stanza fits into the overall structure of a poem. Analyze how a particular stanza contributes to the overall