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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.A

Determine a theme or 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.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
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  • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1b Answeraninferential question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        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-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        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-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        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-K.1.1.3 Describe how the plot of a particular story, drama, or poem unfolds, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how the elements inthe plot of a story interact.
        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.
Standard - CC.1.3.6.B

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1b Answeraninferential question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        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-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        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-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        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-K.1.1.3 Describe how the plot of a particular story, drama, or poem unfolds, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how the elements inthe plot of a story interact.
        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.
Standard - CC.1.3.6.C

Describe how a particular story or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-K.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature.
    • Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and/or generalizations drawn from the text.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.1a Answer a literal question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1b Answeraninferential question about a text.
        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-K.1.1.1c Identify details and evidence from the text to answer literal and inferential questions.
        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-K.1.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through relevant details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.2a Identify the theme/central message of a story, drama, or poem using key details/evidence from the text.
        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-K.1.1.2b Summarize the text.
        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-K.1.1.3 Describe how the plot of a particular story, drama, or poem unfolds, as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
      • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-K.1.1.3a Identify how the elements inthe plot of a story interact.
        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.
Standard - CC.1.3.6.D

Determine an author’s purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in a text.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • 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.
      • 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.
    • 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.
      • 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.
Standard - CC.1.3.6.E

Analyze how the structure of a text contributes to the development of theme, setting, and plot.

Eligible Content:
3 Total
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • 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.
      • 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.
    • 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.
      • 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.
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
PASA DLM
Essential Elements (EE)
Assessments
Materials & Resources
  • 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.
      • 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.
    • 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.
      • 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.
        • 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).
            • 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).
            • 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.
        Standard - CC.1.3.6.G

        Compare and contrast the experiences of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what is “seen” and “heard” when reading the text to what is perceived when listening or watching.

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        Standard - CC.1.3.6.H

        Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics as well as their use of additional literary elements.

        Eligible Content:
        1 Total
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        Assessments
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        • Anchor Descriptor - E06.A-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among texts.
          • Eligible Content - E06.A-C.3.1.1 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories, dramas, poems, historical novels, fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
            • Alternate Eligible Content - E06.A-C.3.1.1a Identify similarities or differences in two texts in different genres.
              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.
        Standard - CC.1.3.6.I

        Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.

        Eligible Content:
        2 Total
        PASA DLM
        Essential Elements (EE)
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • 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).
            • 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).
            • 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.
        Standard - CC.1.3.6.J

        Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

        Eligible Content:
        2 Total
        PASA DLM
        Essential Elements (EE)
        Assessments
        Materials & Resources
        • 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).
            • 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).
            • 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.
        Standard - CC.1.3.6.K

        Read and comprehend literary fiction on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

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