Middle School Language Arts (Grade 6)

Student Learnings: What students should know and be able to do

Reading

• Word Recognition, Analysis & Fluency
  • The student will read with accuracy and fluency.
• Vocabulary Expansion
  • The student will use a variety of strategies to expand reading, listening and speaking vocabularies.
• Comprehension
  • The student will understand the meaning of informational, expository or persuasive texts, using a variety of strategies and will demonstrate literal, interpretive, inferential and evaluative comprehension.
• Literature
  • The student will actively engage in the reading process and read, understand, respond to, analyze, interpret, evaluate and appreciate a wide variety of fiction, poetic and nonfiction texts.

Writing

• Types of Writing
  • The student will create informative, expressive and persuasive writing.
• Elements of Composition
  • The student will engage in a writing process, with attention to context, organization, focus, quality of ideas and a purpose.
• Spelling, Grammar, and Usage
  • The student will apply standard English conventions when writing. (Use of standard English conventions is necessary to help a writer convey meaning to the reader. Spelling, grammar, and usage may be taught as a separate unit as well as integrated into teaching writing processes.)
• Research
  • The student will locate and use information in reference materials.
• Handwriting & Word Processing
  • The student will write legibly and demonstrate effective keyboarding skills.

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

• Speaking and Listening
  • The student will demonstrate understanding and communicate effectively through listening and speaking.
• Media Literacy
  • The student will critically analyze information found in electronic and print media, and will use a variety of these sources to learn about a topic and represent ideas.

Artistic Interpretation

• Theater
  • The student will understand and use the artistic process to analyze and interpret a variety of works.