Monday, January 11, 2016

6th grade Midterm Reviews

Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 1: Building Background Knowledge: Percy Jackson and the Hero’s Journey
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases. (L.6.4)
·         describe how the characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of literary text. (RL.6.1)
·         characters change throughout a literary text. (RL.6.3)
·         analyze how an author develops a narrator or speaker’s point of view. (RL.6.6)
Vocabulary
 gist, annotate, reflect; prophecy, fate, imprisoned, stunning, dreaded, writhing, best lines, assessment, gist, inference, context clues; dyslexic,  resent, stalk, broad, hallucination , archetype, align; cloven, pursue , pavilion , centaur, caduceus, patron

GRADE 6: MODULE 2B: Voices of Adversity
·         cite text-based evidence to support an analysis of informational text. (RI.6.1)
·         analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits in and contributes to the development of ideas in a text. (RI.6.5)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational texts. (RI.6.4)
·         use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational text. (RI.6.4)
·         summarize an informational text suing only information from the text. (RI.6.2)
·         write informative/explanatory texts that convey ideas and concepts using relevant information that is carefully selected and organized.  (W.6.2)
·         interpret figures of speech in context. (L.6.5a)
·         monologue
·         I can distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions). (L.6.5c)
Vocabulary
manor, obey, lords, peasants, livestock, famines, plagues, honorable, warrior, May Day, infants, maturity, falconry, adversities, feast days, whims, crusade, faith, trade, pilgrims, martyred, perished, atone
Grammar to focus on:
The function of nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives within sentences
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs

Prepositions and prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs.