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Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
  • Standard Area - CC.1.3: Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
  • Grade Level - CC.1.3.6: GRADE 6
Standard - CC.1.3.6.F

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative language in context.

Eligible Content:
5 Total
Alternate Eligible Content:
6 Total
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Assessment Anchor - E06.A-C.2 Craft and Structure
    • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-C.2.1 Demonstrate understanding of craft and structure in literature.
      • Eligible Content - E06.A-C.2.1.1 Determine an author’s purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text; explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text; describe the effectiveness of the point of view used by the author.
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        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-C.2.1.1a Identify how the narrator’s point-of-view affects the story.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E06.A-C.2.1.2 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.
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      • Eligible Content - E06.A-C.2.1.3 Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
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        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-C.2.1.3a Identify the meaning of a word or phrase in context and how it makes the reader feel.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
          Essentialized Example
  • Assessment Anchor - E06.A-V.4 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-V.4.1 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in literature.
      • Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
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        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.1a Use context to determine the meaning of an unknown or multiple meaning word.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.1b Use a root word or affix to determine the meaning of a word.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
      • Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category, synonym/antonym) to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
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        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.2a Identify the meaning of figurative language in context.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
        • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-V.4.1.2b Use relationships between words to aid comprehension.
          Alternate Eligible Content is designed for students assessed using the PA Alternate System of Assessment (PASA). Essentialized Example resources assist teachers in designing instruction that reduces content complexity while maintaining alignment to academic standards.
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