Grade 6 ELA Unit 2

Narrative Texts

Unit description: In this unit, students will read a variety of texts to make logical inferences, as well as identify and track the development of a theme across a work of fiction. Students will also utilize close reading skills to determine how certain sections of a text contribute to the development of the plot and theme. Students will respond using various methods (verbally, in writing, etc.) to express their learning of the units’ texts, as well as draft their own narratives utilizing the tools learned within the unit.

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Essential Outcomes

Reading

6R1 Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences.
6R2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is developed by key supporting details over the course of a text; summarize a text.
6R3 In literary texts, describe how events unfold, as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. In informational texts, analyze how individuals, events, and ideas are introduced, relate to each other, and are developed.
6R5 In literary texts, analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, stanza, chapter, scene, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of theme, central idea, setting, or plot. In informational texts, analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and how it contributes to the development of theme or central ideas.
6R6 In literary texts, identify the point of view and explain how it is developed and conveys meaning. In informational texts, explain how an author’s geographic location or culture affects his or her perspective.

Language

6L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
6L6 Acquire and accurately use general academic and content-specific words and phrases; apply vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Writing

6W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details and sequencing
6W4 Create a poem, story, play, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience.

Speaking and Listening

6SL1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners; express ideas clearly and persuasively, and build on those of others.
6SL3 Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

All Standards Addressed in this Unit

6R1, 6R2, 6R3, 6R4, 6R5, 6R6, 6R8
6L1, 6L2, 6L3, 6 L4, 6L5, 6L6
6W3a-e, WHST3(6-8), 6W4
6SL1, 6SL3, 6SL4,6SL5, 6SL6

Essential Questions and Big Ideas

How are stories told?
- Authors utilize many different techniques to captivate their readers
- The narrative form is one way of telling stories
How are themes developed?
- Authors use themes to highlight a central message/ moral for a reader
- There are many different ways themes can develop, and it’s our job as readers to track them
How do I create my own narrative?
- Good writers use different techniques and styles to craft their own writing
- Varying with techniques allows good writers to craft their own style

Prerequisite Skills

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners; express ideas clearly and persuasively, and build on those of others.
Cite explicit and implicit evidence in a text (literary)
Determine a theme or central idea and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize a text.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to respond and support analysis, reflection, and research
Create a poem, story, play, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme, or personal experience.