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Skills available for Common Core sixth-grade language arts standards
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- Common Core State Standards: Language Common Core State Standards: Language
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- Common Core State Standards: Writing Common Core State Standards: Writing
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L.6 Language
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Conventions of Standard English
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L.6.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
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L.6.1.a Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
- Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent (6-GG.2)
- Choose between subject and object pronouns (6-HH.1)
- Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" (6-HH.2)
- Compound subjects and objects with pronouns (6-HH.3)
- Use possessive pronouns (6-HH.4)
- Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns (6-HH.5)
- Use reflexive pronouns (6-HH.6)
- Use relative pronouns: who and whom (6-HH.9)
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L.6.1.b Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
- Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? (6-HH.7)
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L.6.1.c Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
- Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person (6-GG.5)
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L.6.1.d Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
- Identify vague pronoun references (6-GG.3)
- Identify all of the possible antecedents (6-GG.4)
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L.6.1.e Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others' writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.
- Which sentence is more formal? (6-C.2)
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L.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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L.6.2.a Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
- What does the punctuation suggest? (6-QQ.6)
- Commas with nonrestrictive elements (6-QQ.7)
- Use dashes (6-QQ.8)
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L.6.2.b Spell correctly.
- Use the correct frequently confused word (6-S.1)
- Correct errors with frequently confused words (6-S.2)
- Use the correct hom*ophone (6-X.1)
- Form plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y (6-FF.2)
- Form and use plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y (6-FF.3)
- Form plurals: review (6-FF.4)
- Form and use plurals: review (6-FF.5)
- Form the singular or plural possessive (6-FF.7)
- Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns (6-FF.8)
- Irregular past tense: review (6-KK.1)
- Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives (6-LL.7)
- Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs (6-LL.9)
- Pronoun-verb contractions (6-PP.1)
- Contractions with "not" (6-PP.2)
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Knowledge of Language
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L.6.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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L.6.3.a Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
- Create varied sentences based on models (6-P.2)
- Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (6-R.1)
- Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex? (6-EE.9)
- Use coordinating conjunctions (6-OO.1)
- Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions (6-OO.4)
- Fill in the missing correlative conjunction (6-OO.5)
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L.6.3.b Maintain consistency in style and tone.
- Which sentence is more formal? (6-C.2)
- Compare passages for tone (6-C.3)
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
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L.6.4 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.
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L.6.4.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.
- Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (6-F.2)
- Interpret figures of speech (6-F.3)
- Find synonyms in context (6-W.2)
- Find antonyms in context (6-W.4)
- Which definition matches the sentence? (6-X.2)
- Which sentence matches the definition? (6-X.3)
- Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 (6-Y.1)
- Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 (6-Y.3)
- Find words using context (6-BB.1)
- Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (6-BB.2)
- Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (6-BB.3)
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word (6-BB.4)
- Use academic vocabulary in context: literary (6-BB.5)
- Use academic vocabulary in context: informational (6-BB.6)
- Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (6-CC.1)
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L.6.4.b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- Words with pre- (6-U.1)
- Words with re- (6-U.2)
- Words with sub- (6-U.3)
- Words with mis- (6-U.4)
- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- (6-U.5)
- Words with -ful (6-U.6)
- Words with -less (6-U.7)
- Words with -able and -ible (6-U.8)
- Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (6-V.1)
- Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.2)
- Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.3)
- Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.4)
- Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (6-V.5)
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L.6.4.c Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
- Use guide words (6-DD.2)
- Use dictionary entries (6-DD.3)
- Use dictionary definitions (6-DD.4)
- Use thesaurus entries (6-DD.5)
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L.6.4.d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
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L.6.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
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L.6.5.a Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
- Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (6-F.2)
- Interpret figures of speech (6-F.3)
- Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone (6-F.5)
- Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 (6-Y.1)
- Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 (6-Y.3)
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L.6.5.b Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.
- Choose the synonym (6-W.1)
- Choose the antonym (6-W.3)
- Analogies (6-AA.1)
- Analogies: challenge (6-AA.2)
- Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (6-BB.2)
- Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (6-BB.3)
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L.6.5.c Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
- Revise the sentence using a stronger verb (6-P.3)
- Describe the difference between related words (6-Z.1)
- Positive and negative connotation (6-Z.2)
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L.6.6 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.
- Revise the sentence using a stronger verb (6-P.3)
- Transitions with conjunctive adverbs (6-R.1)
- Words with pre- (6-U.1)
- Words with re- (6-U.2)
- Words with sub- (6-U.3)
- Words with mis- (6-U.4)
- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- (6-U.5)
- Words with -ful (6-U.6)
- Words with -less (6-U.7)
- Words with -able and -ible (6-U.8)
- Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (6-V.1)
- Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.2)
- Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.3)
- Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (6-V.4)
- Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (6-V.5)
- Positive and negative connotation (6-Z.2)
- Find words using context (6-BB.1)
- Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (6-BB.2)
- Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context (6-BB.3)
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word (6-BB.4)
- Use academic vocabulary in context: literary (6-BB.5)
- Use academic vocabulary in context: informational (6-BB.6)
- Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (6-CC.1)
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